Lost on the Last Mile: Why African Festival Hits Never Reach Our Cinemas

Cinema was meant to be Africa’s night school. It would teach through our own languages and show lives that reflect our realities. Yet some masterpieces never complete their journey. They dazzle at festivals but return home to dusty reels and empty halls. Faulty equipment, steep fees and distant distributors keep these films locked away. From Touki Bouki’s lonely return to Senegal to countless others across the continent, the story is the same. The system to save and screen these local stories was never built—and the loss still matters.

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