📌 20+ African films across all Venice sections — unprecedented selection by the festival.
📌 Budgets range widely: €200k–€5m. Most competition titles land in the €500k–€750k range.
📌 Major backers: Doha Film Institute (4 films), Red Sea Film Foundation (3+ films + Final Cut prizes), CNC, Eurimages.
📌 Morocco leveraged Focus Country status across Final Cut, Gap-Financing, Book Adaptation.
📌 Diaspora producers drove projects like “Cotton Queen” (Suzannah Mirghani) and “My Father and Qaddafi” (Jihan K.).
📌 Domestic African financing structures still absent, making projects reliant on Europe + Gulf institutions.
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