Production Funding "Histoire d'Amour en Dix Chansons, Trois Mariages et un Baiser" — director Faouzi Bensaïdi, Morocco. €40,000. A Marrakech wedding band, and the loves and disappointments of the people who play in it, told across ten songs. "Raphi" — director Frank Thierry Léa Malle, Cameroon. €30,000. A woman who dreamed of being a boxer marries to save her family from poverty — then has to become a boxer for real, to pay off a debt she never should have owed. "Tkallem" — director Nejib Kthiri, Tunisia. €40,000.
A Black Tunisian teenager who communicates mostly through sign language, caught between his parents as his father plots a dangerous crossing to Europe. ## Development Funding "Ruelles Étroites" — director Firoza Houssen, Madagascar. €8,000. A young woman torn between reclaiming a lost love and protecting her little sister. "Safara" — director Awa Moctar Gueye, Senegal, her first feature. €8,000. A 15-year-old girl uncovers a murder in her Dakar neighborhood. ## Completion Funding "Ego Reach We All (Our Time Will Come)" — director Amartei Armar, Ghana. €15,000.
Two orphaned brothers flee to the capital city Accra in search of freedom and a family of their own. Just premiered at the Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. "Monsieur Pingre" — director Israël Tounou, Togo. €15,000, plus €5,000 in editing support. A penny-pinching father drags his family into a reality-TV competition for 10 million West African francs — about $17,000.
The Commission flagged that this was Ghana's first-ever selection for the fund, having only become eligible in 2025. "Ego Reach We All" made that debut.
Source: africanfilmpress.com