By Khalifa Hemed
Published June 20, 2023
Mobile Film Festival, an international short film festival that says it supports, exposes and mentors up and coming talented filmmakers from all over the world through grants and technical support to shoot professional short films, has announced the winners of its second edition at a ceremony held on June 8, 2023 in Rabat, Morocco.
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The winners are:
- Grand Prize Africa (US$10,000)
I Have a Dream Too by Sunday Mapya – Tanzania - Grand Prize Morocco (US$10,000)
The Guardian of the Walls by Kamal Lougleb – Morocco
This prize is accompanied by a 10-day screenwriting training residency at ENS Louis-Lumière in Paris, offered by the Institut Français du Maroc. - French Speaking Film Award (US$5,000)
The Peninsula Dream by Nelly Brun Elvire Behanzin – Benin
This prize, supported by TV5 Monde, is awarded to a film from a country member of the International Organization of Francophonie.
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- ACP – EU Culture Award (US$5000)
PAASWAAAD (Password) by Shandra Daisy Apondi – Kenya
This prize is supported by the ACP-EU Culture program. - Best Script Award (US$5000)
uççş²Iا دq⁄ زي (Like a Matchstick) by Sami Iskander – Egypt
This prize is supported by Canal +. - African Female Director Award (US$5000)
Life in Pink by Vanessa Pellegrin – Morocco - Best Actress Award (US$500)
Kenza Salahddine in Life in Pink – Morocco - Documentary Film Award (US$5000)
Blindness by Bongani Ndaba – South Africa
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- Best Film from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (US$5000)
Nature’s Heroes by Gael Bolila – DRC
This prize is supported by Rawbank and illicocash. - Best Actor Award (US$500)
Yakaru Talibé (A Beggar’s Dream) by Abdoul – Senegal - Best Actor Award (US$500)
Famille Odiri/Udo in Human Migrant – Morocco
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Organized in partnership with United Cities and Local Governments of Africa (UCLG Africa) and the Kingdom of Morocco’s Ministry of Youth, Culture and Communication, the Mobile Film Festival, the organisers say the initiative has ‘set up production grants worth a total of US$51,000. These grants will enable the winners to make a film with professional resources and support from the Mobile Film Festival’.
To make them as accessible as possible, all the winning films, the organisers say, are subtitled in French, English, Arabic, Portuguese and Spanish to enable them be seen by as many viewers as possible via YouTube, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok and screening at ‘film festivals, associations and cultural institutions, as well as the 600 cinema screens in 31 African countries showing films from the official selection’.
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