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Where Innovation Meets Storytelling
The African SmartFilm International Film Festival proudly presents the Official Selection for 2025, a bold celebration of the future of filmmaking. These selected works stand at the intersection of creativity and technology, harnessing the power of smartphones, artificial intelligence, and digital tools to redefine what is possible in cinema.
This year’s filmmakers are pioneers of a new creative frontier, one where high-quality storytelling is accessible to all, and where innovation is driven not by budget, but by imagination. Their films explore personal and global narratives with agility, authenticity, and a fearless embrace of emerging technology.
ASIFF continues to champion the revolution in film production and distribution, amplifying voices who are shaping the next chapter of the film industry, smart, fast, and powered by innovation.
Explore the Official Selection below and experience the stories, visions, and breakthroughs that prove:
The future of cinema fits in the palm of your hand, and evolves with every new idea.
FACETIME — Directed by Tay Jade Barrientos (Short)
Athu’s Anklet — Directed by Ashish Madurwar (Short, Other)
Mask — Directed by Shiraz Khan (Short)
From and to Nature, We Return — Directed by Bishoy Adel (Short, Student, Experimental)
BOTTLED UP — Directed by Tolulope DAMILOLA ODEBUNMI (Short)
CONTEMPLATION DEADLOCK ATTEMPT — Directed by Welket Bungué (Documentary, Short)
Stop Staring — Directed by ElFaisal Badr (Short)
Illusory Truth — Directed by (Animation, Short, Other, Web / New Media, Experimental)
Core Life — Directed by (Animation, Short, Other, Experimental)
GoldenBlood — Directed by Eric Guo (Short)
Rakoda — Directed by Mohamed Elsbai (Documentary, Short, Student)
Between — Directed by BOUKHEMOUCHA Ilias (Documentary, Short)
Fekry’s Thoughts — Directed by Essam Hayder (Documentary)
Samar..Before The Final Picture — Directed by Aya Tallah Yusuf Ellboudy (Documentary, Feature)
Black is Beautiful – Roots of Transformation — Directed by William de Oliveira Lima (Documentary)
Wasn’t in vain — Directed by medhat saleh anes (Documentary, Short)
And there is nothing left — Directed by Omnia Swedan (Documentary, Short, Experimental)
Slugwoman — Directed by Kaho Sugisaki ()
Live with a smile — Directed by Kaho Sugisaki (Short)
Survival — Directed by Josh Artkins Omondi (Short)
Before the snow falls — Directed by Koussay Amri (Short, Student)
Wings of Tomorrow — Directed by Martín Lines (Short)
Ticket to Ghaza — Directed by Zaigham Anwer (Short)
Falling Actor — Directed by Noëmie Franzolin (Short)
Keith — Directed by Pheona Mae’ole (Short)
STILL LIFE .1 — Directed by Mauricio Franco Tosso (Documentary, Experimental)
Borderless Savanna — Directed by Bertold Gerry (Short, Web / New Media, Experimental)
NOT ME, NOT NOW! — Directed by Hillary Veronica Prescott (Short)
Josè — Directed by Alessia Toffoli (Short)
Bedhog Riverbank Kitchen — Directed by Yogi Putera Pamungkas Rukman (Documentary, Short)
SABBATH — Directed by Oladipo O-Fresh (Feature)
Dear husband — Directed by Conqueror ‘ify chuks’ Chukwudi (Short)
The great siege of Malta 1565 — Directed by JohnMark Abela (Animation, Other)
Extra Terrestres — Directed by Stefano Azevedo (Animation, Web / New Media, Experimental)
Mental Game (A) — Directed by Jimmy Alejandro Castro Zambrano (Short)
The pruning — Directed by Jimmy Alejandro Castro Zambrano (Documentary, Short)
To my Love — Directed by Jimmy Alejandro Castro Zambrano (Short)
Panafricano — Directed by Antumi Toasije (Documentary)
Survived not Alive — Directed by Khalil Kanon (Documentary)
Prayer Petrópolis — Directed by Young Man Kang (Short)
Walking the Road — Directed by Darryl Annis (Short)
When the chips are down — Directed by Saky Essuman (Short)
My Remarkable Life Chapter One — Directed by Sharna Renae Carroll (Documentary)
