AfryKamera Film Festival - 18 edition 2023 (Poland) - African Gaze: WOMAN

AfryKamera Film Festival
18 edition 2023 (Poland)

African Gaze: WOMAN

ANNOUNCEMENT

https://afrykamera.pl/

This year, AfryKamera will take place on December 12-17! And during the Christmas break on December 17-26, we will invite you to the online festival on VOD Warsaw.

 

The slogan of the next three years of the Festival will be African Gaze, and the 18th edition of the Festival is dedicated to women.

African Gaze: Woman shows films made by and about women. We will support debutants and appreciate artists with longer experience. We want to loudly emphasize the roles of women in African culture and art and create a safe zone full of female energy where we will talk about feminism, development and women's power.

During the Festival, we will see over 20 full and short films, feature films and documentaries, listen to debates, meet directors and actresses, take part in workshops and dance at AFreaks by AfryKamera vol.2.

The official poster of the 18th edition of the AfryKamera Festival by Marta Baczewska-Ologele @pannabaczewska

Festival de Cinéma Les Teranga 2022 (Thème: Prendre sa place de femme par le cinéma | Taking her place as a woman through cinema) Senegal

Festival de Cinéma Les Teranga 2022

Senegal

Thème:

Prendre sa place de femme par le cinéma

Taking her place as a woman through cinema 

 

3e édition du 29 juin au 2 juillet | 3rd edition 29 June - 2 July 

 

Invité d'honneur | Guest of honor 

Maroc | Morocco

Links

Website: https://lesteranga.com/

Facebook: https://fr-fr.facebook.com/TerangaMoviesAwards/

PanAfrican Film Festival (PAFF) 2022 - Voices of Black Women Get Lift From Virtual Film Series

PanAfrican Film Festival (PAFF) 2022 

Voices of Black Women Get Lift From Virtual Film Series
https://www.paff.org/voices-of-black-women-get-lift-from-virtual-film-series/

1ère édition du festival Gabonais de cinéma 2022. Table ronde : Le Cinéma Gabonais vu par les Femmes | Gabonese cinema as viewed by women

1ère édition du festival Gabonais de cinéma (FEGACI)

Table ronde : Le Cinéma Gabonais vu par les Femmes |

 Gabonese cinema as viewed by women

Du 16 au 19 février 2022, Institut français du Gabon accueille la première édition du FEGACI, Festival Gabonais du Cinéma. Projections, débats, tables rondes et ateliers pratiques seront au rendez-vous, afin de permettre à chacun de se familiariser avec le 7ème art.

The first edition of FEGACI The Festival of Gabonese Cinema will be held at the Institut français from 16 to 19 February 2022. Screenings, discussions, roundtables and workshops are part of the activities.

17 fèvrier | February - Table ronde | Roundtable: Le Cinéma Gabonais vu par les Femmes | Gabonese cinema as viewed by women
 

Pauline Mvele (modératrice | moderator)
Marlène Alene (réalisatrice | director)
Aïsha Yamav (actrice | actress)
Jeanneton Aguero Gondjout (monteuse | editor)
Arlette Gombomoye (productrice | producer)
Sarah Dolatabadi (Réalisatrice / Artiste plasticienne)

Le panel sera suivi de la projection du court métrage le Tchatcheur de Pauline Mvele

The panel will be followed by the screening of the short "le Tchatcheur" by Pauline Mvele


 

Women’s Film Festivals Around the World: Out NOW!

Women’s Film Festivals Around the World:

Out NOW!

ANNOUNCEMENT: Nov 22, 2020

At online bookstores now!(More platforms to be added)!

Essential handbook for women-identified filmmakers, in all their diversity, who want to find and connnect with their audiences. And for everyone who loves those filmmakers and wants to watch their movies, in real life or virtually.

Comprehensive, global list of women’s film festivals: Africa, Asia, Canada & the United States, Central and South America, Europe, Oceania and specialist all-year streaming sites. Links to each festival and its social media, and notes its associated activities like educational programmes, conversations with filmmakers and its publications. Describes each festival’s Covid status. Also lists databases that support and promote women and non-binary filmmakers. Contextualised in Introductions to each section and in Afterword.

 

If you love the diverse female gaze, women’s art and imaginations, community and women’s lived experience, this is for you.

By Marian Evans with Barbara Ann O’Leary, Beti Ellerson and Luísa Pécora.
ISBN: 9780473581619


US$3.99!

 

Source: Medium.com

https://medium.com/womeninfilm-databases-festivals/womens-film-festivals-around-the-world-update-f23c2773a84c

 

Available in eBook: https://books2read.com/womens-film-festivals-handbook

African Diaspora International Film Festival 2021 - Women's History Month Film Series (Virtual) March 26 to 29 2021 - Virtual

African Diaspora International Film Festival

Women's History Month Film Series

Virtual Edition

March 26 to 29 2021

https://nyadiff.org/

 

 

Women's History Month Film Series Line-Up

Fictions


Losing Ground - The Cruz Brothers - Miss Malloy by Kathleen Collins (USA)


Angelica by Marisol Gómez-Mouakad (Puerto Rico)


Myopia by Sanae Akroud (Morocco)


Foreign Body by Raja Amari (Tunisia)


Made in Bangladesh by Rubaiyat Hossain (Bangladesh)


