Fonds Images Afrique

Fonds Images Afrique is an audiovisual production support fund which aims to promote the creation of local television programmes and films in the countries of Sub-Saharan Africa [1]. By developing national production originating not only in public and private television channels but also in production companies, it will thus help to enrich the programme rosters of television channels in the countries concerned and increase the share of African fiction films in cinemas in Africa.

In the case of television projects, the aid can be granted to different types of productions with the exception of sitcom and TV series, that are not taken into consideration for 2008: telefilm (minimum 52’), animation, video-clip, magazine (aid can be granted only for the pilot) or documentary. A single type of aid - aid for production - can be allocated at any stage in a project.

In the case of film projects, the aid is granted for fictional feature films. Three types of aid can be allocated: aid for production, aid for postproduction and aid for telerecording. Short films are taken into account through a specific call for proposals since the beginning of 2007.

The aid is allocated to the producer by the Fonds Images Afrique Committee, which is composed of professionals in the audiovisual and film fields in the countries of both North and South (appointed for one year renewable once) and representatives of institutions involved in the development of audiovisual and film production in the countries of the South: the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the International Organisation of the Francophonie, and the European Commission.

Registration form - (Word, 25.5 kb)

Last upadate: 01/15/08

[1] South Africa, Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cap Verde, Central African Republic, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sudan, Tanzania, Chad, Togo, Zimbabwe.