Melting Point — Directed by Amish Gandu (Documentary, Short)
Who are you? — Directed by Vismaya Pednekar (Short)
The Endless Bet — Directed by Ahmad H. Mahmoud (Short, Other)
The Pain Dealer — Directed by Akshit Bhutoria (Short, Voice over, Web / New Media, Other)
Time’s Up — Directed by Douglas Carbin (Short)
Don’t Steal Again — Directed by Salihu Jummah Yakubu (Short)
Resilience — Directed by Lewis Dodgson (Documentary)
Suffering Companionship — Directed by Han Panghee (Short)
Mobile Wars — Directed by chukwuene Sunday (Short)
Sunflowers — Directed by Ahmed Dajani (Short, Web / New Media)
Our paths — Directed by Anastasiia Smiian (Short, Student)
My Happy Salad — Directed by Mariah Josefina Cartagena (Short, Student)
Working It Out — Directed by Darrel Rowe (Short)
Dirty Laundry — Directed by Olivia Peppe (Short)
Sunset — Directed by Balazs Zalaba (Short)
medRxiv Nightmares of a Preprint Author — Directed by Andrew Leonard (Short)
T-BONE & The GIRL — Directed by Cecilie Wendt (Short)
AFTER THE RAIN — Directed by Jean-Baptiste Fabbricatore (Short)
Deja — Directed by Manuel Telleria (Short)
Solace at the Foreshore — Directed by Nevine Nossier (Short)
RIGHT MAN WRONG WRONG — Directed by Yohan Potin (Short)
Taylor? — Directed by Barbara Kulcsár (Short)
KUSLAT — Directed by Anja Susa, Katarina Stamatović Redžepi (Short, Other)
Step Up — Directed by Manal Marwa (Short)
Ellis — Directed by Richard Stringham (Short)
Brushwork — Directed by Verner Heikkinen (Short)
Carlos — Directed by Allon Peled (Short)
The Flower and the Bomb — Directed by Ahmed Jacalone (Documentary)
The Golden Boy / El Chico de Oro — Directed by Philip Landa Eliud (Short)
HARDKORE broken flowes — Directed by Gregorio Lugo (Music Video, Animation, Web / New Media, Other)
I Dream in Colour — Directed by Phillip Ramsay (Short)
Masha-Allah, My Allah Masudo — Directed by Kakha Khalvashi (Short)
Selected moments in time — Directed by Tomas Kesvatera (Short)
All Boys Mxye — Directed by Uri Gal-Whengler and Ben Guez (Short)
Life Shoes — Directed by Jo ossie (Short)
Hiphone Lord aka Wonder Thug — Directed by Gilbert Edard (Music Video, Short)
Brahmanbaria: Fame and Fame — Directed by Nafis Kyriacos (Short)
Pig — Directed by william green and Alexei Borovkov (Short)
The Smile You Could Have — Directed by Cailey Fancher (Short)
Manzanita — Directed by Jon Shroyer (Short)
La Familia Aperi — Directed by Alejandro Toranzo (Short)
Three calls — Directed by Yahya Mazroie (Short)
Sunflower — Directed by Ivan Dubovetskiy (Short)
DAY 0 — Directed by Zhuo Yin (Documentary, Short)
Nama — Directed by Maheedhar Vamaraju (Short)
Green Clouds — Directed by Alexa Pepper Fanta (Music Video, Short, Animation, Experimental, Web / New Media)
Sign Me — Directed by Ryan Mains (Short)
White & Black — Directed by Hasan Hamed (Short)
bond — Directed by Jordyn Wishart (Short, Student)
Shenanigans In Love — Directed by Nilda Vazquez (Short)
The Clean Up — Directed by Rose Merriman (Short)
TIDE — Directed by Pao Zhuan Lin (Short)
Not Perfect Date — Directed by Benneth Nwankwo (Web / New Media)
A Dream To Fly — Directed by Tumisang Hlehlethe (Short)
The Happiness Experiment — Directed by Jaccii Farris (Documentary)
Anointed Deception — Directed by Tanaka Joy Chaipa (Short, Student)
MAONO — Directed by Ramadhan Nungu (Short)
La Quête — Directed by Jean-Baptiste BAGARIA (Feature, Experimental)
Thirteen — Directed by Francisco Gaspar, Well Darwin (Short)
GREEN PEDAL — Directed by John Omahe (Documentary, Short, Other, Student)
When the water rises — Directed by Wendy Isendi Isendi Munangwe, Sharon Kadenyi Senerwa (Documentary)
RYSE of the 1NES — Directed by Jason Caston (Animation, Music Video, Short, Web / New Media)
The Torn Age — Directed by Hasna Ibrahim Ahmed (Short)
Single Use — Directed by Bijoyeta Sahoria Das (Other)
Squashbox — Directed by SJ van Breda (Documentary, Short)
Pleasure of Real ’99 — Directed by Jeffrey Sundin (Short)
