Years running: 10 (since 2015)
RapidLion
The South African International Film Festival.
About
The South African International Film Festival, RapidLion, is where all filmmakers from Africa, the African diaspora and BRICS countries will showcase their best work.
It's a great chance to enjoy some of the best after-parties ever hosted in the film fraternity, meet some of the best filmmakers that ever lived, learn from them if you participate, and leave the festival a better, more determined filmmaker than ever before.
At RapidLion, the experienced will converge with the upcoming and together find ways to lead each other towards the creation of even more magical cinema.
Awards
- Best Student Film South Africa
- Best Student Film BRICS
- Best International Short Film
- Best Soundtrack
- Music (Best Song)
- Film Editing
- Cinematography
- Best Actor in a Leading Role
- Best Actress in a Leading Role
- Best Humanitarian Film
- Best Documentary Feature
- Best Screenplay
- Directing
- Best of South Africa
- Best of Africa and the African diaspora
- Best of BRICS
- Best Film Overall
- The Lionel Ngakane Lifetime Achievement award.
Rules
- RapidLion prefers that all short and feature films presented are, at minimum, African premieres.
- Feature film: submission via Filmfreeway or with DVD screener.
- Short films: submission via Filmfreeway.
Screening format: BD-ROM Blu-ray disc.
Subtitle language: English.
Premiere Requirements
No premiere requirement
Documents
Place
South Africa
Johannesburg
Official Website
Contacts
Address:
RapidLion, 5 Jellicoe Avenue,
Rosebank, 2196,
Johannesburg, Gauteng,
South Africa
Phone: 010 035 0980
Email: info@rapidlion.co.za
Social Networks
Facebook
Twitter
- Opening DateMarch 27, 2023
- Earlybird DeadlineAugust 31, 2023
- Regular DeadlineSeptember 30, 2023
- Late DeadlineOctober 31, 2023
- Extended DeadlineNovember 25, 2023
- NotificationsJanuary 31, 2024
- Event Dates2 — 9 March 2024
Short films with runtimes of 59 minutes or less produced and/or directed by final-year film students from Africa, the African diaspora and BRICS countries studying at any film school in the world.
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Earlybird Deadline — $15
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Regular Deadline — $20
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Late Deadline — $25
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Extended Deadline — $30
Feature length films with runtimes of 60 minutes or longer produced and/or directed by persons who are either born in any of the BRCIS countries i.e. Brazil, Russia, India, China or South Africa or are permanent residents of any of those those countries.
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Earlybird Deadline — $45
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Regular Deadline — $50
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Late Deadline — $55
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Extended Deadline — $60
Documentary feature films by filmmakers from any part of the world with runtimes of 60 minutes or longer.
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Earlybird Deadline — $35
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Regular Deadline — $40
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Late Deadline — $45
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Extended Deadline — $50
Films with runtimes of 59 minutes or less made by film practiotioners from all parts of the world.
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Earlybird Deadline — $25
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Regular Deadline — $30
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Late Deadline — $35
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Extended Deadline — $40
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