Cape Verde My Love by Ana Ramos Lisboa (Cape Verde)


Stand Down Soldier by Jeryl Prescott Sales (USA)

Documentaries


Betrayal of a Nation by Brandi Webb (USA)


How It Feels to be Free by Yoruba Richen (USA)


Barrow, Freedom Fighter by Marcia Weekes (Barbados)


The Glass Ceiling by Yamina Benguigui (France)


She Had a Dream by Raja Amari (Tunisia)

Amilcar Cabral by Ana Ramos Lisboa (Cape Verde)


Colobane Express and The Silent Monologue by Khady Sylla (Senegal)

Shorts


But You’re Not Black by Danielle Ayow

White Like The Moon
 by Marina Gonzalez Palmier (Canada | USA)

16th Mobile Film Festival (2020) : Women's Empowerment

16th Mobile Film Festival (2020) :

Women's Empowerment

PRESS RELEASE

We are launching the call for films for the 16th Mobile Film Festival, whose theme this year is Women's Empowerment

www.mobilefilmfestival.com 

Through this feminist theme, it is the point of view of women on women and female directors that we wish to support.

Our format is pretty unique 1 Mobile, 1 Minute, 1 Film and the call for films is open until October 20, 2020.

We are supported this year by UN Women, YouTube, BNP Paribas, the Women's Forum, Simone Media and Sens Critique and many NGOs around the world.

The jury chaired by the famous French director Agnès Jaoui, will award 7 prizes, among them 2 grants to produce film of 23.000 $ each.

Through this edition, we are looking for committed and militant films.

Here are our social accounts in English.

https://www.youtube.com/mobilefilmfestival

https://www.facebook.com/MobileFilmFestival

https://www.instagram.com/mobilefilmfest

https://twitter.com/MobileFilmFest

https://www.linkedin.com/company/mobile-film-festival

Léa Bouchier Di Benedetto

Communication Assistant

Mobile Film Festival 

Emergence Films Festival 2019 : Inscriptions ouvertes | Call for films - Edition 6 (Togo) Thème : Cinémas d’Afrique : quelle place pour les femmes ? | Women's place in African cinemas

Emergence Films Festival :

Inscriptions ouvertes | Call for films 

6ème | 6th Edition 2019 - (Togo)

Thème : Cinémas d’Afrique : quelle place pour les femmes ? Women's place in African cinemas

Call for films | Inscriptions ouvertes

http://emergencefestival.org/index.php/inscription-2019/

Deadline 30 August 2019 at 23h59 GMT | 

Clôture des inscription 30 août 2019 à 23h 59 GMT

Présentation | Presentation

Created in December 2014, by Togolese filmmaker Joel M'Maka Tcheredre, EMERGENCE is a film festival open to young African filmmakers who have a film (Fiction or documentary) with a maximum duration of 30 minutes for the competition category and a film of more than 30 minutes for the out-of-competition category.

The EMERGENCE FESTIVAL is held during 4 to 6 days each year in November and is preceded by a call for films of which about twenty films are selected for competition.

The activities of the festival include screenings of films in competition and out of competition. Training workshops, a Masters class on cinema, and conferences and round tables on specific topics.

Five awards are presented at the closing of the festival: The best documentary film, the best fiction film, the jury's award, the best male interpretation and the best female interpretation.

***

Créé en décembre 2014, par le jeune cinéaste togolais Joel M’Maka Tchedre, EMERGENCE est un festival de films ouvert aux jeunes cinéastes africains qui ont un film (Fiction ou documentaire) d’une durée maximale de 30 minutes pour la catégorie compétition et un film de plus de 30 minutes pour la catégorie hors compétition.

Le festival EMERGENCE se déroule chaque année au mois de novembre pendant 4 à 6 jours et est précédé d’un appel à films suite auxquels sont retenus une vingtaine de films pour une compétition.

Pour les activités du festival, il s’agit des projections de films en compétition et hors compétition. Des ateliers de formation, des Masters Class sur les métiers de cinéma et des conférences et tables ronde sur des thématiques précis.

Cinq Lauréats sont primés à l’issu de la compétition : Le meilleur film documentaire, le meilleur  film de fiction, le coup de cœur du jury, la meilleure interprétation masculine et la meilleure interprétation féminine.

African Women's films | Les réalisatrices africaines : Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival 2019

African Women's films

Les réalisatrices africaines

Clermont-Ferrand Film Festival 2019 

Sade Adeniran: My Mother's Stew
Kaouther Ben Hania: Les Pastèques du Cheikh
Theresa Traoré Dahlberg: The French Ambassador's Wife
Angèle Diabang: Ma coépouse bien-aimée
Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann: I had to bury Cucu

https://clermont-filmfest.org/



My Mother's Stew
Sade Adeniran
Royaume-Uni, Angleterre, Nigeria / 2017 / Animation / 05'30
Synopsis
[English]
As a young woman stands outside her family home, the smell of her mother's stew evokes memories of a happier childhood. Can she reconcile her past with her present and the devastating news which keeps her outside the house?
[Français]
Une jeune femme passe devant la maison de ses parents. L'odeur de la soupe de sa mère lui évoque des souvenirs de son enfance heureuse. Mais une terrible nouvelle l'empêche de franchir le seuil de la maison.

