African Film Press launches Pan-African Critics Prize

 [AFP]

The African Film Press (AFP), an alliance of independent film platforms across the continent, has announced the launch of the AFP Critics Prize, a new award in the African context that will be presented by film critics, created by African Film Press to bring additional visibility and critical perspectives into festival culture.

The prize, inspired by the FIPRESCI Prize, will debut later this year at the Surreal16 Film Festival (S16) in Lagos, Nigeria, taking place in December 2025.

For the inaugural edition, the winning film will be selected by AFP’s three founding editors: Tambay Obenson (Akoroko), Jennifer Ochieng (Sinema Focus), and Ikeade Oriade (What Kept Me Up). Future editions will draw from a wider pool of African and diaspora critics.

The award will include a cash prize, a trophy, and a certificate. AFP, which has already received funding from Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and early-stage investment from private backers, was founded in 2024 and brings together three established platforms — Akoroko (pan-African and global industry focus), Sinema Focus (Kenya and East Africa), and What Kept Me Up (Nigeria and Anglophone West Africa) — with additional regional partners to follow. The first of these, focused on Southern Africa, will launch in September.

The initiative is building a pan-African network of film journalists and critics dedicated to covering and analyzing Africa’s screen industries, and to elevating public discourse around African cinema from within.

Source: TNX/By Boniface Mithika | August 27, 2025

African Film Press founders. From L-R: Tambay Obenson (Akoroko), Jennifer Ochieng (Sinema Focus), Ikeade Oriade (What Kept Me Up). [African Film Press/David Wambua]


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