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  • With one in four people on the planet being African by 2050, a seismic change is already starting to register in the global independent filmmaking community. The All African Independent Film Festival (AAIFF Africa), based in Kigali, Rwanda will showcase the immense breadth and talent in independent filmmaking from the 54 countries that make
    up the continent, where independent cinema plays an ever increasing, and crucial role, in amplifying diverse voices and narratives. As African cinema gains global recognition, the expected local and global growth in viewership reflects a burgeoning interest in authentic storytelling and unique perspectives from the continent in which 1.3 billion people live and create.

    AAIFF Africa 2025 offers 16 awards in 10 categories including Africa’s Best Independent Film Director 2025 and Africa’s Best Independent Film 2025.

    As the sister film festival of ÉCU—the European Independent Film Festival, which has been held in Paris for 20 years, the AAIFF Africa has the ability to harness the rock-solid reputation of the ÉCU Film Festival Group as being one of the World’s foremost independent film festivals groups and to help bring global attention to Africa’s independent filmmakers.

    Our objective is to offer excellent opportunities for all the African independent filmmakers to find audiences for their films, to connect with peers, distributors and talent scouts – and importantly to provide them unforgettable film festival experience.

    Prizes range from year to year.

    The awards for the 2025 edition are:

    Africa’s Best Independent Film 2025
    Africa’s Best Independent Film Director 2025
    Best Cinematography 2025
    Best Editing 2025
    Best Actress 2025
    Best Actor 2025
    Africa’s Best Independent Dramatic Feature Film 2025
    Africa’s Best Independent Dramatic Short Film 2025
    Africa’s Best Independent Documentary 2025
    Africa’s Best Independent Music Video 2025
    Africa’s Best Independent Animated Film 2025
    Africa’s Best Independent Student Film 2025
    Africa’s Best Independent Experimental Film 2025
    Best Independent Feature Script 2025
    Best Independent Short Script 2025
    Rwandan Students Special Award 2025

    Films should be independent in spirit and original in perspective. Open to all films made with less than 50% participation by a major studio or television broadcaster. Films may be submitted in any language, however every film must have English subtitles, including the films in English. Appropriate subtitles are required to ensure the best screening for our audience.

    A synopsis of no more than 180 characters in English, a screenshot from the film and a short director's biography also in English are requested upon submission. The films must be completed since 1st of January 2024.

    The films must be from one of the countries in the following list:
    Algeria
    Angola
    Benin
    Botswana
    Burkina Faso
    Burundi
    Cabo Verde
    Cameroon
    Central African Republic (CAR)
    Chad
    Comoros
    Congo
    Democratic Republic of the Congo
    Cote d’Ivoire
    Djibouti
    Egypt
    Equatorial Guinea
    Eritrea
    Eswatini
    Ethiopia
    Gabon
    Gambia
    Ghana
    Guinea
    Guinea-Bissau
    Kenya
    Lesotho
    Liberia
    Libya
    Madagascar
    Malawi
    Mali
    Mauritania
    Mauritius
    Morocco
    Mozambique
    Namibia
    Niger
    Nigeria
    Rwanda
    Sao Tome and Principe
    Senegal
    Seychelles
    Sierra Leone
    Somalia
    South Africa
    South Sudan
    Sudan
    Tanzania
    Togo
    Tunisia
    Uganda
    Zambia
    Zimbabwe

  • 9/12/25 at 8:00 AM -
    9/14/25 at 8:00 PM
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AAIFF Africa - All African Independent Film Festival

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