Les Pastèques du Cheikh
Kaouther Ben Hania
France, Tunisie / 2018 / Fiction / 22'00
Synopsis
[English]
Cheikh Taher is a pious and respected imam. He agrees to pray at the body of a woman he does not know. But his pious act ends up being the sin that leads to his fall from power by Hamid, his Machiavellian and ambitious sidekick.
[Français]
Cheikh Taher est un imam pieux et respecté. Il accepte de prier sur la dépouille d'une femme qu'il ne connaît pas, mais son acte de piété s'avère le péché de trop qui précipitera la spoliation de son pouvoir par Hamid, son jeune sous-fifre machiavélique et ambitieux.

The Ambassador's Wife

Theresa Traoré Dahlberg
Suède, Burkina Faso / 2018 / Documentaire / 20'00
Synopsis
[English]
We find ourselves in an extravagant garden in Ouagadougou. The French Ambassador's wife dreamt about becoming a famous opera singer. Instead, she is now using singing as a way to survive her seemingly privileged life surrounded by workers.
[Français]
Nous sommes dans un jardin somptueux à Ouagadougou. La femme de l'ambassadeur français rêvait de devenir chanteuse d'opéra. À défaut, le chant est devenu pour elle une question de survie dans un environnement apparemment privilégié.

Ma coépouse bien-aimée
Angèle Diabang
Sénégal / 2018 / Documentaire/fiction / 15'09
Synopsis
[English]
Two new co-wives are alone in a large house; the husband and children are absent. They don't want to talk to each other. At the same time, in voiceover, two other women tell us about their own experiences of polygamy.
[Français]
Deux nouvelles coépouses sont seules dans une grande maison, le mari et les enfants absents. Elles ne veulent pas se parler. Simultanément, des voix en off de deux autres femmes nous racontent leurs expériences de la polygamie.

I had to bury Cucu

Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann

Kenya / 2018 / Fiction / 13'43

Synopsis

[English]

Geoffrey and his brother Kimanthi have to travel to Shimoni to bury their grandmother. It is a most dreadful journey for the two as it will bring them face to face with the man who sexually molested them years ago.

[Français]

Geoffrey et son frère Kimanthi doivent se rendre à Shimoni pour les funérailles de leur grand-mère. Ce voyage va les forcer à revoir un homme qui leur a infligé des violences sexuelles dans leur enfance.

FestIC 2018 - Festival des Identités Culturelles (Festival of Cultural Identities) Ouagadougou - 1ère | lst Edition

FestIC 2018
Festival des Identités Culturelles
(Festival of Cultural Identities)
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
1ère | lst Edition 

Le Cinéma Numérique Ambulant Afrique CNA crée le Festival des Identités Culturelles, en abrégé FestIC. La première édition de cet évènement se tiendra à Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, du 4 au 10 novembre 2018 sous le thème : « Identités culturelles en milieu urbain ».

Ce festival a pour but de promouvoir les films qui font découvrir des identités culturelles particulières. Il s’inspire de l’expérience de la pratique du Cinéma Numérique Ambulant en tant que structure de diffusion des cinémas d’Afrique en milieu rural africain.

CNA The Mobile Digital Cinema Africa launches the Festival of Cultural Identities, abbreviated FestIC. The first edition of this event will be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, from 4 to 10 November 2018 under the theme: "Cultural Identities in an Urban Environment".

This festival aims to promote films that highlight specific cultural identities. It draws on the experience of the practice of CNA The Mobile Digital Cinema as a exhibition/distribution structure for African cinemas in rural Africa.

Les objectifs

- Accroître le niveau de connaissance des populations sur les valeurs et expressions culturelles des communautés minoritaires,

- Promouvoir le dialogue interculturel entre les communautés,

- Promouvoir l’oralité et les arts oratoires des communautés par l’image,

- Distraire et donner à voir des films africains de qualité au grand public.

Le CNA permet aux populations rurales de découvrir la culture d’autres communautés à travers le cinéma. C’est donc un juste retour que de permettre à un public citadin de découvrir des communautés avec leurs richesses culturelles et artistiques qui, pour certaines, sont en train de disparaitre, phagocytées par l’effet de la mondialisation et de la civilisation de l’universel. 

En révélant au public des cultures de sociétés différentes à travers les films diffusés, le CNA participe au rapprochement des communautés et suscite chez les gens l’envie de témoigner de leurs propres valeurs culturelles.

Goals

- Increase people's knowledge of the cultural values ​​and expressions of minority communities,

- Promote intercultural dialogue between communities,

- Promote the orality and the oratory arts of communities through the image,

- Entertain and show quality African films to the general public.

The CNA enables rural populations to discover the culture of other communities through film. It is therefore a rightful giving-back to enable urban dwellers to discover communities with their cultural and artistic riches, some of which are disappearing, overtaken by the effect of globalization and the world society.

By presenting to the public the cultures of different societies through the films presented, CNA participates in bringing communities together and inspires people to show their own cultural values.

