Dress Made from 500 Loaves Steals the Show at African Film Awards
A dress sculpted from five hundred loaves of bread by a Nigerian designer drew the spotlight at the African Movie Academy Awards in Lagos. The piece was framed as a statement on food prices and waste across the continent.
Designer Tomi Olutimi spent four months preserving the loaves through canning techniques and fitting them onto a dress frame piece by piece. The garment was unveiled at the 18th African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in Lagos during an actress's red-carpet walk.
Food prices across the continent have more than doubled in three years, and the United Nations reported that 280 million Africans were undernourished at the start of 2026. Olutimi said the loaves used were made from recycled dough and that the dress was disassembled and donated to a local animal-feed facility after the show.
AMAA is widely seen as Africa's most prestigious film prize. Best Picture this year went to a film by the Algerian director Karim Ainouz. The event was viewed as a sign of growing international interest in continental cinema. Streaming platforms increased their African content budgets by 60 percent in 2025.
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