RULES & TERMS
Art, painting, and poetry must be originality of a woman.
Art, painting, and poetry can be made by non-African women but must be about African Women.
Fashion design must be originality of a woman.
Fashion can be made by non-African women but must be about African Women.
Film should be either Directed, Produced, Written, Edited, or Shot by a Woman.
Film can be made by non-African women, but the story should be about African Women.
Art, Film, Painting, Poetry, or Fashion submission must come from a woman.
Jury Award winners will be selected by a panel of active artistic and film professionals. All work would go through a screening process and are reviewed by at least two members of the selection committee.
African Women Arts & Film Festival (AWAFFEST) is a sister festival to The African Film Festival (TAFF) in Dallas, Texas USA; a non-profit organization dedicated to African motion pictures to serve as a platform for educative references to African culture and to expose African films to non-African communities, founded by Kelechi Eke. AWAFFEST was not created to segregate women, but rather, to empower them in the male dominated industry where a large variety of their quality arts, stories, and films would be celebrated and appreciated. AWAFFEST is held in March to celebrate the International Women’s Month. Launched in Dar es Salaam; Tanzanian TAFF Ambassador, Yvonne Cherrie Monalisa, was named the Director of AWAFFEST.
MISSION
Our mission is to showcase arts and stories of African women; to celebrate female filmmakers; and to empower aspiring female artists.
VISION
Our vision is to increase the number of African female painters, poets, and filmmakers; empowering them with the confidence to become successful independent artists without falling victims to any form of exploitation.
THE TEAM
Our team constitutes of the Board of Directors, Planning Committee, Panel of Judges, and Volunteers.