DOCUMENTAIRE | DOCUMENTARY

Okuta, la pierre by/d’Ayéman Aymar Esse, 52’, Bénin, 2015

Douvan jou ka leve (Le jour se lèvera) by/de Gessica Geneus, 52’, Haïti, France, 2017

Iya Tunde, la mère est revenue by/de Laure Malecot, 52’, Sénégal, 2016

Mada underground by/de Denis Sneguirev et Philippe Chevallier, 55’, Madagascar, 2016

Le langage des perles by/d’Arsène Pandi, 12’, Togo, 2017

Gade ! by/de Hermane Desorme, 57’, Haiti, 2017

Les gracieuses by/de Fatima Sissani, 79’, France, 2014   

Le rythme à la canne : un héritage royal by/de Natacha Hounvo, 26’, Bénin, 2017

Talaatay Nder (Le mardi de Nder) by/de Chantal Durpoix, 20’, Sénégal, Brésil, 2016

Under the bell by/de Bart Lambert Oubda, 9’, Burkina Faso, 2015

La promesse du biram by/d’Allamine Kader, 68’, Tchad, 2016

Dance for change by/de Cécile Thery, 63’, Burkina Faso, 2017

Au fantôme du père by/de Marie Laurentine Bayala, 52’, Burkina Faso, 2017

Poissons d'or, poissons africains by/de Thomas Grant et Moussa Diop, 52’, Sénégal, 2018

FICTION

Le Jardin d’essai by/de Dania Reymond, 43’, Algérie, 2016

N’Zueba by/d’Ursula Koffi, 15’, Côte d’Ivoire, 2018

Toi et moi by/de Steve Kamdeu, 13’, Cameroun, 2017

Héritage by/de Fatoumata Tioye Coulibaly, 15’, Mali, 2017

Tikitat-A-Soulima by/d’Ayoub Layoussifi, 29’, Maroc/France, 2016

Ngouhtepong by/de Vincent Foudoudji, 85’Cameroun, 2017  

Milano 2019: Festival del Cinema Africano, d'Asia e America Latina - African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival - Festival du Cinéma Africain, d’Asie et d’Amérique Latine - Le iscrizioni - Call for Entries - L’appel à candidature

Milano 

23-31 - 3 - 2019

Festival del Cinema Africano, d'Asia e America Latina

African, Asian and Latin American Film Festival

Festival du Cinéma Africain, d’Asie et d’Amérique Latine

Le iscrizioni - Call for Entries - L’appel à candidature

https://www.festivalcinemaafricano.org/call-for-entries-2019/

Le iscrizioni per il 29° FESCAAAL. L’iscrizione è gratuita. Deadline: 21 dicembre 2018

Call for Entries. L’inscription est gratuite. Date limite: 21 décembre 2018.

L’appel à candidature. Film submissions are free of charge. Deadline: 21 December 2018.

Afrika Film Festival Köln - 13. -23 September 2018 - Deutsch | English | Français

AFRIKA FILM FESTIVAL KÖLN

13. -23 September 2018

Deutsch | English | Français

PROGRAMMHEFT | BOOKLET | BROCHURE :

http://www.filme-aus-afrika.de/DE/in-koeln/afrika-film-festival-koeln/2018/

Women at the | Frauem beim | Les Femmes au :
Afrika Film Festival Köln

Deutsch

Fokus: Innerafrikanische Migration

Das 16. Afrika Film Festival Köln präsentiert 75 neue Filme aus Afrika – mit einem breiten Fokus auf innerafrikanische Migration

Zu Beginn einige Zahlen: 68 Millionen Menschen sind weltweit auf der Flucht, die meisten von ihnen in ihren eigenen Nachbarländern. Die Gründe sind so bekannt wie vielfältig: Krieg, Demokratiedefizite und wirtschaftliche Not. Dabei gelangt nur ein kleiner Teil der globalen Flüchtlinge (um die 17 Prozent) in das vergleichsweise reiche Europa, 30 Prozent aller Flüchtlinge leben in den afrikanischen Ländern südlich der Sahara. Wird der Maghreb hinzugezählt, beherbergt Afrika sogar etwa die Hälfte der Flüchtlinge weltweit.

Die innerafrikanische Migration ist ein zentraler Fokus beim diesjährigen Afrika Film Festival Köln, mit 25 Titeln; doch auch die Filme des Rahmenprogramms durchzieht das Thema häufig auf direkte oder indirekte Weise.

English

Theme: Migrations in Africa

The 16th Afrika Film Festival Köln will present 75 new films from Africa – with a wider focus on migration within Africa.

Some numbers: there are currently 68 mil- lion displaced people worldwide, most of whom now reside in countries bordering their homelands. The wide range of reasons for their displacement is well known: war, demo- cratic deficits and economic deprivation. Only a small per- centage of the world’s refugees (around 17 percent) make it to the comparatively rich Europe, while 30 percent of all refugees live in sub-Saharan African countries. If we include the Maghreb, the percentage of the world’s refugees accom- modated in Africa swells to around 50.

Migration within Africa is one of the key focal points of this year’s Afrika Film Festival Köln, with 25 films in the main programme and many others in the supporting events that directly or indirectly address the issue.

