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NOIR: When darkness turn into light

There is a word that transcends languages, borders, and time. A word that in French means black, but which in the collective imagination evokes mystery, elegance, and a cinematic aesthetic that has marked generations. That word is NOIR. And it is under that topic that the Quibdó Africa Film Festival opens its eighth edition in September 2026.

African Panorama

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Another View

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LATAM BORDERS

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Colombian PANORAMA

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AFRODISRUPTIVE IMAGINARIES

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WOMEN'S PRISM

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Hay categorías que nacen con buenas intenciones y terminan funcionando como muros. “Cine comunitario” es una de ellas.

The well-lit cell

En Colombia, en América Latina, en los circuitos de festivales, la etiqueta se aplica con generosidad cada vez que una cámara es sostenida por manos negras o indígenas. El gesto parece inclusivo. Lo que hace, en la práctica, es otra cosa: traza una frontera entre el cine y el cine de los otros.

QAFF Fundation

May 232 min read

Peter was the name given to him by his enslavers on the plantation of John & Bridget Lyons in Louisiana, a working name, a record name, an inventory name. His true name, the one his mother gave him, the one that corresponded to his lineage, his people, the language in which he learned to name the world before the world decided to rename him, that name did not survive. The system took care of that too, with the same efficiency with which it took care of everything else.

The Back That Speaks: BLACK, from the Imposed Shadow to the Chosen Light

Peter was the name given to him by his enslavers on the plantation of John & Bridget Lyons in Louisiana, a working name, a record name, an inventory name. His true name, the one his mother gave him, the one that corresponded to his lineage, his people, the language in which he learned to name the world before the world decided to rename him, that name did not survive. The system took care of that too, with the same efficiency with which it took care of everything else.

QAFF Fundation

Mar 285 min read

Western universalism likes to present itself as a viewpoint that is none: neutral, objective, valid everywhere, a panoramic view from nowhere. But behind this elevated tone hides a simpler operation: a local perspective that of Western Europe elevated to the status of reference norm.

Chosen Darkness: Toward Other Ways of Knowing

Western universalism likes to present itself as a viewpoint that is none: neutral, objective, valid everywhere, a panoramic view from nowhere. But behind this elevated tone hides a simpler operation: a local perspective that of Western Europe elevated to the status of reference norm.

QAFF Fundation

Feb 205 min read

NEGRO:

The Gaze That Liberates

by Wilfrid Massamba - Kindle Editio

Who has the right to tell the story of the world?

This question spans more than a century of African and diasporic cinema, and we have just published the book that answers it.

NEGRO: The Gaze That Liberates is a cinematic journey from D.W. Griffith to Mati Diop. Nine chapters. Nine figures who transformed an instrument of domination into a weapon of liberation.

Ousmane Sembène. Oscar Micheaux. Melvin Van Peebles. Julie Dash. Spike Lee. Jordan Peele.

Now available on Amazon Kindle.