The "AFRIC'ART FACTORY" support program, which aims to accompany and support filmmakers by creating a cinematic bridge between their experience and their rich cultural heritage, has just announced its shortlist for 2025.
Selected from among 143 candidates, the 10 projects chosen will receive in-depth technical and artistic support to help them perfect their feature-length fiction or documentary projects .
The projects were pre-selected by: Imane Ndione, Salif Cima CISSE, Nelson Makengo, Léa Baron, and Abdou Khadre Ndiaye.
The final selection committee was composed of:
Angele Diabang, director and producer;
Sebastien ONOMO, producer and distributor;
Fabacary Assymby Coly, director.
The 10 Winners 2025
Documentaries
- Dja branku dja by Natasha Craveiro (Cape Verde)
- Four Tales of Love by Maged Atta (Egypt)
- Mythical Cavalry of Yassira DERMANE ADAM (Togo)
Series
- Mr. Brassy Oil by NGUEYELI Evodie (Cameroon)
Fiction
- Den’Ko by Mouhamed Konaté (Ivory Coast)
- Journey to the End of Life by Rianando Ludovic Randriamanantsoa (Madagascar)
- The child of a woman from Oumarou Garba Maimouna (Niger)
- Behind the masks of Mandir Thiaw Ndoye (Senegal)
- Il était trois fois (Once Upon a Time) by Mamadou Diop DLM (Senegal)
- Souleymane de Bouba Diop (Senegal)
This program receives financial support from the Senegalese Ministry of Culture, Fopica, the Senegalese Film Commission, the Institut français in Paris, and the Cinémathèque Afrique.