Community
Create. Compete. Connect.
Monthly challenges, creator spotlights, and a growing community of African AI filmmakers building the future together.
Monthly Challenges
Join the Challenge
Compete, create, and win. Open to all African and diaspora filmmakers.
1-Minute AI Film Challenge
Season 4 — now open
Create a complete story in exactly 60 seconds using AI-generated or AI-enhanced footage. Any theme. Any style. African creators only.
Hybrid Actor + AI Scene Challenge
Q2 2025
Shoot a real actor, composite them into a fully AI-generated environment. Judged on integration quality, storytelling, and cultural authenticity.
African Futures Short Film Challenge
Annual flagship challenge
Our biggest annual challenge. Make a short film (up to 15 minutes) that imagines an African future — utopian, dystopian, or somewhere in between. Hybrid and AI approaches welcome.
Spotlights
Creator Voices
Amara Okafor
Echoes of Lagos
"CineAI Africa gave me the language to talk about what I was already doing. This platform is where African cinema's next chapter is being written."
View Profile →Nala Mwangi
Savanna Protocol
"The Hybrid Filmmaking course changed the way I approach every production. I went from solo experiments to a structured workflow in two weeks."
View Profile →Fatima Diallo
Griots of the Cosmos
"I premiered at FESPACO with a film made on my laptop. AI filmmaking levelled the playing field — and CineAI Africa showed me how."
View Profile →Growing Together
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