Zambia Oscars Committee

03/06/2024

SOTAMBE Zambia International Film Festival extended the submission deadline until 1 July 2024! 🔥

Looking forward to screen the best selection of an African Cinema with panel discussions, filmmaking labs and networking cocktails!
https://filmfreeway.com/zambiafilmfestival

30/05/2024

Only 3 days remaining for your submissions of amazing films to the 11th SOTAMBE Zambia International Film Festival!

SOUTHERN AFRICAN FILMMAKERS HAVE FREE SUBMISSION!!
We can't wait to celebrate you!

Festival dates: 20 - 28 September 2024, Lusaka, Zambia

13/02/2024

Great strides, Africa!

On December 21, the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences announced the shortlist of potential nominees for the 2024 Best International Feature Film category.

12/09/2023

Zambia Oscars Committee has been established in 2021 and was approved by the International Feature Film Award Committee that oversees the process and reviews all the submitted films in July 2022. The Committee was further launched by the Ministry of Youth, Sport and Arts in August 2022. Zambia Oscars Committee has to be approved every year by the Academy Awards and we are pending the approval for this year.
Committee members have been carefully selected against their professional filmmaking background, corporate world and government representatives for quality assurance.
Committee members are legible to serve at the Committee for the period of 3 years upon which new selection of members will be done (either by the invitation or public nominations).
Zambia Oscars Committee calls for submissions for Zambian feature films to represent country at the 96th Oscars in March 2024.
The Zambia Oscars Committee strictly follows the submissions rules set by the Academy Awards. The rules are available for download here:https://www.oscars.org/sites/oscars/files/96_international_feature_rules.pdf as well as from our submission page: https://filmfreeway.com/zambiaoscarscommittee
Filmmaker who are interested in submitting their films for consideration to the Zambia Oscars Committee can submit their film via our Filmfreeway account: https://filmfreeway.com/zambiaoscarscommittee by Wednesday 20th September 2023.
Committee members also reserve a right to invite a producer to submit his/her film for consideration using the same submission link.
Committee members will then carefully review all submitted films, and providing that the film adheres to all rules and criteria set by the Academy Awards, it will be selected to represent our country at the 96th Oscars.
Selected film will be announced on Friday 29th September 2023.

For more details, kindly contact us on [email protected]

24/08/2023

Sotambe RELEASES A SCREENING PROGRAMME

25 August 2023 – Lusaka, Zambia
As promised, we have finalized the selection of films for screenings to accompany the nominated films during the Zambia International Film Festival from 23 – 29 September 2023 in Lusaka and our screening programme is out!!

Remember, the Film Festival is open to everyone who wants to watch amazing films, and the best part: ALL screenings are FREE of charge!

Tag your friends, grab a popcorn and COME and WATCH the best of the Southern African Cinema!

05/08/2023

19/07/2023

Do you think any of these African Films could qualify for the 96th Oscars under the International Foreign Language Category??
What movie should represent ?
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS OPENS SOON!

8 African countries, including first timers Uganda, have successfully made submissions ahead of next year’s 95th Academy Awards.

14/03/2023

14/03/2023

13/03/2023

13/03/2023

The 95th Oscar ceremony, which was held on March 12, saw the movie Everything Everywhere All at Once make history with wins for Michelle Yeoh and others. It also saw Jenny the donkey, a birthday tribute, and Brendan Fraser crying.

24/02/2023

Which 95th Oscar Nominated Best Picture are you rooting for? Enter for a chance to be featured in an Oscars video promo!

20/02/2023

Viola Davis achieved EGOT status after recently picking up her first Grammy. The honor follows her Emmy win for How to Get Away With Murder, an Oscar for Fences, and a Tony for King Hedley II and Fences.

Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Awards honor outstanding achievements in television, recording, film, and Broadway theatre. EGOT is the status given to people who have won all four major American entertainment awards.

She's only the third Black woman to claim EGOT status and the 18th person to receive the honor overall.



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📷: Getty Images for The Recording Academy

09/01/2023

Opportunity for filmmakers!

Projects will be submitted to platforms, TV channels, producers and investors who will book one-to-one meetings with the project creators at Pavillon Afriques during the Cannes Film Festival.

06/01/2023

In total, 93 countries submitted their film in the International Feature Film category for the upcoming 95th Academy Awards popularly known as Oscars.
Among those, 7 submissions were from African countries namely Algeria, Cameroon, Kenya, Morocco, Tanzania, Tunisia and Uganda. Oscars Selection Committees from Nigeria, Ghana, Zambia and South Africa did not select any film for consideration.
Out of African submissions, only Morocco with the film 'The Blue Caftan' made it to the official short list of 15 international feature films.

Nominations will be announced on 24th January 2023.

Nominations will be announced on Tuesday, Jan. 24, 2023.