Français

Thème : Migrations en Afrique

Le 16ème Festival du Film africain de Cologne présente 75 nouveaux films d’Afrique – avec un large éventail sur la migration intra-africaine

Quelques chiffres pour commencer : 68 millions de per- sonnes sont déplacées à travers le monde, la plupart d’entre elles dans leurs pays voisins. Les raisons sont aussi connues que multiples : guerre, déficit démocratique et détresse éco- nomique. Dans ce contexte, seule une poignée des réfugiés mondiaux (environ 17 pourcent) atteignent l’Europe, plus riche, et 30 pourcent des réfugiés vivent dans des pays afri- cains au sud du Sahara. Si on compte le Maghreb, l’Afrique abrite même la moitié de tous les réfugiés du monde.

La migration intra-africaine est au cœur de la présente édi- tion du Festival du Film africain de Cologne, avec 25 titres ; mais la plupart des films du programme abordent aussi cette thématique de manière directe ou indirecte.

Mis Me Binga 2018 - Festival International de films de femmes | International Women's Film Festival- édition 9 - Cameroun | Cameroon

Mis Me Binga 2018

Festival International de films de femmes

International Women's Film Festival

Edition 9

Cameroun | Cameroon

26-30 juin/June 2018
Yaoundé - Sita Bella

The MIS ME BINGA International Women's Film Festival is one of the most important women's film festivals in Central Africa. The international program includes three important competitive sections. 

Le festival international de films de femmes MIS ME BINGA est l'un des festivals de films de femmes les plus importants de l'Afrique Centrale. Le programme international comprend trois importantes sections compétitives.

SELECTION OFFICIELLE

Long Métrage

Le fruit défendu (The Forbidden Fruit), Dorace Gloria Ahouan-Gonou, fiction (Côte d’Ivoire)
Mention spéciale 

Rosen en march pour l’abolition, Catherine Tissier, doc., (France)

Mémoire de missionnaires (Missionary memories), Delphine Wil, doc., (Belgique | Belgium)

Home Sweet Home, Maja Pretner, doc., (Slovénie)

Makuela, Eugellande Kifouani, doc.,

Les silences de Lydie (Lydie's Silence) Aissata Ouarma, doc., (Burkina Faso) - Binga d'or du Long métrage | Golden Binga for Feature Film

Au fantôme du père (To the Ghosts of the Father), Laurentine Bayala, doc., (Burkina Faso)

Burkina Rising, Lara Lee, doc., (Brésil)

Kasala !, Ema Edosio, fiction (Nigéria)

Benzine, Sarra Abidi (Tunisie | Tunisia)

Fifire en pays Cuballo, Mame Woury Thioubou (Sénégal)

Carte Blanche FFCVM

Paris la blanche, Lidia Terki, fiction (France)

Félicité, Alain Gomis, fiction (France/Sénégal)

He4She

Eau secours, Wabinle Nabie, doc., (Mali)

Mary Jane, Franck Olivier Ndema, fiction (Cameroun)

Un autre regard, Olivier Teko, doc., (Cameroun)

La loi du déshonneur, Francisco Luzuemo, fiction (Belgique)

Un baiser pour deux, Dante Fox, fiction (Cameroun)

Nina, je suis ton bourreau, Serge Fonda, fiction (Cameroun)

Tikaya, Max Ngassa, fiction, (Cameroun)

Mayi, Adjéte da Silveira, fiction (Togo)

Maimouna, Rodirgue Tchassem, fiction (Cameroun)

Un garçon à tout prix, Moustapha Magou, fiction (Cameroun)

Court Métrage

Roger, Unknown Grandfather, Zoé Rossion, doc., (Suisse )

Indélébile (Indelible) Amy Mannaga, fiction (RDC)

Blanc-Noir et Heureux (White-Black and Happy), Cornélia Glele, doc., (Bénin)

Talaatay Nder, Chantal Durpoix, doc., (France-Sénégal)

Une saison difficile (A difficult season) Christelle Magne Tamo, doc., (Cameroon | Cameroun)

Le bleu blanc rouge de mes cheveux | French, Josza Ajembe, fiction (France-Cameroun) - Mention spéciale

Carpe Dorée, Natalia Foulematou Sylla, fiction (Mali)

Zone-III, Pascale Gabriella Serra, doc., (République Centrafricaine-USA) - Prix spécial du jury
Tresor, Tissé, Mireille Niyonsaba, doc., Burundi

Mon identité...None tubipfe ! | My identity, Diane Kaneza, doc., (Burundi)
Bimbia...Sur les traces de nos ancêtres (In the footsteps of our ancestors) Ghislaine Digona, doc., (Cameroun | Cameroon)

Challenge, Cyrielle Raingou, fiction (Cameroun)

Nos voisins, Cyrielle Raingou, fiction (Cameroun)

Riad de mes rêves (Riad of my dreams) Zineb Tamourt, fiction (Morocco | Maroc)

Ghorb, fiction (Tunisie)

Assia, Malika Zairi, fiction (Morocco | Maroc) - Binga d'or du Court métrage | Golden Binga for Short Film

Mes yeux pour entendre (My eyes for hearing) Pascale Appora, doc., (République Centrafricaine)

Double peine (Double hardship), Elise Kameni, fiction, (Cameroun)

Osez la scène (Dare on stage) doc. Mamounata Nikiema (Burkina Faso)

ON THE | SUR LE PROGRAMME 

Conference de presse l Press conference

Festival International de films de femmes Mis Me Binga dévoile tout devant la presse. Les grandes articulations et les innovations le 20 juin 2018 a 11h à la Fondation Muna. | The entire Festival programme and events will be presented at the 20 June press conference at 11 am at the Muna Foundation.

