Programs
Film screenings, book talks, lectures, performances, workshops and more, designed to engage community members of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities with an interest in contemporary African life.
Programs Harlem African Animation Festival
Details
- Date:
Oct 22, 2026 - End Date:
Oct 22, 2026 - Time:
7:00PM ET - 9:00PM ET - Location:
The Africa Center
1280 Fifth Avenue New York, NY 10029
United States (map)
Join us on Thursday, October 22nd at 7:00PM for the Harlem African Animation Festival presented in partnership with Dr. Boukary Sawadogo
The Harlem African Animation Festival returns to The Africa Center for its fifth annual edition, bringing together animated films to celebrate the breadth and creativity of animation from across Africa and the African Diaspora.
Animation offers a powerful way to tell stories that might otherwise be difficult to capture through traditional forms of filmmaking. Across the continent and throughout the Diaspora, animators are using the medium to explore history, mythology, identity, politics, technology, migration, environmental change, and everyday life. The festival creates a space for these stories to be encountered by New York audiences while highlighting the growing community of African and African diasporic animation artists.
Doors open at 6:30PM; film begins at 7PM
About Harlem African Animation Festival
Established in 2021, the Harlem African Animation Festival is the first festival in the United States exclusively devoted to African animated films and series. The festival honors the long history of African animation, all the way from its origins in the 1910s to the exciting contributions African audiovisual storytellers are making within the field today.