NURTURING INDEPENDENT AFRICAN FILMMAKERS

Docubox is The East African Documentary Film Fund – the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa.

NURTURING INDEPENDENT AFRICAN FILMMAKERS

Docubox is The East African Documentary Film Fund – the first of its kind in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Film support & Film collaborations for East African filmmakers.

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Film support & Film collaborations for East African filmmakers.
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what independent african filmmakers are saying about us

Mugambi Nthiga

Docubox is constantly enabling crucial work to get made. Veteran and newcomer Kenyan filmmakers are telling brave, incisive stories that are finding audiences here and abroad, thanks to Docubox’s small but powerful team of staff.

Ngwatilo Mawiyoo

“With their micro-production grant, Docubox made me a ‘real’ screenwriter and basically introduced me the person who would be my producer, Mungai. I wouldn’t have gotten far without him. It’s not to say making “Joy’s Garden” was easy – it was HARD and I learned a tonne. I’m especially grateful that the atmosphere at Docubox enabled me to find the guts to try directing and risk failure. Beyond the funds, I can’t overstate how rich a network they also opened up for me; kind, experienced folks who made my film stronger than my skill and inexperience could muster, far stronger than the money made possible. Shukran tu sana.”

Saitabao Kayare

As one of the grantees, I am forever grateful to Docubox EADFF for not just believing in me but also believing in my stories. Through the various programs such as workshops, training, and exchange program collaborations, I have been able to learn and sharpen my skills to being a better filmmaker and understating the craft of filmmaking. Docubox is not just a community but a family with a sheer will to share great impactful stories by us and for us as Africans for a wider audience.
Saitabao Kaiyare
Filmmaker, Kenya

Forever grateful to Docubox for believing in me and in my stories. I have been able to learn and sharpen my skills as a filmmaker. Docubox is a community with sheer will to share great impactful stories by us and for us as Africans for a wider audience.

Hicham Falah
GM of FIDADOC & its Documentary Beehive (Morocco)

The experience of Docubox and its success are a true inspiration for all supporting emerging documentary filmmakers across the African continent. We are very happy that soon the “Moroccan Stories” will join and meet the “Kenyan Stories” on the screens!

Tiny Mungwe
Documentary filmmaker, South Africa

A generation of African filmmakers and producers have emerged over the last decade thanks to the tireless work of Docubox, proving that a homegrown cinema can connect authentically with audiences. Bravo to Docubox!

Mugambi Nthiga
Filmmaker, Kenya

Docubox is constantly enabling crucial work to get made. Veteran and newcomer Kenyan filmmakers are telling brave, incisive stories that are finding audiences here and abroad, thanks to Docubox’s small but powerful team of staff.

Ngwatilo Mawiyoo
Filmmaker, Kenya

Docubox made me a ‘real’ screenwriter and I’m especially grateful that the atmosphere at Docubox enabled me to try directing and risk failure. I can’t overstate how rich a network they also opened up for me. Shukran tu sana.

Francois Verster
Emmy Award winning Documentary Film Director, and Producer

Docubox appears to have played a leading role in the fast-growing presence not only of Kenyan but of African documentary as whole on the international stage, and I am proud to be associated with them.

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