Arab Film Platform Program (AFP)

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The Arab Film Platform (AFP) is a unique program initiated by the Arab cinematographic centers of the Arab Film Institutes Commission (AFIC). AFP seeks to encourage and support the cinematic production of the region by providing supporting and networking opportunities to emerging, up-and-coming as well as established filmmakers from the Arab world, with a focus on the crucial phase of development of their feature film projects.

Announced in July 2019, at Manarat festival, in Tunisia, the Arab Film Platform has a double ambition: allow the establishment of a network of platforms, labs and residencies that support film development, as well as enable seven project holders to benefit from these partners’ experience and expertise.

Through the Arab Film Platform, AFIC collaborates with established and recognized partners in the Arab world that are actively working in the same spirit to stimulate and strengthen the cooperation between Arab cinema professionals, by reinforcing the links between fellow filmmakers, and with the Arab industry at large. An independent selection committee will select 7 feature film projects that will be supported by AFP and take part in a support program established in one of the AFIC countries. Each institution of the state member of AFIC, namely, Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia, will ensure the participation of one of the selected film projects, by covering the participation cost and mobility costs, within one partner initiatives. This network will connect for the first time 7 existing Arab initiatives that support film development:

  • Dahshur Residence (Egypt)
  • Rawi (Jordan)
  • Atelier d’Ă©criture de Fondation Liban CinĂ©ma (Lebanon)
  • Film Femmes Francophones I MĂ©diterranĂ©e (Lebanon)
  • La Ruche documentaire (Morocco)
  • Dox Box (Arab World)
  • Sud Ecriture (Tunisia)

This platform will also offer an expansion mechanism that will guarantee that the selected film will reach the AFIC financing, production and distribution partners in the Arab world and globally. Each project will benefit from a long term support of all the AFIC members, providing assistance in the elaboration of a production and distribution strategy. The Arab Film Platform will also support the promotion of the selected projects in the Arab and international film markets.

Eligibility requirements for the submitted projects:

  1. The scriptwriter or scriptwriter-director has to be a national from one of the AFIC countries: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine or Tunisia.
  2. Only applicants who have already written or directed a film will be considered
  3. The length of the film should be more than 60 minutes and should fit one of these categories: fiction, documentary, or animation.
  4. The producer has to be a national from an Arab country and from a different nationality than scriptwriter / scriptwriter-director.

To apply, please send the following information:

  • Film title and logline
  • Synopsis (one page)
  • Treatment (6-10 pages) and script if available
  • Note of intention (one page) from the director and from the producer
  • Illustration of the project (stills, mood board 
) if available
  • Budget and financing plan
  • Biographies of the director and the producer
  • Profile of the production company
  • Links to previous works

Nota Bene:

  • All the documents must be gathered in one PDF file, and sent to: [email protected]
  • The submission deadline is October 15, 2019 (23:59 Jerusalem Time – UTC+3)
  • The Arab Film Platform will notify the selected projects within 3 months following the submission deadline.
  • All the applications must be submitted either in Arabic, English or French
  • Incomplete or late submissions will not be considered.
  • For more information, please contact: [email protected]

About the AFIC: Launched in 2018, the Arab Film Institutes Commission is a 7 member states initiative aiming at coordinating, facilitating and empowering the Arab film industry. AFIC takes into account the common cultural roots of its representatives, as well as their will for a significant and sustainable involvement of the public sector in shaping the future of this industry, while ensuring artistic freedom and respecting the independence of culture.

The members of AFIC are: the Centre National du CinĂ©ma AlgĂ©rien – CNCA (Algeria), the Egyptian National Cinema Center – ENCC (Egypt), the Royal Film Commission – Jordan – RFC (Jordan), the Fondation Liban CinĂ©ma – FLC (Lebanon), the Centre CinĂ©matographique Marocain – CCM (Morocco), the Palestine Film Institute – PFI (Palestine), as well as the Centre National du CinĂ©ma et de l’Image – CNCI (Tunisie)[/fusion_text]