Film Opportunities in Ethiopia

**A rolling recruitment campaign** for emerging filmmakers across Africa and Europe to join the AU–EU Youth Voices Lab database. Selected filmmakers will be engaged on a project basis to: - Document ...

Cross Continental Forum 2026 - July & September

A forum focused on decolonising coproduction practices in film and media, bringing together African filmmakers with international partners to create equitable collaborations. The Cross Continental For...

Startup grants of up to USD 10,000 for African documentary projects with urgent, high-impact campaign goals. Supports filmmakers ready to launch strategic impact campaigns that use documentary storyte...

The (Egg)celerator Lab is a year-long programme by Chicken & Egg Films supporting women and gender-expansive nonfiction filmmakers working on their first or second feature-length documentary. Founded ...

The AU-EU Youth Voices Lab - Power of the Collective for young ...

Applications are now open for the AU–EU Youth Voices Lab – Power of the Collective for young filmmakers programme. The AU–EU Youth Voices Lab – Power of the Collective is launching a rolling recruitme...

An online AI film school founded by Shelby and Caleb Ward, offering curated courses in AI filmmaking, advertising, screenwriting, VFX, and documentary. The school provides a "safe space" for creators ...

Call for writing, photography, film/video

Inspired by Shirley Chisholm’s call to ‘bring a folding chair’ when there’s no seat at the table, Folding Chair is EQI’s digital journal – a space for conversations, perspectives, and storytelling on ...

In the heart of a rapidly digitising Africa, a new wave of storytellers is emerging—armed not with brushes or pens, but with headsets, code, and creative fire. Across the continent, women are reimagin...

Production funding (€40,000) for feature-length documentaries with European minority co-producers and filmmakers from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Oceania. Part of t...

FESPACO 2027 – Call for Film Submissions

FESPACO (Festival Panafricain du Cinéma et de la Télévision de Ouagadougou) is THE flagship Pan-African film festival, held biennially in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso since 1969. The 2027 edition has ope...

Abidjan Animation Film Festival (FFAA) 2026 – Call for Submissions

The Abidjan Animation Film Festival (Festival du Film d'Animation d'Abidjan — FFAA) is West Africa's premier animation festival, held annually in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. The 2026 edition is now accept...

Film Independent Amplifier Fellowship

A year-long fellowship from Film Independent amplifying the voices of Black or African American artists working in fiction, nonfiction, and episodic formats. Fellows receive mentorship, industry acces...

Filmmakers Without Borders – Teaching Fellowship

Fully-funded fellowships to teach filmmaking, media literacy, and technology to underserved students across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Fellows spend 2–6 months embedded in partner communities, r...

Beijing International Film Festival (BJIFF) — 16th Edition

One of Asia most prestigious cinematic events and China answer to Cannes. The 16th Beijing International Film Festival (16-25 April 2026) combines competition for the flagship Tiantan Award with a spr...

Quad-A Academy: Fourth Edition 2026 | ::: QUAD - A | GROUP :::

CAPP 2026  | Uganda  |  Powered by the Mastercard Foundation Raising East Africa’s Audio Standard – One Cohort at a Time Across Uganda and East Africa, creative talent is not in sh...

XR, Archives, and African Storytelling Funding - akoroko.com

It combines grants, mentorship, and exhibition support for six immersive storytelling projects that will use 360° video, virtual or augmented reality, sensor-based or interactive installations, and im...

Call For Applications: NWTF 2026 Grant For Women-Led Projects in Africa

Application Deadline: December 12, 2025 Women-led initiatives across Africa now have a timely opportunity to secure funding and scale their impact through the NWTF 2026 Grant, a targeted program desig...

TAIDO African Animation Challenge 2026 - Animated Film Network

Region Africa North America South America China Shorts Movies Series Guides Streaming Guide to Animated Series Region Africa North America South America China Sho...

Regional Competitive Creativity Fund (RCCF)

The RCCF is dedicated to stimulating, developing, and implementing unique cultural projects and activities inter-regionally. The program supports collaborative artistic projects among partnering organ...

Call for films for the 4th Edition of the Cotonou ... - ladima.africa

The Festival aims to promote films made by women on subjects of their choice in order to better understand the evolution of the situation of women directors and their cinema in each country represente...

