This year, Initiative Africa is sponsoring the Gutsy Women Film Competition.The goal of the competition is to encourage women participating in AIFF to write scripts and then produce short films using their phones. The short film should showcase inspiring, resilient and empowering women.The film should be 45 sec to 1 min long; animated, live-action / narrative, documentary or experimental. The 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners will be determined by audience ballots and announced at the conclusion of the last evening performance. How to Submit your entries- Only films completed after January 2017 are eligible to apply.
- AIFF accepts shorts (under 30min) and feature length films (over 50min).
- Genres shown at AIFF include documentary, animation, experimental and narrative.
- Films made in languages other than English should have subtitles in English.
- No film selected may be withdrawn from the festival program after its publication.
- AIFF no longer accepts DVD submissions. All films must be submitted digitally via online submission.
