{"id":969,"date":"2026-09-05T15:22:32","date_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/16th-african-diaspora-international-film-festival-kicks-off-in-paris\/"},"modified":"2026-09-05T15:22:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-05T15:22:32","slug":"16th-african-diaspora-international-film-festival-kicks-off-in-paris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/05\/16th-african-diaspora-international-film-festival-kicks-off-in-paris\/","title":{"rendered":"16th African Diaspora International Film Festival Kicks Off in Paris"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Paris is currently hosting the 16th edition of the African Diaspora International Film Festival (FIFDA), running from September 4 to 6.<\/p>\n<p>The event features a lineup of 15 films originating from 13 different countries. The selections include both fiction and non-fiction works, encompassing feature-length and short films. According to the festival organizers, the program aims to provide a platform for exploring how contemporary societies confront and heal from past traumas, while amplifying the voices of African diaspora communities.<\/p>\n<p>Notable guests at the festival include Diarah N&#8217;Daw-Spech, who co-founded and co-directs FIFDA, and Lawrence Cole, the co-executive producer of the film &#8220;Shadow of Greed.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Paris hosts the 16th FIFDA from Sept 4-6, screening 15 films from 13 countries to highlight diaspora voices and address historical wounds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2110,309,62,2108,308,2109,10],"class_list":["post-969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-african-diaspora","tag-cinema","tag-europe","tag-fifda","tag-film-festival","tag-paris","tag-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=969"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/969\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yovao.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}