Calls for Applications - Africa Real Collective (ARC)

DocA, in conjunction with Africa Real Collective and in partnership with the IDFA Bertha Fund, is excited to invite eligible directors and producers from across the African continent to join the Afric...

Call for entries: IBF Europe - Minority Co-Production

DonateMenuLoading...Loading... MyIDFAMenuNews & StoriesCall for entries: IBF Europe – Minority Co-ProductionNews & StoriesCall for entries: IBF Europe – Minority Co-ProductionIDFA Bertha FundThursday,...

Short film grants for African filmmakers - i79media.com

DEADLINE: OCTOBER 2, 2024 — Documentary Africa (DocA) is offering grants to African filmmakers for short-form documentary content. Through the Shoot Your Short, DocA will award grants valued at $5,000...

A film school in Africa with Mira Nair - TAMassociati

A film center and a life garden: a cultural, environmental and architectural project to see and narrate a new Africa Maisha is a non-profit training initiative for emerging East African filmmakers, fo...

ALAKA Film Lab Opens Call for 2025 Projects to Empower Central African ...

Share on TwitterShare via Whatsapp   The ALAKA Film Lab, a development and co-produ...

MATATU FILM LAB - Film Possible

Matatu Film Lab (MFL) is a comprehensive training program dedicated to cultivating and supporting emerging filmmakers. Led and conducted by a team of African and international industry experts and fil...

Maisha Film Lab | If we don't tell our own stories, no one else will

For Sixteen years, we have provided hands-on intensives in screenwriting, directing, producing, cinematography, editing, sound recording, and acting in Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, and Rwanda. The last co...

Call for Applications: AFFC Storytellers Film Lab (Cohort IV) - Virtual Lab

Call for Applications: AFFC Storytellers Film Lab (Cohort IV) Are you an emerging African female filmmaker with a powerful story to tell? The African Female Filmmakers Collective (AFFC) is now accepti...

GOETHE-INSTITUT INTERNATIONAL COPRODUCTION FUND (IKF) 2026

The Goethe-Institut International Coproduction Fund supports collaborative projects in performing arts, music, theatre, dance, and performance involving international cultural exchange. Established in...

SOTAMBE (meaning 'come and watch' in local language) is the largest film festival in Zambia, now in its 13th edition. ZAMIFF promotes Southern African filmmakers and is known for its hospitality and n...

AFRICARJARC CINEMA 2026 (Création Africa)

AFRICARJARC is a cinema programme by Création Africa that supports African filmmakers through residencies, mentoring, and co-production facilitation. The programme brings together African creators wit...

VIDEO CONSORTIUM — SOLUTIONS STORYTELLING PROJECT: AFRICA 2026

A collaborative storytelling fellowship from the Video Consortium, supported by the Skoll Foundation. SSP Africa connects regional filmmakers with social innovators across Africa to produce cinematic ...

BLACK FILM PROJECT (Harvard Hutchins Center)

The Black Film Project is a fellowship programme at the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University. The fellowship supports filmmakers exploring the Black experience...

KOSINIMA SHORT FILM GRANT

KOSINIMA, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit founded by Oluwaseun Babalola that provides films, grants, and career support for filmmakers in Africa and the African diaspora. The KOSINIMA Short Film Grant f...

ALTER-CINÉ FOUNDATION DOCUMENTARY GRANTS

The Alter-Ciné Foundation was created in 2001 in memory of Canadian documentary filmmaker Yvan Patry, co-founder of the production company Alter-Ciné, who directed numerous documentaries and current a...

The world's largest AI film prize — $1 million — launched in collaboration with Google's Gemini at the 1 Billion Followers Summit in Dubai. The inaugural award in 2025 was won by Tunisian filmmaker Zo...

MERCK FOUNDATION FILM AWARDS 2026

The Merck Foundation Film Awards More Than a Mother is an annual competition launched in partnership with African First Ladies, inviting African filmmakers, film students, and young creative talents t...

AFRICA NO FILTER / KEKERE STORYTELLERS FUND

Africa No Filter is a donor collaborative focused on shifting stereotypical narratives about Africa. Its Kekere Storytellers Fund provides micro-grants to emerging African content creators whose work ...

