A New Home for World Cinema in Africa
The Chobe Film Awards is an international film festival founded to celebrate distinctive voices in cinema and to give filmmakers from Africa and around the world a prestigious stage in one of the continent's most extraordinary settings.
Celebrate Craft
We honour directors, cinematographers, and storytellers whose work demonstrates vision, discipline, and emotional power.
Champion Africa
We place African cinema at the centre of the international conversation, while welcoming filmmakers from every continent.
Build a Legacy
The Chobe Film Awards is built for the long term — an annual meeting point for cinema, culture, and conservation.
Where Four Nations Meet
Kasane sits at the meeting point of Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, and Zimbabwe — the only place on Earth where four countries converge in a single landscape. The Chobe River runs through it, drawing the largest elephant population in the world and one of Africa's great wildlife spectacles.
The Chobe Film Awards is proud to be rooted here. Choosing Kasane as our home is a statement: that world-class cinema can belong anywhere, and that a festival can be both intimate and international.
Guests attending the ceremony will have the opportunity to experience the Chobe National Park — the same landscape that has inspired our identity.
- Location: Kasane, Botswana
- Inaugural Edition: 2027
- Format: One-day awards ceremony
- Categories: Feature & Short Film
- Entry: Direct via chobefilmawards.site
Professional, Transparent, Filmmaker-First
Honest Communication
Every submission receives a personal confirmation. Every payment is manually verified. No automated silence.
Fair Review
All films are reviewed by our selection team with the same standard, regardless of origin or budget.
Accessible Fees
Our entry fees are deliberately low — $35 for features, $20 for shorts — to encourage emerging talent.