New African Film Fund Launches at Cannes: What Is FAPA, Who It’s For, and How to Apply

Yesterday, on the third day of the 79th Festival de Cannes, I attended The Nomadic Film Space Networking Lunch at La Plage des Palmes — a moderated gathering of primarily producers and financiers (though I am neither), sponsored by France’s CNC and a group of institutional partners, to discuss what smart and impactful investment looks like across African screen sectors. The conversation was a preamble to the main announcement: the launch of FAPA, the Fund for Authors and Producers from Africa.

Note that “authors,” in the French institutional tradition from which this fund derives, means directors and screenwriters, not literary authors.