Call for entries: AfryKamera 2016 - African Film Festival in Poland

Genre : Calls for papers
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Release/publication date : June 2016
Published on : 06/01/2016
http://www.afrykamera.pl/afrykamera-2016-call-entries-now-open

AfryKamera: African Film Festival in Poland (www.afrykamera.pl) is the first such festival in the region of Eastern Europe dedicated to African film and African diaspora film in general as well as the largest African themed cultural event in the region.

The XIth AfryKamera African Film Festival is set to take place in Warsaw in April 2016.

The main theme for 2016 will be: African Revolutions with a special focus on New Egyptian Cinema.
Entry dealine is 15th January 2016

All submitted films must have either an English or French language version. Films can be submitted online (via link - Cinando, Vimeo, Festivalscope, Youtube and so on), via dedicated festival sites such as Festhome, ClickForFestival or FilmFreeway or by sending a physical copy after submitting this form to:

FILMGRAMM Foundation
ul. Miła 1
62-510 Konin
POLAND

For questions please contact: selection@afrykamera.pl

GENERAL FILM ENTRY GUIDELINES

- Films must satisfy at least two of the below conditions:

- the film must be set in Africa;

- the director of the film must be of African origin (this includes members of the African diaspora);

- the film must relate to issues, which directly or indirectly concern the historical or current social, economic or cultural situation in Africa or the African diaspora.

- Films must not have been screened or submitted for selection in previous editions of AfryKamera.

- Production dates for the movie are no older than 1st January 2013.

- Films should be submitted via link or on DVD or BLURAY format for preview screening. Preferred final screening formats are DCP, BLURAY or HD files (.mov, etc.). Other formats can be accepted after prior agreement.

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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