Editing Film festival (section)

=== African festivals ===
{{further|List of film festivals#Africa}}
[[File:Abdel_Baky_at_the_Cairo_International_Film_Festival.jpg|alt=Abdel Baky at the Cairo International Film Festival|thumb|Some of the attendees of the 14th edition of [[Cairo International Film Festival]], including [[Youssef Chahine]] (far right), [[Ahmed Zaki (actor)|Ahmed Zaki]] (third from the left), and [[Raghda]] (far left), 1989]]
There are several significant film festivals held regularly in Africa. The [[Cairo International Film Festival]] in Cairo was established in 1976, the biannual [[Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou]] (FESPACO) in [[Burkina Faso]] was established in 1969 and accepts competition-only films by African filmmakers and chiefly produced in Africa. The annual [[Durban International Film Festival]] in [[South Africa]] and [[Zanzibar International Film Festival]] in [[Tanzania]] have grown in importance for the film and entertainment industry, as they often screen the African premieres of many international films. The Nairobi Film Festival (NBO), which was established in 2016 with a special focus on screening exceptional films from around the world that are rarely presented in Nairobi's mainstream cinema and spotlighting the best Kenyan films, has also been growing in popularity over the years and has improved the cinema-going culture in Kenya.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/thesauce/nbo-film-festival-is-back-and-is-set-to-bring-afro-caribean-films/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011043504/https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/thesauce/nbo-film-festival-is-back-and-is-set-to-bring-afro-caribean-films/ |archive-date=2023-10-11 |access-date=22 November 2023 |title=NBO Film Festival Returns To Bring The Kenyan Audience A Selection Of Afro-Caribean [sic] Films And More |website=capitalfm.co.ke |publisher=The Sauce. Capital Digital Media. Capital Group Limited |date=May 30, 2019}}</ref>

The [[Sahara International Film Festival]], held annually in the [[Sahrawi refugee camps]] in western Algeria near the border of [[Western Sahara]], is notable as the only film festival in the world to take place in a refugee camp. The festival aims to provide cultural entertainment and educational opportunities to refugees and raise awareness of the plight of the Sahrawi people, who have been exiled from their native Western Sahara for more than three decades.