What is AfroBerlin

The inaugural edition of AfroBerlin is organized in collaboration with the European Film Market at the Berlinale on Saturday, 17 February, 2024.

AfroBerlin will offer a unique opportunity for attendees to discuss and interact with the key players of the African film industry and to better understand the rationale behind its phenomenal growth.

With a series of panel discussions, strategic insights, and presentations, AfroBerlin will help further inform production companies, distribution partners and financiers on the marketability of content produced by African, Afro-descended filmmakers and creatives from various minorities.

AfroBerlin aims at connecting creatives, businesses and stakeholders from the entire film ecosystem at the busiest film market in the world, the European Film Market at the Berlinale.

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Event Profile

Duration: Full day - from 9.00 AM to 6.00 PM

Date: Saturday, 17 February 2024

Location: EFM Conference Lounge

Access: Registration but no accreditation needed. However, you will need a badge to access EFM or Berlinale events.

Theme: Connecting films and people Strategic focus: general film trade / promotion / advocacy / content sourcing / financing / filming location promotion / distribution / partnership / education

Audience: Entire film industry ecosystem

Geographic Focus: Global

Day Activities: Panel discussions, fireside chats

Networking Activities: Scroll down to register to AfroBerlin Afterparty

Associated events:

NEFTi Awards & Competition: Sunday 18, February 2024

Black German Filmmakers Association Networking: Monday 19, February, 2024

Program

AfroBerlin draft program is a work in progress. It will be uploaded here shortly.

Sessions Format

30 - 45 min panel discussion (1 moderator + max 3 speakers)

20-25 min fireside chat (1 moderator + 2 speakers)

10 min special address (1 presenter)

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Speakers

Jacqueline Nsiah, Board Member, Berlinale Selection Committee, Germany + Ghana

Mariette Rissenbeek, Executive Director, Berlinale, Germany + The Netherlands

Tyron Ricketts, Actor, Producer, Founder, Panthertainment, Germany

Wayne Borg, Managing Director, Media Industries, NEOM, Saudi Arabia + Australia

Tsitsi Dangaremgba, Author, Director, Producer, Founder, ICAPA Trust, Zimbabwe

Ozi Menakaya, Film & TV Agent, Founder, The Africa Initiative, CAA, USA + Nigeria

Yolanda Ncokotwana, Head of Industry Development, National Film & Video Foundation, South Africa

Tambay A. Obenson, Founder, Shadow & Act, Akoroko Films, USA + Nigeria + Cameroon

Luiz Toledo, Director of Investments and Strategic Partnerships, SPCINE, Brazil

Welket Bungué, Actor, Producer, Guinea-Bissau + Portugal

Ebele Okoye, Animator, Director, Producer, Founder, Jolly Squid, Nigeria + Germany

James Amuta, Producer, Director, Nigeria

Gabriele Sindler, Story & Script Consultant | COO DFK FILMS, Board Member Screenwriters’ Guild Germany Austria + Swiss + Germany, Germany

Babatunde Apalowo, Director, Founder, Polymath Pictures, Nigeria

Simone McIntyre, Producer, Actress, Founder, Orley Productions, Jamaica + UK

Carmen Thompson, Programming & Distribution, We Are Parable | Red Sea Film Festival | Sheffield DocFest | Scotland

Benita Sarah Bailey, Actress, Board Member, Black German Filmmakers Association, Germany

Marie-Noel, Actress, Board Member, Black German Filmmakers Association, Germany

Caprice Crawford, Talent Agent, Founder, Crawford Talents, USA + Germany

Daphne Di Cinto, Screenwriter, Actress, Producer, Director, Italy

Haneen Al Saleh, TV Producer, Founder, Aspire to Inspire Productions, Saudi Arabia

Tigist Kebede, Financier, Operations Director, Habesha View, Ethiopia

Bilal Althimni, Producer, Director, Tunisia

Enrico Fadani, Lawyer, Financier, Producer, Founder, EF Advisory Group, Switzerland

Ravi Karmalker, Director, GOOD KARMA FICTION International, Germany + Kenya + India

Filson Ali, Producer, Director, Co-founder, CAMERA X Productions, Sweden + Somalia

Diana Lodderhose, International Features Editor, Deadline,UK

Daniel Nyalusi, Producer, Former Director, Zanzibar Film Festival, Tanzania

Aimée Umutomi, Producer, Former Film Commissioner, Rwanda

Papayaw “PY” Annan Addo-Boateng TV Host, Producer, Founder, Miprime Entertainment, Ghana

Nici Brueckner-Diouf, Producer, Director Founder, World Color Studio, Germany + Senegal

Anne Maryse Makon, Screenwriter, Film & Documentary Writer, Cameroon

Eddy Charles, Founder, MJM Post Productions, Sharly Dubbing, France + Guadeloupe

Zachary Ntim, International Film Reporter, Deadline, UK + Ghana

Terry Jerry A'Wase, Producer, Executive Secretary, African Film Institute

Jean-Alexander "Sasha" Ntivyihabwa, Writer, Producer, CEO Signed Media, Burundi + Germany

Rodney Charles, Producer, Director, Screenwriter, Grenada + USA + UK

Friederike Kärcher, Head of Division “Policy issues of cooperation with Africa”,German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) | Germany

Vicensia Shule Senior Cultural Officer African Union

Victor Ekoko Mukete Intra-African Trade Afreximbank

Jacintha de Nobrega, Producer, Former Board Member, Durban FilmMart Institute and SWIFT (Sisters Working in Film and Television), South Africa

Paul Robinson Photographer, Producer, CCO, Neft Vodka, Founder, NEFTi Competition, USA

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Countries Represented
(outside of EU + UK)

Brazil

Burundi

Cameroon

Democratic Republic of Congo

Ethiopia

Ghana

Grenada

Guinea-Bissau

India

Kenya

Nigeria

Saudi Arabia

South Africa

Rwanda

Senegal

Somalia

Tanzania

Tunisia

USA

Zimbabwe

Media Partner

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Institutional Partners

Collaborative Partners

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Networking Event

Networking

Venue

EFM Conference Lounge, Gropius Bau

Gropius-Bau, Niederkirchnerstr. 7, 10963 Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Access

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AfroBerlin Registration

Please, note that a registration to AfroBerlin doesn’t grant access to Berlinale or the EFM. In order to access Berlinale you need a Festival Accreditation, in order to access the EFM you need a Market Badge. Market Badges can be purchased at an Early Bear Rate until December 6, 2023. You can find all further details on their respective websites. If you need an invitation letter though, you will need to purchase a EFM market badge.

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