Call for Submissions: AFLAMUNA Storytelling for Climate Fund

The AFLAMUNA Storytelling for Climate Fund will support the development of these films and accompanying Impact Campaigns. Climate change is an issue that has been overlooked in the region due to the many other crises they also face.

Through innovative storytelling and collaborations with civil society, they aim to catalyze meaningful action and elevate the most important climate justice movements of the time and the region. As they stand to disproportionately face the impact of climate change, they must ensure the voices are part of the global conversation on climate justice.

The AFLAMUNA Storytelling for Climate Fund offers a unique opportunity to drive meaningful change in the Arab region through the power of independent arts and culture. They invite you to join them in amplifying the voices of forefront communities and advocating for environmental justice.

Funding Information

• Selected projects will receive financial support between 6,000 and 10,000 euros, as well as mentorship and guidance.
• Additionally, project teams will benefit from participation in an online Storytelling for Climate Lab, where they will receive creative and strategic mentorship for both the development of their films and impact campaigns.
• The program will conclude with curated online summits for each project, where they will be able to pitch their films and campaigns to potential partners from across civil society to forge partnerships that can multiply their impact and audiences

What is an impact campaign?

• Impact Campaigns mobilize film audiences to take collective action in support of social and environmental justice movements. Each campaign employs unique strategies and tactics to achieve the goals of the filmmakers and the movement their film supports.
• Taking the film as a starting point, they are based on unconventional partnerships between independent filmmakers and actors from across civil society to the great benefit of both sides – putting the power of film at the service of social, political, and environmental causes championed by civil society, and giving independent filmmakers access to new resources including funding, expertise, and pathways to new audiences.

Who is eligible to apply?

• filmmakers
  • The filmmaker must have previously directed at least one short film.
  • The filmmaker must be over 18 years old and from 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, or Yemen—including filmmakers from these countries’ diasporas.
• projects
  • The project is a feature-length documentary currently in development.
  • The project tackles environmental issues, forefront communities, climate justice movements, and any subject directly related to the effects and/or the possible solutions to the climate crisis in the Arab region.

For more information, visit AFLAMUNA.