Binga Speaks : Le regard de la femme cinéaste dans sa profondeur | Perspectives of women as practitioners and stakeholders in cinema

Autour de deux grandes conférences le 27 et 28 juin à la salle Sita Bella | Around two major presentations on 27 and 28 June in the Sita Bella Room

Atelier sur le film documentaire | Film documentary workshop

le 28 juin à la salle Sita Bella

(L’Association des Réalisateurs Documentaires Camerounais (ARDC) et l’Association Mis Me Binga)

Articulation | Programme 1 : Félix Mbog Len Mapout, réalisateur.

Articulation | Programme 2 : Rosalie Bessini, réalisatrice et Julie Nlend, réalisatrice et écrivaine.

Articulation | Programme 3 : Dieudonné Alaka, producteur-réalisateur et Patrick Touko, producteur-réalisateur-critique de cinéma.

Modérateur : Roméi Zafack, producteur réalisateur.

Women Of The Lens Film Digital Broadcast Festival: Open for Submissions - Deadline August 2018

Women Of The Lens

Film Digital Broadcast Festival

Open for Submissions

Deadline August 2018

Women Of The Lens was created to reveal the complexity, diversity and multiplicities of black women and women of colour.

PRESS RELEASE

https://www.womenofthelens.com/press-release/

Festival Dates and Venue Announced

London, 15th June 2018: Women Of The Lens Film Digital Broadcast Festival is open for film, digital and broadcast submissions using FilmFreeway as the portal for production submission with a deadline of August 2018.

This year we're pleased to be collaborating with Genesis Cinema, 93-95 Mile End Road, London E1 4UJ as the venue for the Festival's event on Friday 16th, Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th November 2018.

This UK-based Festival was created to showcase the work and challenge perceptions of black women and women of colour in front of and behind the camera. The underrepresentation of diversity in the creative industries remains stubbornly low despite the protestations of change and 'acknowledgement' of disparity. Women Of The Lens was born because the wait for those in positions of change to do something about the improvement of the representation of black women in British industries both in front of and behind the camera, has expired.

You don't have to be black and/or identify as a woman to submit productions, what we will be looking for is your commitment to changing perceptions in front of and behind the camera. So we ask, what do the narratives look like for black women in films? Are we the audience following her story, her motives, her actions or is she a stereotypical 'side-piece' for a run-of-the-mill story? Behind the scenes, the Festival is asking well, who do you have in decision-making positions in your productions? Are you seeking to diversify your crew?

Founder and Director Jennifer G. Robinson says; “Following a first was always going to be difficult. The Festival's launch was humbling, such was the support and engagement from audiences both on and offline. The quality of the productions submitted was great. The bar has been set and it is high, but with the growing sense of purpose and the mounting sense of worth and demand for recognition for women's talents in the industry, meeting that bar can be achieved.  My responsibility to filmmakers has not changed as they submit their precious creations and providing content which reflects audience life experiences. I’m excited by the coming events and humbled by the support already received.”

About Founder/Director Jennifer G. Robinson

The brainchild behind Women Of The Lens is Jennifer G. Robinson. Jennifer has over 25 years of experience working in the creative industries to include education. Jennifer has worked with other industry professionals to produce one the longest running London-based film festivals – the black filmmaker international film festival. To say that Jennifer is ‘passionate’ about the industry is clichéd, but it’s the best word to use that describes her innate commitment and loyalty to create and deliver a Festival of integrity to grow to fulfil its ethos as described above.

Safi Faye to young filmmakers: “Dare! You are free to do whatever you want” by Mame Woury Thioubou. Le quotidien.sn

Safi Faye to young filmmakers:

“Dare! You are free to do whatever you want”

by Mame Woury Thioubou. lequotidien.sn.

Published, 8 December 2017.

Translated from French by Beti Ellerson

En Français - https://lequotidien.sn/exhortation-safi-faye-aux-jeunes-cineastes-osez-vous-etes-libres-de-faire-ce-que-vous-voulez/

If Ousmane Sembène is considered one of the fathers of African cinema, Safi Faye is indeed the mother. Though she has been away from the camera for many years, the first woman filmmaker of Africa agreed to come out of her voluntary retirement to participate in the 4th Edition of the Saint-Louis Documentary Film Festival [Senegal], of which she is the guest of honor. On Wednesday, she presented a Masterclass with a focus on her film Lettre paysanne. Safi Faye urged the younger generation of filmmakers to "dare".

For several years filmmaker Safi Faye had moved out of the spotlight. Far from festivals and even further from the media, living peacefully between France and Senegal. However the heritage city of Saint-Louis welcomes her as part of the 4th Edition of the Saint-Louis Documentary Film Festival. Guest of honor at the festival, Safi Faye responded to a letter of invitation from the educational director of the Master's in documentary filmmaking at the l’Université Gaston Berger (UGB) of Saint-Louis. In his letter, Mamadou Sellou Diallo urged the illustrious elder to make herself known to this new generation of young filmmakers who, since 2003, have been constructing another gaze and imaginary on the screen. "For the numerous young people in Africa who have decided to make documentary films, fully aware of the absolute necessity of reconstituting a language that speaks anew to our societies and to give information regarding Africa to the world, it would be an honor to receive you.”

