Film & television
Original African series, films, documentaries and entertainment developed with a distinctive point of view.
The studio
African stories, created with ambition and made for audiences everywhere.
Zacu Entertainment is one of Rwanda’s leading content production and distribution companies. From our base in Kigali, we create high-quality original stories and are building a wider African production network for pan-African and global audiences. Zacu Entertainment has been a CANAL+ Group company since 2022.
Selected work
Stories with staying power.
What we do
One partner.
Every stage.
From original concept to production, partnership and distribution across borders.
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Content production
End-to-end development, production and post-production led from Kigali and designed to grow across Africa.
Distribution
Connecting Zacu Originals with pan-African and global audiences through broadcasters, platforms and distribution partners.
Equipment rental
Professional cameras, lenses, lighting, grip and sound for productions in Rwanda.
Production pipeline
What’s coming next.
Original African stories moving from development to screen.
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In Development
5 projects
2026ZACU ORIGINAL · Drama
Filters
Three ambitious women navigate image, loyalty and power in a city where appearances can change everything.
Series
2026ZACU ORIGINAL · Drama
Olivia
Love, family and the truth collide as Olivia is forced to choose the future she wants to build.
Series
2026ZACU ORIGINAL · Coming-of-age drama
Umutima Nama
A young woman finds her voice and her path through friendship, change and the bonds that shape her.
Series
2027ZACU ORIGINAL · Youth drama
Tomorrow Begins Today
A young creator turns an impossible idea into a future she can finally call her own.
10 × 26' series
2026ZACU ORIGINAL · Drama / thriller
The Last Confession
A buried truth threatens a powerful family and everyone drawn into its orbit.
50 × 26' series02
Production
3 projects
2026ZACU ORIGINAL · Urban crime drama
Kigali After Dark
By night, three lives cross in a city where every choice carries a price.
10 × 45' series
2027ZACU ORIGINAL · Relationship drama
Crossroads
Two people from different worlds must decide what they are willing to leave behind.
100' feature film
2027ZACU ORIGINAL · Political thriller
The Deal
A single agreement draws two rivals into a high-stakes contest for power and truth.
8 × 45' limited series03
Post-production
4 projects
2026ZACU ORIGINAL · Biographical drama
One of a Kind
An intimate portrait of courage, identity and the will to create change.
15 × 26' series
2026ZACU ORIGINAL · Mystery drama
Echoes of the Hills
A return to the hills awakens memories that a quiet town tried to forget.
6 × 45' limited series
2026ZACU ORIGINAL · Family drama
The Promises We Keep
Three generations confront the love, silence and promises that bind them together.
90' feature film
2027ZACU ORIGINAL · Family drama
A Place Called Home
After years away, a family returns to discover that home is something they must rebuild together.
100' feature filmEquipment rental
Production-ready gear.
Professional camera bodies, cinema lenses, grip and movement systems, location sound and wireless monitoring—maintained by working filmmakers and ready for productions in Kigali.
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Cameras
- Sony PXW-FX9 6K Full-Frame Camera
- RED Raven 4.5K Cinema Camera
- Canon C300 Mark II
- Canon EOS R5
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Lenses
- DZOFilm Pictor 20–55mm T2.8 Zoom
- DZOFilm Pictor 50–125mm T2.8 Zoom
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Grip & movement
- ABC Crane 120-9.0
- Dana Dolly Portable Dolly System
- Ambient Recording QuickPole 5 Boom Pole
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Sound & monitoring
- Sennheiser MKH 416 Shotgun Microphone & Windshield
- Deity Microphone & Rycote Windshield
- Hollyland Mars 400S PRO Wireless Video System
From Rwanda to Africa
Proven at home.
Growing across Africa.
Our track record was built in Rwanda through stories that audiences recognize, love and return to. Our next chapter is continental: collaborating with African talent and companies, growing a pan-African slate and taking original stories to audiences across Africa and around the world.
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From Zacu.
New Zacu stories are coming.
Articles, production news and videos will appear here when published from the dashboard.
Contact us
Do you have a great story to pitch?
We welcome original African film and television ideas with the ambition to reach pan-African and global audiences. Send us a concise pitch deck introducing the story, characters, format and creative team.
Submit your pitch deck ↗PDF or PowerPoint · Send to content@zacuentertainment.comCo-production & distribution partnerships
Let’s take African
stories further.
We are looking for African co-producers and distributors to collaborate on Zacu Originals.
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