Mis Me Binga Festival International de Film de Femmes (0)

Festival Start: 24 Juni 2015      Festival Ende: 27 Juni 2015

International Women Films Festival; the first one in the sub region of central Africa. it's named MIS ME BINGA (from a bantu language and means WOMEN EYES). it takes place in Cameroon every year.

We award films: best fiction (Minga d'or de la fiction), best documentary (Minga d'or du documentaire) and a jury special award.

Mis Me Binga is from a cameronian language from the centre region. It means « Eyes of Women ».

The festival Mis Me Binga is an international films festival based in Cameroon. It has been created in 2009 by a team of young cameroonian, all students in the University of Yaoundé I. In 2010, the first edition takes place with the participation of partners like Goethe-Institut Kamerun, Institut Français and others.

The festival is first of all opened to women directors. There are screenings in halls, in neighborhoods with the partnership of the Cinema Numerique Ambulant Cameroun and the support of Movies That Matters. The festival in 2013 and 2014 took place in Yaoundé and Garoua (north Cameroon).

There are awards: best fiction, best documentary film and the award of the jury.

Since the beginning, Mis Me Binga in partnership with the Goethe-Institut organises a workshop called « Quand l’idée devient un film » and a competition called Binga Talent.

This 6th edition, Mis Me Binga officially opens it programming to men through the section « He For she ».

The festival is an international one opened first to films directed by women.

This year 2015, we open the festival to films directed by men but on topic concerning women: we call it the He For She section.

We're opened to short and feature films. Fictions and documentaries, animation and narratives are received. We award films: best fiction (Minga d'or de la fiction), best documentary (Minga d'or du documentaire) and a jury special award.

The film should have been produced 2 years ago maximum

French or English subtitles are madatory for films that are not in any of these languages.

For this 2015 edition, festival Mis Me Binga very officially opens its programing to men. Already effective since two editions, it is an open policy for the organization that is resolutely stand behind the concept « He For She ». This simply means that men directors with films that louse theme « women » can register their films. For this edition 2015; they are very encourage to do so. Up to now, a He For She selection will be opened. Mis Me Binga is « He For She ».