Elevate Africa has introduced the graduation of functions for the 2026 version of the Threads of Africa Vogue Movie Prize, a pan-African initiative geared toward preserving and selling endangered African textiles, clothes and conventional trend methods via storytelling and movie.
The organisation stated the competitors seeks to encourage creatives throughout Africa and the diaspora to doc and reimagine forgotten elements of the continent’s textile heritage at a time when African trend is gaining rising world recognition whereas providing $25,000 grants for winners, amongst different advantages.
In line with the organisers, the programme was anchored on the theme, “Tales of Rebirth,” and was designed to showcase African trend as a automobile for cultural diplomacy, financial transformation and sustainable trade improvement.
The competitors is open to trend designers, filmmakers, college students and inventive groups of African descent.
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Contributors are anticipated to submit a 3 to five-minute trend micro-film highlighting an endangered or forgotten African textile, garment or method. Entries are additionally required to characteristic documentary-style storytelling, visible documentation of the inventive course of and a compelling case for the cultural and financial revival of the featured heritage component.
Talking on the initiative, Media Relations Supervisor, Chinomso Momoh, quoted the Challenge Lead, Princess-Iman Sado, as saying that the programme goes past a contest and represents a motion to reclaim African narratives and revive indigenous traditions via creativity and collaboration.
Momoh quoted Sado as saying: “Threads of Africa Vogue Movie Prize is greater than a contest; it’s a motion to reclaim our narratives and revive our traditions. It’s our method of weaving a stronger and higher linked Africa.”
The organisation particularly disclosed that as much as $25,000 in non-dilutive grants could be awarded to winners, alongside mentorship alternatives and participation in a devoted showcase at Elevate Africa’s 2026 Convening in Ghana.
