AFSI Next Generation
Future Skills Film Project
Five short documentaries, one per Value Chain Forum, so every Forum opens with ground-level evidence on screen.
- Who can apply
- Filmmakers aged 18 to 28 in any AU member state, any experience level, using any device including phones.
- Places
- 5 filmmakers (one per Forum question) and 2 reserves.
- Languages
- English.
- What it produces
- Five 3 to 5 minute documentaries, subtitled in English, published under CC BY 4.0.
What you do
Make a 3 to 5 minute documentary on your Forum's question with a mentor from a creator partner, deliver a rough cut and a final film, and join the Q&A at the Day Zero screening (online if you are outside Gauteng).
What you get
- A R3 000 grant
- A creator-partner mentor
- English subtitles through a media partner
- Screenings on Day Zero and at the opening of your Forum on Day One
- Publication with the Indaba outputs, with your name credited
How to apply
- Submit a treatment, an access statement, a plan and links to earlier work by 23 November 2026.
- Filmmakers are selected on 4 December 2026; agreements are signed and grants paid on 11 December 2026.
How people are selected
A creator partner, the Forum 5 partner and the Programme Manager.
Key dates
From the call to the Indaba and beyond.
- Call opens
- Applications close
- Filmmakers selected
- Agreements signed and grants paid
- Mentor check-in on footage and consent
- Rough cuts due
- Rough-cut feedback
- Final films due
- Subtitles and clearances done
- Day Zero screening
- Each Forum opens with its film
Questions
Things people ask.
Can I film on a phone?
Yes. Any device, including phones, and any experience level.
Do people in my film need to consent?
Yes. Filmmakers use filming release forms, and the mentor checks footage and consent on 15 January 2027.
Calls open 2 November 2026