Initiated by RStyle and supported by the Mission Cinema, the Urban Films Festival is the first film festival dedicated to the city, practices and lifestyles that emanate from it. Urban Films Festival is an annual event in Paris, with the final gala set to be held on the weekend of October 11th to 13th, 2019 at the Forum des Halles in Paris.
The regulation of the festival is that the films must go into the theme of urban, street, or urban cultures.
There are four categories of competition as highlighted below:
- Fiction: movie (max 15minutes)
- Animation: movie (max 15minutes)
- Documentary: movie (max 17minutes)
- Performance: movie (max 7minutes)
It should be noted that music videos are not considered to be eligible to participate in the competition.
Deadline for film submissions for the East Africa region is 30th April 2019. For more information, click here here.