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🎬 A look back at Doc Day: Impact Edition, Durban FilmMart 2026.
The day brought filmmakers, impact practitioners, funders and industry partners together at #DFM2026 to explore how African documentaries can contribute to meaningful social change.
#DocumentaryAfrica #Impact
At #DFM2026, we’re presenting the DocA RRI Impact Pitch Prize, supported by Perspective Fund & StoryBoard Collective.
One project from the DFM Pitch & Finance Forum will receive **USD 5,000** to pursue an urgent, achievable impact goal.
#DocumentaryAfrica #RRI
We’re heading to #DFM2026! 🎬
This Friday, join us for Doc Day: Impact Edition — a day of African impact case studies, an Impact Campaign Hackathon, networking and conversations on financing documentary impact.
📆 9 Oct | ⏱️ 10:30–16:30
📍 Elangeni Hotel, Suite 5
Meet the team behind LOIN DE MOI LA COLERE, one of the projects supported through the 2025 Real Reel Impact Start-Up Grants.
Learn more about Real Reel Impact and the 2025 cohort → documentaryafrica.org/rri-re…
Meet the team behind PIRINHA, one of the projects supported through the 2025 Real Reel Impact Start-Up Grants.
Learn more about Real Reel Impact and the 2025 cohort → documentaryafrica.org/rri-re…
Meet the team behind Mother City, one of the projects supported through the 2025 Real Reel Impact Start-Up Grants.
Learn more → documentaryafrica.org/rri-re…
‼️ Deadline Extended ‼️
The RRI Startup Grants are now open until 20 April 2026.
If you’re working on a documentary with a clear impact goal, this is your window to secure up to $10,000 in funding for your campaign.
Apply now: documentaryafrica.org/rri-re…
🌍 Ready to make an impact?
Apply for the RRI Start-up Impact Grant under the RRI Program!
This call is open to African documentary producers with feature films with impact potential. Up to $10,000 grants available.
Deadline: 13th April 2026
Apply: documentaryafrica.org/rri-re…
📢 Open Call - Monitoring & Evaluation Consultant
The EAccelerate Programme is looking for a skilled M&E professional to conduct close-out interviews, analyse programme data, and deliver a comprehensive report for the 2025–2026 cycle.
Apply Here - documentaryafrica.org/eaccel…
THANK YOU NAIROBI! 🎬
Full house for the EAccelerate Regional Screening — 2 world premieres, inspiring films from the 2024 & 2025 cohorts, and amazing conversations with filmmakers! 🌍
DocA’s first East Africa screening is coming to Nairobi! 🎬
Watch short films from the EAccelerate cohorts, including two world premieres.
🗓 30 Jan 2026 | 4–9 PM | Prestige Cinema
Q&A with filmmakers & live performance.
RSVP: documentaryafrica.org/eaccel…
#DocA #EAccelerate
🚨 Call for Proposals!
East Africa Screen Collective (EASC) is seeking consultants to develop the Business Plan for the East African Screen Collective. Read full details on our website.
Deadline: Oct 22, 2025
Apply via link: documentaryafrica.org/eaccel…
🚨 The #EAccelerateFund 2025 cohort is here!
3 projects from 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇸🇩 Sudan & 🇸🇴 Somalia join the program, led by EASC + @dw_akademie in partnership with #DocA & funded by @BMZ_Bund.
A new chapter for East African storytelling
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If you are applying for the EAccelerate Call for Mentors, please use the link below to submit your application:
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Do you have 5+ years in the film industry?
The EAccelerate Fund 2025 is calling for mentors to guide bold, original short films.
Be part of shaping the future of East African cinema.
📅 Deadline: Aug 28
👉🏽 Apply here: documentaryafrica.org/eaccel…
#EAccelerateFund #DocumentaryAfrica
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
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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, personal, social, economic, or environmental — all interpretations are welcome.
With democracy and individual freedoms under increasing pressure, this series is part of a global effort to spotlight the many lived realities of what freedom looks like, feels like, or is still being fought for.✊🏽✨
From grounded reflection to bold perspective, we’re looking for 6 clear, compelling narratives — anchored in voices you’re well-positioned to share, with real connection to the people, places, or moments at their core.
Call Details:
🔹 $7,000 USD production grant
🔹 Online Story development lab
🔹 5-day Physical Editing Lab Mentorship in Nairobi (Dec 2025)
🔹 Global distribution via THE WHY Foundation
***Deadline: 12 August 2025***
“To be free is not merely to cast off one’s chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” — Nelson Mandela 💫
If your story questions what freedom is, or isn’t , in your context, we want to hear it.
Apply now via : submission.mydocubox.org
#WHYFreedom #Docubox #AfricanFilmmakers #OpenCall
DocA- Documentary Africa retweeted
@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/eaccel…