MOVING BEYOND

MOVING BEYOND

- a three-year project in which the member organizations
of the FILM NETWORK WEST ARFICA expand their training programs
and partnerships in order to sustainably secure their independence
and future viability

- Mahzouba Maya Faal, The Gambia

“In Africa, there are a lot of stories that don’t get told. And many voices that don’t get heard.”

- Matilda Dogbatsey, Ghana

“I don’t have a university degree. My WELTFILME certificate is my professional qualification.”

- G-Othello Zordyu, Liberia

“In Liberia, there’s no major TV station, no local film industry and, above all, no educational opportunities for young people to learn film. I want to inform and train the next generation.”

- Luther N. Mafalleh, Liberia

“WELTFILME gave me the confidence to do things
in my own way.”

- Luther N. Mafalleh, Liberia

“Film and television are such powerful tools for drawing
the public’s attention to
important social issues.”

- Luther N. Mafalleh, Liberia

“WELTFILME has opened doors
for me that I didn’t even know existed.”

- Fatou Ndure, The Gambia

“The first days of the workshop were such an amazing experience. There was so much to take in, so many things to learn.”

- Alex Asare, Ghana

“WELTFILME — they’re just really good. They’re wonderful people. And they’ve got to keep doing this.”

- Alex Asare, Ghana

“Most of the media focuses only on the ugly parts of Africa — on war and disasters. I want people to see the real Africa.”

- Matilda Dogbatsey, Ghana

“My training with WELTFILME helped me, as a woman, to assert myself in a male-dominated profession.”

COME, I’LL SHOW YOU

MOVING BEYOND is the conclusion of a series of projects aimed at supporting the Film Network West Africa (FNWA) and its five member organizations. As part of the three-year project (2023 – 2026), the partner NGOs in Ghana, The Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo are expanding and professionalizing their training programs and networking even more in order to sustainably increase their independence and future viability. At the same time, they are strengthening the film sector in their countries, where qualified specialists are still needed, but there are few and hardly any affordable training opportunities.
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Where possible, the partners also organize internships and place trainees directly with TV stations and production companies. By establishing these collaborations, more and more young people should be given the chance to start their professional lives successfully.

The training programs of the partner NGOs emphasise practice-oriented learning and therefore always include film productions in which the trainees are supervised and trained by the trainers. The films deal with topics and problems that the teams consider to be particularly important and relevant. The productions are shown at festivals, mobile cinema tours and on television and are then made available to a wider audience online.

COME, I’LL SHOW YOU

MOVING BEYOND

MOVING BEYOND is the conclusion of a series of projects aimed at supporting the Film Network West Africa (FNWA) and its five member organizations. As part of the three-year project (2023 – 2026), the partner NGOs in Ghana, The Gambia, Liberia, Sierra Leone and Togo are expanding and professionalizing their training programs and networking even more in order to sustainably increase their independence and future viability. At the same time, they are strengthening the film sector in their countries, where qualified specialists are still needed, but there are few and hardly any affordable training opportunities.
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Where possible, the partners also organize internships and place trainees directly with TV stations and production companies. By establishing these collaborations, more and more young people should be given the chance to start their professional lives successfully.
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The training programs of the partner NGOs emphasise practice-oriented learning and therefore always include film productions in which the trainees are supervised and trained by the trainers. The films deal with topics and problems that the teams consider to be particularly important and relevant. The productions are shown at festivals, mobile cinema tours and on television and are then made available to a wider audience online.

COME, I’LL SHOW YOU

MOVING BEYOND

COME, I’LL SHOW YOU

MOVING BEYOND

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