We sell
the African dream.
Wawkumba Film is an independent pan-African company specializing in the international sales and distribution of African cinematographic works — bringing authentic African stories to screens worldwide.
An African house, selling the African dream.
Founded in 2023 in Senegal by Oumou Diégane Niang and Sokhna Aïssatou Camara, Wawkumba Film is one of the first independent structures dedicated to international sales and distribution based in French-speaking West Africa.
In Wolof, Wawkumba evokes the courage and strength of women — a rallying cry to encourage Senegalese women to excel in a society that is both matriarchal and profoundly feminist. The name pays tribute to Africa and to the founders' mothers, both named Kumba.
Representing filmmakers across every major market, from Cannes to Toronto, Berlin to Dubai.We distribute the films of Mamadou Dia, Mamadou Khouma Gueye, Pape Bouname Lopy, Abdoul Aziz Basse, Awa Moctar Gueye, Kevin Aubert and many others — premiered at the Berlinale, Cannes, Locarno, FESPACO, JCC and Visions du Réel.
Changing Africa's narrative through authentic stories.
International distribution
Bringing African features, shorts and documentaries to theaters, channels and platforms worldwide.
International sales
Representing filmmakers across every major market — from Cannes to Toronto, Berlin to Dubai.
Festival strategy
Carefully crafted festival journeys to maximize visibility and critical recognition.
Women & cinema
A women-led house that elevates female voices in front of and behind the camera.
Cinema accessibility
Reinventing the collective cinema experience across the African continent.
Cultural sovereignty
Changing Africa's narrative through authentic stories told by Africans themselves.
Cinema beneath
the palaver tree.
A grassroots movement to reconcile African communities with the collective magic of cinema — neighbourhood film clubs, open-air screenings and citizen debates around the issues that shape our societies.
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