UNESCO Collaborates to Offer Film-Making Residency to African Women

The programme provides a platform to enhance skills, amplify voices, and connect with key players in the film industry across the continent.
Jul. 31st 2025
UNESCO Collaborates to Offer Film-Making Residency to African Women

 

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), in collaboration with the People’s Republic of China and the Tamayouz Cinema Foundation, is offering African women filmmakers residency in Morocco.

The six-week residency will last from September 15 to October 27, 2025.

The programme provides a platform to enhance skills, amplify voices, and connect with key players in the film industry across the continent.

Participants will receive professional training, produce their short film, and collaborate with peers from across Africa.

Ten emerging African women filmmakers will be selected. 

To apply, the applicant must identify as a woman, be a citizen of an African state, and be between 21 and 35 years old before the start of the residency.

The applicant must also have at least two years of professional experience in film or audio-visual production, have written and directed at least one fiction film (short, medium, or feature), preferably screened at a festival or broadcast, and speak and understand English and/or French fluently.

The deadline is July 31.

To apply, click here.

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UNESCO Collaborates to Offer Film-Making Residency to African Women

The programme provides a platform to enhance skills, amplify voices, and connect with key players in the film industry across the continent.
Jul. 31st 2025
UNESCO Collaborates to Offer Film-Making Residency to African Women

 

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO), in collaboration with the People’s Republic of China and the Tamayouz Cinema Foundation, is offering African women filmmakers residency in Morocco.

The six-week residency will last from September 15 to October 27, 2025.

The programme provides a platform to enhance skills, amplify voices, and connect with key players in the film industry across the continent.

Participants will receive professional training, produce their short film, and collaborate with peers from across Africa.

Ten emerging African women filmmakers will be selected. 

To apply, the applicant must identify as a woman, be a citizen of an African state, and be between 21 and 35 years old before the start of the residency.

The applicant must also have at least two years of professional experience in film or audio-visual production, have written and directed at least one fiction film (short, medium, or feature), preferably screened at a festival or broadcast, and speak and understand English and/or French fluently.

The deadline is July 31.

To apply, click here.

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