The ACP-EU Culture Programme is funded by the European Union to support cultural and creative industries in African, Caribbean, and Pacific (ACP) countries. It provides grants of up to 200,000 EUR or ...

FESPACO (Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou)

FESPACO is Africas oldest and largest film festival, founded in 1969 in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. It is the continents most important celebration of African cinema, operating on a biennial cycle (odd...

DOHA FILM INSTITUTE (DFI) GRANTS PROGRAMME

The Doha Film Institute is the primary engine for independent cinema funding in the MENA region, and one of the most important international grant bodies for filmmakers from the Global South. Founded ...

NEXT NARRATIVE AFRICA FUND (NNAF)

The Next Narrative Africa Fund is a mission-driven content and media investment vehicle targeting $50 million in total capitalization — $40 million commercial content fund paired with $10 million from...

The African Producers Accelerator (APA) is a 12-week intensive programme designed to help mid-career African producers strengthen their production companies, sharpen their strategy, and scale their im...

CREATIVE PRODUCER INDABA (Realness Institute)

The Creative Producer Indaba (CPI) is a six-month professional development fellowship for independent film producers, now in its 5th edition (2025–2026). It is a collaboration between the GLOBAL OPPOR...

REALNESS AFRICAN SCREENWRITERS RESIDENCY

Founded in 2015, the Realness African Screenwriters Residency is the flagship and founding programme of the Realness Institute — a residential development incubator for African feature film scripts, h...

CINEMART — INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ROTTERDAM

CineMart is the world’s oldest and most prestigious co-production market for independent feature films, founded in 1983 as part of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). Now in its 43rd edi...

FINAL CUT IN VENICE

Final Cut in Venice is a three-day workshop running inside the Venice Production Bridge during the Venice Film Festival, dedicated EXCLUSIVELY to films from Africa and from Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Pale...

IDFA FORUM PITCH

The IDFA Forum Pitch is the co-production and co-financing market at the heart of IDFA — the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the world's largest documentary festival with 295,000 vi...

CanneSeries is the international TV series festival held in Cannes each April, running simultaneously with MIPTV — the international TV market with thousands of global buyers from 100+ countries. Foun...

BERLINALE CO-PRO SERIES MARKET

The Berlinale Co-Pro Series Market is the drama series arm of the Berlin International Film Festival's Co-Production Market — one of the world's most prestigious film markets. The Co-Production Market...

SERIENCAMP CONFERENCE — CO-PRODUCTION PITCH

Seriencamp Conference is a three-day industry event held every June in Cologne — the heart of German public broadcasting, home to WDR, RTL, and ZDF's largest production hub. Running for 12 years, it h...

TORINOFILMLAB CO-PRODUCTION FUND

The TorinoFilmLab (TFL) is a talent development and co-production initiative run by the Museum of Cinema in Turin, Italy, established in 2008 with support from Creative Europe. Its Co-Production Fund ...

IDFA BERTHA FUND (IBF)

The IDFA Bertha Fund is run by IDFA — the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, the world's largest documentary festival. It is the only fund in the world dedicated solely to stimulating ...

HUBERT BALS FUND (HBF)

The Hubert Bals Fund is the grant programme of the International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR) — one of the world's most prestigious festivals. Named after IFFR founder Hubert Bals (who died in 1988)...

BERLINALE WORLD CINEMA FUND (WCF) 🟢 OPEN NOW

The World Cinema Fund (WCF) is a grant programme run by the Berlin International Film Festival in partnership with the German Federal Cultural Foundation (Kulturstiftung des Bundes), founded in Novemb...

CANNES RESIDENCE DU FESTIVAL

GLOBAL OPPORTUNITIES FOR AFRICAN FILM & SERIES MAKERS | 2025/2026 EDITION | Updated March 2026 Compiled March 2026 directed by Cati Weinek with Fab Claude.. Always verify deadlines and eligibility on ...

The Red Sea Feature Films Program (formerly called The Lodge) is a 10-month intensive creative and professional training programme run by Red Sea Labs, a division of the Red Sea Film Foundation in Sau...

LOCARNO OPEN DOORS

Open Doors is a professional programme run by Locarno Film Festival — one of the world's oldest and most prestigious festivals, established in 1946. The Open Doors programme was launched in 2003 in pa...