AFLAMUNA Connection :: edition 9

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AFLAMUNA connection :: edition 9

As of 2025, we are bridging two pivotal platforms supporting Arab Independent Filmmakers; AFLAMUNA Connection and AFLAMUNA x Cinemed Encounters.

For its past eight editions, AFLAMUNA Connection has supported 145 Arab Independent feature films by offering a comprehensive co-production platform through which Arab filmmakers and producers connected with international industry professionals—producers, sales agents, broadcasters, film institutions and festival representatives—making space for possible collaborations and distribution opportunities. In the last edition alone, the platform facilitated over 300 meetings with more than 70 regional and international industry experts for its selected films.

Launched in 2022, and with the support of CNC, AFLAMUNA x Cinemed Encounters have so far brought 27 Arab Independent feature films in development to pitch in Montpellier at Cinemed and connect with European and French producers and film professionals encouraging co-productions and collaborations.

In 2025, AFLAMUNA Connection and AFLAMUNA x Cinemed will collaborate into an all-encompassing co-production platform. 15 to 20 feature film projects in development and/or post-production will be selected to participate in this cooperative edition which will take place online in September 2025.

Up to 7 of the selected projects in development will also be invited to participate in AFLAMUNA x Cinemed in Montpellier in October 2025. Priority will be given to projects without European producers or co-producers and those that have not yet had the opportunity to pitch to international industry professionals.

All selected film projects are eligible for the AFLAMUNA Connection awards.

eligibility & conditions

Only feature film projects in development will be selected to participate in both AFLAMUNA Connection and AFLAMUNA x Cinemed.

The selection committee will prioritize

Projects with an Arab producer attached.

Projects participating for the first or the second time in a co-production platform.

Projects dealing with issues around underrepresented groups, social justice, or the environment.

Rules and Regulations

The filmmaker is a citizen of one of the 22 Arab countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco, Oman, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tunisia, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

The filmmaker has at least one short film to their credit,

The project is a feature-length film (fiction, documentary, animation, or docu-fiction…).

The project is in development or post-production.

For projects in development: the film project is the director’s first or second feature-length.

Applicants (filmmakers and producers) can communicate in English as most of the meetings are held with foreign experts

For the film projects in development, click here.
Deadline to submit projects in development: April 30, 2025.

For the works in progress, click here.
Deadline to submit works in progress: May 21, 2025.

For inquiries, reach out to programs@aflamuna.org

These encounters are a collaboration between Cinemed and AFLAMUNA, and have been made possible with the support of the Centre national du cinéma et de l’image animée CNC.

AFLAMUNA is dedicated to being a safe space and believes in freedom of expression as a fundamental human right.
Applicants shall not be discriminated against because of race, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, color, marital status, or disability.

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