The 17th edition of the leading African film festival in the Spanish-speaking world will take place from 4th to 13th December in Tarifa, Tangier and online for the very first time.

The non-competitive programme will be based on five themes Continue reading →

Seville March 16, 2020. The organization of the FCAT, together with the City Council of Tarifa, has taken the decision to postpone the festival celebrations due to force majeure and in fulfillment of our duties to social responsibility. 

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The official jury of the 16^thedition of FCAT, composed of Burkina Faso director Berni Goldblat, London programmer of Guyanese origin June Givanni and Spanish distributor Enrique González Kuhn, was responsible for deciding the winners of four of the Continue reading →

Cinema is culture, and culture has no borders. In the Spanish elections on 28^th April, the votes of 10% of the electorate added a xenophobic slant to the country’s political landscape. It therefore comes as no surprise that the Continue reading →

‘Reminiscence Screenings – African American Stories’ presents a selection of fourteen films which shaped the history of African American cinema, from silent race films to Spike Lee

Tarifa, 30^thApril 2018. The Tarifa-Tangier African Film Festival (FCAT) presents Continue reading →

The film ‘Siyabonga’ by Joshua Magor is one of the films competing for Best Fiction Film.

The documentary ‘Winnie’ about the life of Winnie Mandela will be screened for the first time at the Tarifa-Tangier African Film Festival.

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Film lovers are gorging themselves at the Tarifa-Tangier African Film Festival, the Strait of Gibraltar’s annual film bash. Now in its 16^thyear, the FCAT runs from 25 April to 4 May at venues across southern Spain and northern Continue reading →

The actress Rossy de Palma, Pedro Almodóvar’s muse, will present the opening ceremony, where she will be named Ambassador of FCAT.

The festival programme features 82 films, which will be screened in two cities on two different continents, Tarifa (Spain) Continue reading →

The 2019 edition of the festival will present an extensive retrospective of African American cinema. The competition section will focus on the struggles of African women

Feminist artist Zainab Fasiki will also present her exhibition ‘Hshouma’, which examines taboos relating Continue reading →