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Lekki International Film Festival
2026
The Lekki International Film Festival — Lekkifest — returns from 17–21 November 2026 in Lagos, Nigeria, bringing together filmmakers, writers, performers, advertising professionals, creative companies and audiences for five days of screenings, competitions, conversations and recognition. Building on the festival’s inaugural edition, Lekkifest 2026 expands its scope beyond conventional film exhibition to celebrate the wider world of visual storytelling, creative communication and literary expression.
This year’s festival is presented in three major parts. Film’s Best, the festival’s flagship competition, recognises outstanding feature films, short films, documentaries, indigenous-language productions and emerging mobile-phone and AI-assisted filmmaking.
The Creative Media Awards celebrate excellence in television and digital commercials, branded content, still-image advertising, public-service campaigns and other forms of promotional creativity.
The Spoken Word/Literature Awards provide a platform for poetry, prose, dramatic writing, spoken-word performance and other forms of written and performed literature.
This Year, 3 Major Parts
The Awards recognise outstanding creativity, originality, technical excellence and effectiveness in commercial and promotional media.
Entries are invited from writers, poets, performers, publishers, literary organisations, students and independent creators working in spoken or written expression.
Submissions are now open for Film’s Best, the flagship film competition of the Lekki International Film Festival,
Together, these three streams make Lekkifest 2026 a meeting place for the screen, the written word and the creative industries. Entries are now open, with multiple submissions welcomed from individuals, studios, agencies, companies, publishers and institutions. The festival will also publish a dedicated journal for each stream, with advertising and partnership opportunities available to organisations wishing to engage with its growing creative community.