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Dreams of Peace Film Festival: Africa | Call for Submissions

Submissions are still open for the 2022 Dreams of Peace Film Festival: Africa through November 29, 2021.

The Dreams of Peace Film Festival: Africa is an outlet for filmmakers of color to share their stories of pride, struggle, and culture.  Africa is a continent of many types of people, cultural differences, and its share of conflict, yet dreams of peace remain a vision for all. The Dreams of Peace Film Festival is a way for those dreams to be told and creativity to be expressed. Blackness is the thread that weaves the souls and stories of Africans and African Americans. This one-minute film festival celebrates the connection and dreams for peace and pride for people of the African diaspora.

The Dreams of Peace Film Festival is a mobile festival that will be shown on the Volume TV page on Africas number one mobile video app Vskit and streamed on our Smart TV channel, Volume TV on Roku, Amazon Fire TV, and other streaming platforms. Filmmakers will have 1 minute to be creative, share their dream, and impact the world. 10 of the best films will be selected, and the film with the most platform views after 7 days wins a cash prize.  The festival will also host a chat session in Ayoba Africa’s messaging mobile app. Filmmakers will share their motivation and filmmaking techniques.

Guidelines: 1-minute film about peace in Africa, black love, black pride, black activism,  Pan-Africanism, the black struggle, and black culture. 

Tech Specs: HD,  MP4 file, 20MB, running time 60 seconds.

Call for films: Open through November 29, 2021

Festival Stream: February 28, 2022

To submit a film and learn more about the festival follow the link: https://bit.ly/2Wl8vww

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