DocA- Documentary Africa

We were honoured to present the DocA Award to Plastic Atlantis by director Samira Vera-Cruz and producer Pedro Soulé from Cabo Verde. 🎉 Congratulations to the team! 🌍🎬 #DocA #DFM2025 #PlasticAtlantis

From the ground up 📈 African documentary filmmakers are rewriting the distribution playbook - combining cinema, digital, and community engagement for maximum impact. Incredible panel at #DurbanFilmMart! #DocA

OPEN CALL for African Filmmakers: WHY FREEDOM? (Africa Edition)🎬🌍 In partnership with @TheWhyFound , we’re calling on filmmakers across the continent to pitch short documentaries (5–15 min) that explore freedom, from your perspective, in the context you know best. Political,…

@durbanfilmmart A thoughtful panel about documentary distribution with Sam Soko (Kenya), Theresa Hill (South Africa), Mohamed Said Ouma (Kenya/Comoros) and Jeanne Deny (France/Egypt).

Are you an East African filmmaker? 🎬 The EAccelerate Fund 2025 is here to help you bring your short film to life with up to €20,000 in funding, mentorship, and a chance for international visibility. 📅 Deadline: 21 July 2025 ➡️ Apply now: documentaryafrica.org/eaccelerate-fu…

🎬 EAccelerate Fund 2025 is open! Funding, mentorship & visibility for East African filmmakers. ➡️ Apply by 21 July → documentaryafrica.org/eaccelerate-fu… #EAccelerateFund #DocA #EASC

At this year’s Cannes Docs – Co-Pro Social Club, three of our grantees — Alyaa Musaa (Sudan), Mamounata Nikiéma (Burkina Faso), and Christina Ifubaraboye (Nigeria) — took the stage to pitch their production companies, share their visions, and expand their networks. #Cannes2025

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🎬 Tomorrow! Join us on Zoom at 10:00 BST for a powerful convo on Impact Production in the African Context at the Festival of Media Production, Bournemouth University. With: Miriam Ayoo, Prince O. Nyambok II & Liani Maasdorp. 🔗 - documentaryafrica.org/impact-product…

Meet Salma SARY from Morocco 🇲🇦, one of our SYS Grantees, as she introduces her powerful documentary project Sounds of Freedom. Wishing her all the best as she brings this beautiful story to life! @Ghribagaze #DocA #ShootYourShort #ShortDocs

Hear from Shaeera, one of our first Shoot Your Short grantees, as she introduces Babu Komba: A Stranger in Zanzibar. We can't wait to follow along as she brings this story to life! ✨ @shaeera_k #DocA #ShootYourShort #ShortDocs

The winners of our first-ever Shoot Your Short Grant are here! 🎬🎉 Congrats to: 🏆 Salma Sary – Sounds of Freedom 🏆 Shaaera Kalla – Babu Komba: A Stranger in Zanzibar Thank you to everyone who submitted! You made this launch unforgettable. #ShootYourShort #DocA

We had an amazing time showcasing The Fortunate, a film by director Habtamu Gebrehiwot and producer Nahusenay Dereje, as part of the #EAccelerateFund program in Addis Ababa. @BMZ_Bund @dw_akademie #TheFortunate #AfricanCinema #DocA #EASC #FilmScreening

Doc Day: Impact Edition (East Africa) at Baraza Media Lab was a huge success! 🎬 Congratulations to Simona Nickmanova & Jigar Ganatra for winning the $5,000 Impact Prize for their powerful film Children of Honey (Tanzania)! 🏆 @DOCUBOXFilmFund #DocDay #RealReelImpact #Impact

Congratulations to Makhfouss Thiam from Sénégal, who won the $5,000 Impact Prize for his film Cila Bokk at Doc Day: Impact Édition at FESPACO! 🎉 Huge thanks to everyone who participated and made this event a success! 🙌🏾 #DocDayImpact #FESPACO #AfricanCinema #ImpactProducing

✨Screening Alert! ✨ The Fortunate, a film by director Habtamu Gebrehiwot and producer Nahusenay Dereje, will be screening today at 5:30 PM EAT in Addis Ababa as part of the EAccelerate Fund program. @bmz_bund @DOCUBOXFilmFund #EAccelerateFund #AfricanCinema #DocA #EASC

The Films, the pitches, the impact, and YOU! 🎬The Doc Day: Impact Edition (East Africa) is finally happening at @BarazaLab! This one-of-a-kind documentary film pitch event has brought together filmmakers, impact producers, and industry changemakers to harness the power of film…

Mother City will be showing at FESPACO! This film was granted under our RRI program- don't miss it! #FESPACO #Impact

✨ Calling all African documentary filmmakers! ✨ Are you ready to amplify your film's impact? Apply for Doc Day: Édition Impact @ FESPACO and stand a chance to win $5,000 to execute a fundamental impact goal! Only 5 projects will be selected to pitch live at FESPACO.

The EAccelerate Fund has supported four films from East Africa, and they will be screening at @berlinale today, Feb 18, from 5 PM CET at the Gropius Bau Cinema. 🎬✨ #Berlinale #EastAfricanCinema #EAccelerateFund