DEADLINE

You can submit your films until October 31, 2025.

 

THEME

This year's theme is "Women on the Front Lines: commitment, democracy and the fight for equality.".​

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The selected movies should tell or document the stories of committed african women,  stories of african women who do not give up, who resist injustice and harassement, who fight for freedom of expression, who imagine and create solutions to make people aware of the difficulties, violence and struggles they face everyday. Stories of African women creating solutions for a better future. 

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This festival is part of an educational approach and aims to highlight the films (shorts and feature-lenght, fiction and documentaries) dedicated to women from all over Africa and its diaspora, and to celebrate the filmmakers who are interested in them. Regardless of gender, origin or place of residence of the people making the films, what matters to us is the subject of the film.

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CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

Each film, regardless of its category, must meet the following conditions:

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• The film must feature African women as its main subject

• Films that are not in French must include French subtitles

• The form below must be completed and a link to the film provided

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CATEGORIES

The movies may be submitted in three categories :

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• Short film competition

• Feature film competition

• Out of competition

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AWARDS

• Best Fiction Short Film

• Best Feature Film

• Critics' Award

   

BEST SHORT FICTION

Highschool Jury

​To be eligible, the film must meet the following criteria:

 

• completed within the last two (2) years

• the film must be less than sixty (60) minutes long for fiction and fifty-two (52) minutes long for documentary

• aligned with the theme: Women on the Front Lines

• can be a fiction or a documentary

• can be be either live action or animation

 

BEST FEATURE FILM

Film professionals Jury​

​To be eligible, the film must meet the following criteria:

 

• completed within the last two (2) years

• the film must be more than sixty (60) minutes long for fiction and fifty-two (52) minutes long for documentary

• aligned with the theme Women on the Front Lines

• can be a fiction or a documentary

• can be in live action or animation

 

OUT OF COMPETITION

• short and feature films

• documentary, fiction, animation or experimental

• the date on which the movie was finalized will not be taken into account in this category

• the film must align with the theme Women on the Front Lines

 

 

Find out more about the festival on our website.