Festival Cinémas D`Afrique - Lausanne ()

Festival start: 20 August 2020      Festival end: 23 August 2020

The African Cinema Festival - Lausanne is an annual event, unique in Switzerland. It offers an original programming of films from the African continent. It strives to promote and disseminate African films, support African filmmakers and raise public awareness, while ensuring that it maintains its features of cultural and convivial entertainment.

There is no competition.

Registration fees
There are no registration fees

Selection criteria
The Selection Committee selects the films to be presented at the Festival.
Only films fulfilling the following criteria may be selected and invited:

- Short, medium and feature films, fiction, documentary, animation, experimental and Virtual reality.
- The subject matter must relate to Africa.
- Have been produced at the earliest in January 2018.
- The films must fulfil technical professional criteria:
Images of professional technical quality: full HD image format (1920x1080, 25 Progressive, conform to audio levels).
Pay particular attention to the artistic quality of the image, avoiding overexposure, colorimetric errors (white balance) and fuzzy planes (focus errors)
- Not to have been shown on television or broadcast on the internet. We accept all films that have not been released in the cinemas in Switzerland. We do not ask for national, global or international exclusivity.
- Language: films in the original non-French version must be subtitled in French or in English.
- Preference will be given to filmmakers and productions of African origin

Registration and sending films for pre-selection
- The submission of the films is done exclusively via our form downloadable on our site.

- Viewing support: Preference for H.264 links (vimeo ...) but USB keys and DVDs or BluRay can be sent (we do not undertake to send them back) to the following address: Festival Cinéma d’Afrique – Lausanne, Avenue de la Rasude 2, 1006 Lausanne, Switzerland

Attention: for shipments coming from abroad, please add the following mention on the package: "No commercial value. For cultural purposes only". The value mentioned on the package must not exceed €10. Insurance and transport costs must be borne by the sender.

The selection process may extend until the beginning of June, please inform us if some screeners have limited availability. The registration does not guarantee the screening of the film and indicates the acceptance of the present regulation by the producers or their representatives.

Confirmation of selected films
A final selection notice (with the projection agreement to be signed and returned) is sent by e-mail to the producer or filmmaker no later than mid-June 2020.