Touched by these words, Safi Faye agreed to come and present her film Lettre paysanne (Kaddu baykat) to the young film students in the  department. The Masterclass, which was held at UGB with the young people eager to learn from her experience, turned out to be an intergenerational exchange. “Dare!” is the advice that Safi Faye gave to these young students. “I encourage you to dare to imagine. You are free to do what you want”, urges Safi Faye in front of these students who fell under the spell of the film made in 1975. “It is a very militant and political film that was censored and whose end is a premonition,” Mamadou Sellou Diallo emphasizes. Indeed, in "Kaddu baykat", Safi Faye depicts the problems of a Senegalese peasantry bent under the yoke of an agricultural system dominated by groundnut cultivation. "The only use of groundnuts is to pay taxes", a farmer seated under the palaver tree states with indignation. “Peanut crops harm us,” another adds.

With the droughts of the 1970s, in the world of the peasantry, the consequences were devastating. Empty granaries do not prevent the State from claiming payment of debts from the peasants. “It's realism. We had sprinkled the farmers with pesticides and it caused a scandal,” recalls Dr Saliou Ndour of UGB. At the end of the film, one of the characters, Ngor, forced to look for work in the town with the hope of paying the dowry that will allow him to marry his fiancée Coumba, addresses the villagers urging them to remain on their land, which is more beautiful and serene than the big city. Dr. Ndour observes that this “remarkable film lays out the first warning signs of this movement of rural exodus whose consequences are still being felt today”. “What African countries went through in the 1970s is no different from what is happening now. The State is the principal enemy by its external-focus mode of operation”, asserts Abdoulaye, student of UGB.

A final work
As a teacher, Safi Faye simultaneously began studies in ethnology at the Sorbonne and studies in pedagogical cinema at Louis Lumière in Paris. “After the World Festival of Black Arts in Dakar in 1966, all the intellectuals spoke of an Africa that I did not know. I never had black professors. And I wanted to go to the Sorbonne to find out where I came from. I started learning anthropology and ethnology. And I saw my community that always told me about the negative side of the peasantry. In the film, they repeat what they had told me,” she explains to the students. These images that speak, these remarkable images that she filmed, “to allow her non-literate mother to read the images”.

Deeply rooted in her Serer traditions, Safi Faye draws on this breeding ground to explore and share the experiences of the Senegalese peasantry. “When my father speaks, I listen. That's why you'll see a lot of static shots in the film,” she explains. Away from the cinema world for many years, Safi Faye does not intend to put away her camera before giving a final oeuvre to posterity. “My current project talks about where I come from. I want to follow my journey beginning where I was born in the Gueule-Tapée. Then, I’m done”, she says to the young students, who have fallen under the spell of this “mother of African cinema”.

Her Africa Film Festival 2016: Film Submission Call Out – Johannesburg – (IAWRT) International Association of Women in Radio and Television South African Chapter

Her Africa Film Festival 2016:

Film Submission Call Out – Johannesburg – (IAWRT) International Association of Women in Radio and Television South African Chapter

HER AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL

28-29 OCTOBER – 2016

JOHANNESBURG

FILM SUBMISSION CALL OUT

Closing date for submission: 23 September 2016

The International Association for Women in Radio and Television (IAWRT) is inviting African female filmmakers, producers, directors, writers, DOP’s, animators, in Africa and the diaspora to submit their films to HER AFRICA Film Festival.

The film festival is a celebration of the African female filmmaker and all works created during the period 2012-2016 are welcome. The content does not have to be exclusively female focused in nature. We are looking for content that is a reflection of how women engage with the medium and see the world.

The festival will be held in Johannesburg at the Bioscope 28-29 October 2016.

Filmmakers will be in attendance for the Q+A sessions and those outside Johannesburg are encouraged to apply for a scholarship to attend their own film screenings.

WE ARE LOOKING FOR:

- Feature length fiction films

- Feature length documentaries

- Animations

- Short Films

- Web Series

- Music videos

Electronic format accepted:

Hi Resolution mp4 or H.264

We transfer or Dropbox using the email: herfilmfestival@gmail.com

Hard copy format accepted:

DVD – Flash Drive

Postal Address:

ATT: Sara Chitambo

IAWRT South Africa, Block D, 257 Brooklyn Road, Brooklyn, Pretoria 0181

All queries to be made to:

herfilmfestival@gmail.com

http://www.iawrt.org

Call for Entries! | Àppel à films : UDADA Film Festival 2016 (Kenya)

UDADA Film Festival : 

Call for Entries! | Àppel à films

3rd | 3è Edition 

Nairobi, Kenya

2016 23–28 October | 23-28 Octobre

PRESS RELEASE | ANNONCE

Call for Entries! | Àppel à films

Deadline | Date limite :  31 07 2016

http://udadafestival.org/

The Third edition of UDADA (Sisterhood) Film Festival will be held from the 23rd – 28th October 2016. The Udada Women’s Film Festival is the first in the region and the second in the continent to feature Women’s fiction film productions.

La 3ème édition d’UDADA (Sororité/solidarité féminine) se déroulera du 23 au 28 octobre 2016, à Nairobi (Kenya). L’Udada Women’s Film Festival (Udada festival de femmes) est le premier dans la région et le deuxième sur le continent à mettre en exergue les films réalisés par des femmes.

