From Creative Conversations to Streets as Archives: Thank You

To the 97 new subscriber’s who have joined since last week’s edition, Welcome!Thank you for being part of our growing community.

If you joined September’s Creative Conversation, we appreciate you for engaging with our speakers and contributing to the dialogue on photographers as custodians of culture.

And to those who submitted work for Streets as Archives, thank you for sharing your stories with us. You can expect feedback by 10 October.

Your involvement continues to shape Unpublished Africa’s creative community.

From Studio to Spotlight: Maingaila at Everyday Lusaka

We’d also like to take a moment to celebrate our Creative Business Studio Alumni who had his sophomore solo exhibition at Everyday Lusaka in Zambia. Congratulations Maingaila.

African Visual Storyteller of the Week

Our featured storyteller this week is Ericke Tjiueza

Ericke Tjiueza (Namibia) - "Bend, The Direction For A New Path", December 2024. ( Published by Unpublished Africa in "With Impac in Mind" Exhibition. )

Other Opportunities :

Opportunity

Organisation

Deadline

Thuthuka Film Development and Production Program

Nederlands Filmfonds

7/10/2025

7th Annual Earth Partner Prize

Earth Partner

10/10/2025

Social Media Manager

Nalani Women

10/10/2025

Photography Ethics Symposium

Photography Ethics Centre

13/10/2025

Artist Grant 

Artist Grant

15/10/2025

PANAF Webinar Series III

Pan African Network for Artistic Freedom (PANAF)

16/10/2025

Call For Film Makers in South Sudan 

African School of Storytelling (AFRISOS) 

18/10/2025

Film Callout

Joburg Film Festival

31/10/2025

Merck Foundation Media Recognition Awards

Merck Foundation 

31/10/2025

Henri Cartier-Bresson Self-Published PhotoBook Award 

Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson

31/10/2025

Small Arts Grant

Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality

31/10/2025

Firstflightspro Short film fund

First Flights Media Ltd

31/10/2025

Open Call

The Sustainable Darkroom 

3/11/2025

2025 Sport Media Awards

AIPS Sport Media Awards 

4/11/2025

Namaste Video Contest 

Wai Lana

5/11/2025

European Union Short Film Competition

ECOWAS Commission

10/11/2025

Short Film Contest

The Film Fund

11/11/2025

Call For Submissions

Kenya Film Commission 

20/11/2025

Entertainment Week Ghana

Entertainment Week Ghana

21/12/2025

Megacities Shortdoc

MegaCities-ShortDocs Citizen Short-Film Festival

18/01/2025

Minority Africa Call for Storytellers

Minority Africa 

rolling deadline

Pulitzer Center Grant

Pulitzer Center 

rolling deadline

Call For Global Collaborators

Young Leaders For Arts and Health

rolling deadline

We look forward to sharing more opportunities with you next week!

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