Silicon Valley African Film Festival - SVAFF 2023

San José, California
Genre : Festival | San José, California

From friday 13 to sunday 15 october 2023

Times : 00:00
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv

SVAFF 2023 : 94 films, 38 countries, 1 Week-end

Le Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF) encourage la compréhension et la valorisation de l'Afrique et des Africains à travers des images en mouvement. Sur le thème de "L'Afrique à travers la lentille africaine", le festival du film célèbre l'immense richesse du continent africain à travers les films des cinéastes africains chevronnés et émergents.

Pour remplir sa mission, le Silicon Valley African Film Festival :

- Organise un festival de films africains de classe mondiale et permet à son public d'accéder à la richesse, à la diversité et à la vitalité des expressions créatives de l'Afrique.
- Promeut l'alphabétisation culturelle par le biais de dialogues après les projections, de la sensibilisation des communautés et des écoles afin que notre public puisse s'engager et interagir avec les cinéastes africains sur des questions d'importance personnelle, locale et mondiale.
- Promeut l'échange d'idées et les collaborations entre les praticiens de l'industrie cinématographique américaine et africaine.

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The Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF) promotes an understanding and appreciation of Africa and Africans through moving images. Aptly themed "Africa through the African lens", the film festival celebrates the vast richness of the African Continent through the lenses of Africa's seasoned and emerging filmmakers and, crucially, provides audiences with exquisite lenses to the real Africa.

In fulfillment of its mission, the Silicon Valley African Film Festival:

Curates a world-class festival of African films and provides our audience access to the richness, diversity and vitality of Africa's creative expressions.
Promotes cultural literacy through post-screening dialogues, community and school outreach so our audiences can engage and interact with African filmmakers on issues of personal, local and global significance.
Promotes ideas exchange and collaborations between American and African film industry practitioners.



SVAFF - Silicon Valley African Film Festival
Awards / Awards 2023

SVAFF 2023 - BEST NARRATIVE FEATURE AWARD
Nakupenda
Juma Saada
Tanzania

SVAFF 2023 BEST NARRATIVE SHORT AWARD:
Ebezina
Ifeanyi Ezieme
United States (US)

SVAFF 2023 BEST DIASPORA AWARD (Narrative Short)
You Fit The Description
Davy Lazare
United Kingdom (UK)

SVAFF 2023 BEST DOC FEATURE AWARD
White Yet Black
Steven Chikosi
Zimbabwe

SVAFF 2023 BEST DIASPORA AWARD
OnBoard
Deborah Riley Draper
United States (US)

SVAFF 2023 BEST DOC SHORT AWARD
CRUDE: Wentworth Community Vs Big Oil
Angelo Louw and Malcom Rainers
South Africa

SVAFF 2023 BEST DIASPORA AWARD
Interception: Jayne Kennedy - American Sportscaster
Safiya Songhai
United States (US)

SVAFF 2023 BEST ANIMATION AWARD
Apacha
Fortune Dubien Tsete
Congo

SVAFF 2023 SPECIAL MENTION AWARD (Narrative Feature)
A Warm Christmas
Regina Ohiama Udalor
Nigeria

SVAFF 2023 SPECIAL MENTION AWARD (Narrative Feature)
Face To Face
Robert Peters
Nigeria

SVAFF 2023 SPECIAL MENTION AWARD (Narrative Feature)
Jalaldine
Hassan Benjelloun
Morocco

SVAFF 2023 SPECIAL MENTION AWARD (Narrative Short)
She's Doing Well
Ariam Weldeab Araya
Eritrea

SVAFF 2023 SPECIAL MENTION AWARD (Narrative Short)
The Space Between
Nicole Collins
United States (US)

SVAFF 2023 SPECIAL MENTION AWARD (Documentary Feature)
Homeland, A Song For Refugees
Faith Isiakpere
South Africa

SVAFF 2023 SPECIAL MENTION AWARD (Documentary Feature)
The Soul Of Oja
Chiamaka Keren-happuch Odinenu
Nigeria

SVAFF 2023 SPECIAL MENTION AWARD (Documentary Short)
Fear Not
Annette M. King
United States (US)

SVAFF 2023 SPECIAL MENTION AWARD (Documentary Short)
Mr Fotso
Noumo Willy Stephane
Cameroon

SVAFF 2023 SPECIAL MENTION AWARD (Animation)
Gromonmon
Laurent Pantaléon
Réunion

SVAFF 2023 SPECIAL MENTION AWARD (Animation)
Lil' RED Is RIDING The Wrong Way In The HOOD!
Venus Jones
United States (US)

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Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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