Women filmmakers, especially in Africa, have been usually relegated to second place. As a festival we believe that through this initiative we will be able to provide a platform for established and emerging female talent in this industry to exhibit their work, discuss, exchange and network with each other, the public and other stakeholders.

Les réalisatrices, particulièrement en Afrique, ont été reléguées au deuxième rang. Donc, au tant que festival nous croyons que à travers cette initiative nous serons en mesure de fournir une plate-forme pour les talents féminins établis et émergeants dans l’industrie cinématographique, d’exposer leurs œuvres, de discuter, d’échanger, et de travailler en réseau entre elles, le public et les parties prenantes.

This year’s theme is: 

The African Woman: Reflections and Perceptions. 

We shall showcase films made by African women or about African women from all over that reflect African women filmmakers from all over the world.

Le thème de cette année: 

La Femme Africaine : Réflexions et Perceptions

Nous visons à présenter les films réalisés par les femmes africaines ou à leur sujet, reflétant les réalisatrices africaines venues du monde entier.

The Festival will screen short and full-length feature films, documentaries, animation and experimental films.

Le Festival projettera des films de tous les genres: courts et longs métrages, documentaires, animations, et films expérimentaux.

General Rules | Les règlements généraux 

Production must be completed after June 2014.

Les films doivent avoir été produits après juin 2014.

The films must be by African women or about African women from around the world.

Les films doivent être réalisés par les femmes africaines ou sur le sujet des femmes africaines de n'importe où dans le monde.

Submission copies must be PAL format DVD. An English language track or subtitled version is required.

Les copies doivent être soumis en DVD format PAL. Les films qui sont dans les langues d’autres que l'anglais doivent être doublés ou sous-titrés en anglais.

Films can also be submitted online if they are uploaded and a link is provided.

Les films peuvent être soumis aussi en ligne (en indiquant l’adresse complet du lien).

UDADA Film Festival proudly accepts entries via FilmFreeway.com, the world's best online submission platform. FilmFreeway offers free HD online screeners, unlimited video storage, digital press kits, and more. Click to submit with FilmFreeway: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/UDADAFilmFestival

L’UDADA Film Festival accepte les films via FilmFreeway.com. Cliquez ici pour soumettre votre film sur FilmFreeway : https://filmfreeway.com/festival/UDADAFilmFestival

Submissions will not be processed unless all the following have been received:

*Completed Entry form

*3 copies of film/video in PAL DVD

Les submissions ne seront acceptés que si tous les elements seront reçus :

*La fiche d’inscription completée

*3 copies du film/video en PAL DVD

Send hard copies to:

Envoyez les submissions par courier postal à :

Udada Film Festival

℅ Wanjiru Kinyanjui

P.O BOX 910-00511

Ongata Rongai- Kajiado, Kenya

Call for films: Imagine This 1st Annual Women’s International Film Festival - 12-13 November 2016 – New York City

IMAGINE THIS

presents its

1st Annual Women’s International Film Festival

Call for Films: https://filmfreeway.com/festival/ITPWIFF 

Source: Imagine This Production http://www.imaginethisprods.com 

ANNOUNCEMENT

Imagine This is proud to announce its first annual Women's International Film Festival to be held on 12-13 November 2016.

The Women's International Film Festival will be based in NYC devoted to supporting films produced, directed, and written by women from all walks of life from all over the world. 

ITP's mission is to showcase the work of women storytellers from around the world, and bring artist and the community together for a rich experience that is supported by networking and informative information.   

A two-day event that will take place in November will feature screenings, opening night networking, and a closing award ceremony. We hope to attract attendees throughout the Tri-State and hope to gain attendees around the country and the world.

Images of Black Women Film Festival 2016 - London

Images of Black Women

Film Festival

2016

London

Founded in 2004, Images of Black Women Film Festival returns to promote race and gender equality both in front of and behind the camera, highlighting the work of Black women and the diversity of Africa and its Diaspora.

Images of Black Women Film Festival on Facebook

Film Programme: 20 and 22 May - 5 and 12 June

 

Where Children Play (2015) Leila Djansi

A young woman is forced to nurse the father who abused her after her mother's death.

 The Perfect Human A Love Story (2014) Wade Jacks.

Sen has invited his love, Esther, for a dinner date to his apartment. They are beautiful - The Perfect Humans. But all does not go to plan!

Battledream Chronicle (2015) Alain Bidard

In 2100, the empire of Mortemonde colonized almost all the nations of the Earth and reduced their populations to slavery. The slaves are forced to collect 1000XP every month in Battledream, a video game where they can die for real.  Only those who succeed are granted the right to live until the next month. Syanna, a young martinican slave, refuses to keep living in this condition and decides to regain her freedom...

Ayanda (2015) Sara Blecher

Ayanda is a fresh and modern tale that shows a vibrant, diverse, creative and hard-working Africa - in occurrence South Africa - giving an alternative perspective on the continent.

Out of My Hands (2015) Takeshi Fukunaga

In the Liberian countryside, Cisco's quiet life as a rubber plantation worker is disrupted by a workers' strike. Risking everything to embark on a new life, he accepts a chance invitation to New York, where he immerses himself in its small Liberian community.