Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF) 2020 - REMINDER Submissions open

Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF) 2020 - REMINDER Submissions open 

11th Annual Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF)

Celebrating 11 years of Connecting Communities, Cultures and Continents!

Event dates:  8-11 October 2020

Call for entries: Deadline: 30 June 2020

Website: http://www.svaff.org/

Filmfreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/SVAFF

Set in Silicon Valley, California, the high-tech capital of the world, SVAFF is a highly respected destination event that draws hundreds of out of state and international guests. Voted 2015 and 2019 Best of Silicon Valley, SVAFF is the only film festival in California that is exclusively focused on films made by African filmmakers. The festival has built a substantial following and has become an annual destination film event that draws out of state and international guests to Silicon Valley.

Aptly themed “Africa through the African lenses”, the mission of the Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF) is to promote an understanding and appreciation of Africa and Africans through moving images. In fulfillment of its mission, SVAFF:
1.) Curates a world-class festival of African films and provides our audience access to the richness, diversity and vitality of Africa’s creative expressions.
2.) Promotes cultural literacy by hosting post-screening dialogues so our audience can engage and interact with African filmmakers on issues of personal, local and global significance.
3.) Promotes ideas exchange and collaborations between American and African film industry and allied services practitioners.