Open Doors 2025-2028
Focus on 42 countries of the African Continent
OFFICIAL SELECTION: OPEN DOORS PROJECTS AND OPEN DOORS PRODUCERS 2025
Open Doors is proud to announce the following projects and emerging producers selected for its professional programs.
The Open Doors Projects and Open Doors Producers program are taking place online between June and July, then onsite between August 7-12 in the framework of the 78th Locarno Film Festival and Locarno Pro.
Open Doors Projects
Co-production platform for feature-length projects
Black Snake
Director: Naishe Nyamubaya
Producer: Sue-Ellen Chitunya, 263 Reels Productions
Zimbabwe
Firtuna (The Fortunate)
Director: Habtamu Gebrehiwot
Producer: Nahusenay Dereje, MTF Multimedia
Ethiopia
Journal Intime d’une Femme-Chèvre (Diary of a Goat Woman)
Director: Azata Soro
Producer: Nameïta Lica Toure, Les Studios Indigo
Ivory Coast, Burkina Faso
Kachifo (Till the Morning Comes)
Director: Dika Ofoma
Producer: Blessing Uzzi, Bluhouse Studios
Nigeria
Lutteurs (Fighters)
Director: Alassane Sy
Producer: Jules Dieng, Thiely Films
Senegal, France
Les Bilokos
Director: Erickey Bahati
Producer: Giresse Kassonga, Gikas Films
Democratic Republic of Congo
Open Doors Producers
Training workshop focused on career development for creative producers
Yannick Mizero Kabano
Imitana Productions, Rwanda
Kamy Lara
Uika Filmes, Angola
Kudi Maradzika
Lincoln Green Media, Zimbabwe
Moustapha Sawadogo
Future Films, Burkina Faso
Leul Shoaferaw
WAG Entertainment, Ethiopia
June Wairegi
Giza Visuals, Kenya
Read more about the selection in our press release.
For the next four editions Open Doors is dedicated to film projects and talents from the following countries:
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, DR Congo, Djibouti, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe