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Application For African Studies Association (ASA) Film Prize 2019 Is On

Application For African Studies Association (ASA) Film Prize 2019 Is On.

The award is for an excellent film, whether fiction or documentary, made in the preceding two calendar years (2017, 2018) by an African filmmaker.

Prize

  • The award will cover round-trip economy class airfare, accommodation at the Annual Meeting hotel for up to four nights, per diem, and conference registration for the winning filmmaker.

Qualification

  • A film completed in the last two years. The film can be in circulation in festivals, for example, and/or take up by a distributor and in distribution.
  • Filmmakers or their distributors can submit nominations.
  • The director should be African, an African national though not necessarily resident on the continent.
  • Filmmakers can submit nominations at any stage in their career.
  • Films must be feature length and with English subtitles.
  • Documentary or fiction (with an understanding that these distinctions are increasingly traversed in much film work today) are accepted.
  • Films should be directed to an audience that contains both specialists and generalists.
  • They encourage work in less commonly used African languages as long as English subtitles are included, and will also consider actions in other languages as well.
  • They accept both Blu-Ray and DVD versions, or links such as Vimeo with a protected password.

Application

Nominated films Should take it here:

Ken Harrow
1147 Daisy Lane
East Lansing, MI 48823

harrow@msu.edu

DEADLINE: April 30, 2019

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