Toka McBaror of Nigeria directed Kakanda, which won the Dikalo Award for Best Feature-Length Fiction at the Festival International du Film Panafricain (FIFP). The final results of the 2026 edition of FIFP were made public on 26 October, after the closing ceremony on 25 October.
Kakanda won Best Actress for Mairama Amina Shehu, making it the most successful feature film entry. Best Actor in Feature Film was awarded to Wale Ojo for Lights Out (Extinction des feux), a Cameroonian film directed by Enah Johnscott.
As far as documentaries were concerned, the best feature-length documentary was awarded to the film Of Mud and Blood (Le sang et la boue), a Congo and France film by Jean-Gabriel Leynaud. Meanwhile, Madagascar: What Remains of Me Here? Directed by Darcy Andriamendrikaindrindra, a Belgian-Malagasy film, it won Best Short Documentary. Till Death (Jusqu'à la mort), directed by Yana Bille-Chung (US), won best short fiction.
In the feature fiction category, the jury awarded a special mention to Africa Blanca, The Colour of Exile, by Azlarabe Alaoui, produced in France and Morocco. In the feature-length documentary category, two films received a special mention: The Talent of Achille by Daniel Nlandu Nganga, a Guadeloupean film, and Amilcar by Miguel Eek, a co-production between Cape Verde, France, Portugal, Spain, and Sweden.
The Nord Sud Developpement Dikalo Peace Award was bestowed upon Hopscotch (A cloche pied), a French production, by Alicia Betty Fall.
The Festival is committed to African and diasporic cinema. For the producers of Kakanda and Lights Out, being acknowledged at the French Festival is a European achievement.
