Cikoza Film Festival (1)

Festival start: 28 November 2025      Festival end: 30 November 2025

The Cikoza Film Festival is a platform that celebrates and honors outstanding achievements in the realm of filmmaking. Our event is dedicated to fostering connections between industry professionals, emerging talents and students who share a passion for the art of storytelling through film.

Best Film
Best Director
Best Writer
Best Cinematographer
Best Actor
Best Actress

All submissions must be in MP4 format.

All films must have been completed after 2021.

Films written in other foreign languages other than english must be subtitled in english in order to be considered for selection.

Works that are solely promotional, educational or scientific in nature are not eligible for selection for the CFF.

All films submitted must be from the sole owners (or their agent) of the copywrite to the film.

Submissions are reviewed by a panel of judges and selected under the following criteria: African Stories themed.

Promotion - Selected films must acknowledge that CFF reserves the right to promote the films using mostly images but also the video that you provide where possible.

A Film that is selected to participate in the festival cannot be withdrawn from the festival during the event.

Categories

Features: African fictional films 45 minutes and over. Non-African submissions will be solicited.

Documentaries: African non-fiction films 60 minutes and over. Non-African submissions will be solicited.

Short Film: fiction or documentary films that are under 40 minutes. Open to all countries.

Student Film: fiction and non-fiction films under 60 minutes. The director of the film must be enrolled in a tertiary institution during the year that the film is produced and submitted for the festival. Open to all countries.

Competition Films

The competition section of the festival includes a selection of Features, Documentaries, Shorts and Student Films that will be adjudicated by an independent jury.

The decisions of the Jury are final, and no correspondence is entered into after the announcement.