Call for films: Ndiva Women's Film Festival 2017 (Ghana)

Ndiva Women's Film Festival 2017

(Ghana)

Call for films

Fiction - Documentary - Animation

Films by Women

Films for Women by Women

Films for Women by Men

Deadline: 25 August 2017

Ndiva Women’s Film Festival: http://ndivawff.org/home.php

Contact: info.ndivawff@gmail.com

NWFF01 - 31 October to 02 November 2017 Submissions to the 1st annual festival are open as of 12 July 2017. Entries will be viewed by a programming committee and entrants will be notified of the decision regarding their film/video in September 2017. 

(Source: Ndiva Women’s Film Festival Website)

The NDIVA WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL (NWFF) is a film festival created to bring African women filmmakers and women filmmakers of African descent in the Diaspora (Directors, Producers, Editors, Animators, Actresses, Cinematographers, Production Designers and all women in the film production chain) together in a space where they can network, collaborate, exhibit their work and celebrate each other. The festival aims to create artistic platforms for the presentation of work by, for and about African women, women of the African Diaspora or of African Heritage. The NDIVA WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL encourages and supports African women filmmakers, and women filmmakers of African descent from all backgrounds to embrace leading roles in front and behind the camera.

Gender Advocacy

The NDIVA WOMEN’S FILM FESTIVAL (NWFF) is aware of the gender parity issues in the film industry especially in Africa and her diaspora. African women filmmakers and women filmmakers of African descent are still highly unrepresented in the film industry and have challenges in accessing funds and other job opportunities in the film business. Because there are not many women writing and directing there are still issues with stereotypical representations of women in film narratives. The festival will have gender advocacy as part of its core business and will create the platforms to address the gender gap in the film industry for these women filmmakers who are already in the minority.

Festival Staff and Board:

Festival Director: Aseye Tamakloe

Festival Producer: Anita Afonu (See interview, African Women in Cinema Blog)

Office Manager: Gloria Eva Adotevi