# Africa's film push lands at TIFF

> A bank-backed hub brought African stories to Toronto, headlined by a film about a Nobel laureate treating war's survivors.
- Title: Africa's film push lands at TIFF · The Hollywood Reporter
- Summary: A bank-backed hub brought African stories to Toronto, headlined by a film about a Nobel laureate treating war's survivors. African cinema is building its own…
- Keywords: african cinema, tiff, film festivals, congo, film financing, Africa's, film, push, lands, The Hollywood Reporter
- Source: The Hollywood Reporter — https://hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/david-oyelowo-and-danai-gurira-champion-african-filmmaking-at-tiff-1236699114
- Author: Ronda Racha Penrice
- Published: 2026-09-12T18:51:39+00:00
- Read time: 1 min
- Topics: african cinema, tiff, film festivals, congo, film financing
## A first showing at TIFF
Global African Hub arrived at Toronto with the inaugural TIFF: Market, its debut appearance at the festival.

> Global African Hub is making waves at its first TIFF
## Who is paying for it
The Hub is backed by Canex Creations, a subsidiary of Afreximbank's Fund for Export Development in Africa, run by Nigerian executive Osahon Akpata.
## The target is North America
The push is about visibility: getting African stories and African films in front of buyers who have not been buying them.
## Muganga screens for buyers
The mission went on show late Friday night at the John W. H. Bassett Theatre, a market screening of Muganga for buyers and a recruited audience.
## Already a hit in France
Muganga, the One Who Treats stars Ivorian-born French actor Isaach de Bankole, and has already found success with French audiences.
## Cobalt, war and survivors
The film follows the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize winner's work with women subjected to sexual violence in Congo's wars, conflicts fed by global demand for cobalt.

> largely driven by the global consumption of cobalt
## Key takeaway

African cinema is building its own financing and distribution muscle, and Toronto is where it made the pitch to North America.