The October Market
Three concentrated days where the year-round platform becomes a room: deal rooms, the Deal Table, the market floor and the Summit.
AFFF Window 5–7 October 2026 · within Film Week Africa 4–10 October · Lagos
What happens in the window
Deal Rooms
Private rooms for scheduled meetings between producers and capital.
Deal Table
Invitation-only boardroom sessions matching selected projects with investors.
Market floor
Exhibitors, funds, studios, distributors and public agencies.
Summit
Keynotes, panels and roundtables on how capital reaches African film.
Programme
Three days of scheduled sessions across finance, policy and distribution.
Delegates
Accredited industry, investor and press delegations.
Structured meetings, not corridor chance
Deal rooms are booked in advance against the marketplace pipeline. Producers arrive with a listed project; investors arrive with a shortlist.
The invitation-only table
Selected projects are scheduled into boardroom sessions with matched investors. Slots are published in advance, conflicts are detected automatically, and participants are reminded ahead of time.
- Format
- Boardroom, invitation only
- Session length
- 45 minutes
- Selection
- Matched from the marketplace pipeline
- Eligibility
- Listed projects · accredited investors
Three days
- 5 October
- Opening · market floor opens · first deal rooms
- 6 October
- AFFF Summit · keynotes, panels, roundtables
- 7 October
- Deal Table sessions · closing
Who takes the stage
Financiers, producers, policymakers and platform executives from across the continent and its co-production markets. The 2026 line-up is announced closer to the window.
Get into the room
Listed projects are eligible for deal rooms and Deal Table scheduling.
Submit a ProjectRequest participation
Accreditation unlocks delegate access, deal rooms and the Deal Table.
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