The ETISAL Fund Management is an initiative by the Luxor African Film Festival,
which runs from 16 to 21 March in Egypt, to support and provide opportunities to
young African filmmakers. Part of the project is the STEP Program which aims to
support African feature films, especially those which are the first or second by a director.
This year 14 different projects from eight African countries; Namibia, Rwanda, Ivory
Coast, Madagascar, Egypt, Ethiopia, Morocco and Nigeria, were submitted. The jury
has chosen five projects to support in a development workshop with French expert
Isabelle Fauvel, which runs for two weeks starting from 1 March. These projects
are:
1. Nine letters directed by Philbert Mbabazi from Rwanda
2. Disco Africa directed by Luck Razanajaona from Madagascar
3. Mercy of the Jungle directed by Joel Karekezi from Rwanda
4. Starting Date directed by Yasser Shefeie from Egypt
5. The Puppetmaster by Nermin Salem from Egypt
Azza Elhosseiny, director of ETISAL Fund has also announced that the jury will
choose a final three projects to support with $5,000 in the development and
pre-production phase. Results will be announced at the closing ceremony of the Luxor
African Film Festival on 21 March 2015.
