CONGRATULATIONS!

2021 BENEFICIARIES

FILMMAKERS & PRODUCERS

Filmmaker, PIRINHA

Natasha Craveiro was born in Mindelo, Sao Vicente and has a degree in Sociology. After a stint in the corporate world, she co-founded Korikaxoru Films in 2016. Her production credits under Korikaxoru, include documentaries such as: WOMAN by Anastasia Mikova & Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Saudade by Anna Azevedo (BR), Dona Mónica (2020) & The Master’s Plan, scheduled to premiere in December this year. Natasha will be making her documentary directorial debut with Pirinha which is currently in development and was selected for the 2021 Koudougu Doc Writing Residency.

Natasha CRAVEIRO

Cabo Verde

Development Grant Recipient

Producer/Filmmaker, TONGUE OF THE SPEAR

Patience Nitumwesiga is a writer, producer and director based in Uganda. Her work emphasizes utopian and decolonized African themes while boldly confronting our current cultural and political realities. She runs Mbaganire, a podcast for African folktales and organised an Embroidery-for-Justice project to mourn femicides in Wakiso district where she lives. She’s developing two documentary debut features, Tongue of the Spear and The Woman Who Poked The Leopard, which was presented at Durban Filmmart in August 2021 where it won five awards.

Patience NITUMWESIGA

Uganda

Development Grant Recipient

Producer, CAMERA NEVER CRIES

Alyaa Musa is a Khartoum based producer/ director. She studied Filmmaking at London Film School and has an MA with distinction on Cinematography and Postproduction from the University of Greenwich. In 2016, she co-founded Black Balance Artistic Production Company to support talented storytellers from Sudan and Africa to bring their stories to life. Beside her passion and experience on writing/ directing short fiction and non-fiction. Alongside THE CAMERA NEVER CRIES by Elsadig & Abuzar, Alyaa is currently the main producer on three other continentally acclaimed feature length projects.

Alyaa MUSA

Sudan

Development Grant Recipient

Filmmaker, FRICHE! ET LES DÉCOMBRES SE SOUVIENNENT...

“…Lier la réalisation documentaire à l’histoire est pour moi le meilleur moyen de vivre mes passions et de transmettre mes savoirs. J’ai dans cette quête réalisé en 2018 mon premier court métrage école intitulé « Quinine Amère », dans le cadre du projet de formation Patrimoine-Héritage. J’ai engagée depuis peu ma première aventure de long métrage avec le projet de film « Friche ! Et les décombres se souviennent… ». J’ai eu l’occasion de participer avec ce projet aux résidences d’écriture DOCA Africa en 2020 et Yaoundé Film Lab en 2021…” – Darice

Darice MALABON

Cameroon

Production Grant Recipient

Filmmaker, THE NEW MAN

Carlos Yuri Ceuninck, hails from Santo Antão, Cape Verde. A graduate of cinema studies from EICTV (Escuela Internacional de Cine y Television), Cuba. His first feature length documentary film, The Master’s Plan was recently selected for the Saint-Louis International Documentary Film Festival (SEN) and AFRIFF (NGA, 2021). His second feature length documentary, The New Man, is currently in production. The project has received financial support from DocA, FJCF, WCF and FWB. In 2021 it was also selected with the project in2021 for the EFM, SDI and Nipkow program.

Carlos Yuri CEUNINCK

Cabo Verde

Production Grant Recipient

Producer, ‘KENYAN POLITICS DOCUMENTARY’

Maia Lekow is a renowned Kenyan musician and filmmaker. She was named a goodwill ambassador for UNHCR on World Refugee Day 2013 and has received an African Movie Academy Award for her song ‘Uko Wapi’. Working together with husband Christopher King, they create films that are deeply personal, multi-layered character studies. Their debut feature-documentary The Letter, Kenya’s official selection to the 93rd Academy Awards, explores the inter-generational conflict currently happening within Maia’s paternal homeland, coastal Kenya. She also composed a stunning original score for the film with award-winning composer Ken Myhr.

Maia LEKOW

Kenya

Production Grant Recipient

Producer/Filmmaker, EAT BITTER

Pascale APPORA-GNEKINDY, une Informaticienne de formation, après sept ans dans le monde professionnel, je me suis intéressée au cinéma, car passionée. Cette passion m’a incitée à postuler pour une formation cinématographique très sélective à Bangui. J’ai participer à des ateliers axés sur la réalisation de films documentaires par l’Alliance française de Bangui et les Ateliers Varan de Paris. J’ai réalisé deux films Mes Yeux Pour entendre (2017) et Deux sœurs (2019). Eat-Bitter est mon premier long métrage documentaire, une coproduction internationale avec une équipe diverse.

Pascale APPORA-GNEKINDY

Central African Republic

Postproduction Grant Recipient

Filmmaker, MURDER IN PARIS

Enver Samuel is an award-winning documentary filmmaker who focuses on telling the lesser known stories of unsung heroes & heroines of the struggle against apartheid. His most recent documentary Murder in Paris was the joint winner of the best documentary award at the 2021 Durban International Film Festival where he was also awarded the inaugural Human Rights Award at the same festival Enver’s last 3 documentaries tackle poignant themes that have strong social impact elements. In his own words…“I see this as being a central part of my filmmaking DNA”.

Enver SAMUEL

South Africa

Impact Production Grant Recipient

PROGRAM SUPPORT GRANTS - DOC-ORGANISATIONS

DOCSHARE PROGRAM

DOCSHARE is an initiative of the DFA to create opportunities for film professionals to share their knowledge & engage with the work & concerns of filmmakers. We aim to offer virtual DocShare sessions ranging from skills workshops to advanced professional development.

South Africa

Training Programs

LA RUCHE DOCUMENTAIRE

Le Festival International de film Documentaire d’Agadir (FIDADOC)

sont regroupées au sein d’une « Ruche documentaire ». Un programme de formations et d’accompagnement artistique de projets qui vise à :

Identifier les documentaristes Marocains et Africains d’aujourd’hui et de demain,

Renforcer leurs compétences et leur réseau,

les accompagner dans le développement et la concrétisation de leurs projets de films.

Morocco

Training Programs

MY TOWN, MY LIFE, MY LENS, OUR STORIES!

MY TOWN, MY LIFE, MY LENS, OUR STORIES! Aims to reach Eastern African filmmakers in previously less supported towns outside the capital cities which is expected will bring about diversity of fresh and new voices to the Eastern Africa film industry. This project will help give filmmakers from these towns the chance for training opportunities that mostly go to filmmakers in the capital cities. Following a successful pilot that focused on the rural towns in Kenya, we are now looking at rolling the project out to the greater Eastern African region.

Kenya

Training Programs

KOUDOUGOU DOC FESTIVAL

Koudougou Doc Festival a l’objectif a contribuer au développement du tissu industriel cinématographique du Burkina Faso, et de la région de Koudougou en particulier – Renforcer la place et la diffusion du cinéma documentaire aussi bien au Burkina qu´en Afrique – Populariser le cinéma documentaire dans les couches défavorisées et dans les milieux où il demeure inconnu – Créer un cadre d’échange et de rencontres cinématographiques entre les réalisateurs, les producteurs et les populations des quartiers

Burkina Faso

Festivals