The Global Feminist Pitch is back to support aspiring, feminist documentary filmmakers from Latin America, the Caribbean, Asia, Africa, the Middle East and (South) Eastern Europe. Apply now!
About the Project
The Global Feminist Pitch supports young feminists from countries of the Global South with the aim to make solidarities between feminists and feminist movements worldwide visible through different formats. In 2024-2025, the Global Feminist Pitch will give five feminists from Latin America, the Caribbean, Africa, Asia, Middle East or (South) Eastern Europe the chance to document feminist protest culture from their region in the form of a 15-minute documentary film that will be produced by Deblokada Production from Sarajevo (Bosnia and Herzegovina), and become part of a film omnibus/anthology film. In this process, they will be supported by the Global Unit for Feminism and Gender Democracy, Deblokada Production, and experts from the industry through workshops, consultations, and feedback sessions. The finished documentary film will have a premiere at the end of 2025/beginning of 2026. The documentary film will depict the power of feminist protest culture, contribute to the global debate on feminist movements, complement the existing discourse, and provide feminists, activists, and organisations with insights on how feminism is lived in different regions of the world.
Find the full Call for Application here.
Read all about the Global Feminist Pitch 2023, 2022 and 2021.
Meet our Selected Feminists:
Bernarda Cornejo, Ecuador
Born and raised in Quito, Ecuador, Bernarda graduated in Audiovisual Arts from Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Canada. In 2015, her graduation stop motion short film “Aguacero” premiered at the Ottawa International Animation Festival. She has worked as a cinematographer for projects such as the short film “Medanit” and the feature film “Among Us Women”. The latest premiered in the international competition of DOK Leipzig 2021 and won the award for her contribution as best cinematography at the Mumbai Festival MIFF 2022. In Ecuador, Bernarda has participated in several stop motion workshop projects with a social and community focus, in addition to providing production services for foreign documentaries, collaborating with channels such as the BBC and ZDF. As a result of her professional journey, she was selected to participate in the Camera Studio program of Berlinale Talents 2023. She currently is based in Quito, where she is the general producer of the feature documentary “Mama” and continues to explore new opportunities in her field. For the Global Feminist Pitch, Bernarda will work on a documentary film about an organization of women in the Amazon who have united to protect their land from both illegal and legal mining activities.
Budoor Al Abid, Iraq
Budoor Al Abid is a prominent documentary filmmaker and writer from Iraq and the founder of RAW Media production. She holds a master’s degree in computer engineering and currently works as a film producer with Al Jazeera Documentary Channel. Budoor has contributed to various projects, including “Iraq’s Melody”, which displays Iraq's musical diversity, a documentary series about fasting in different religions, and the production management of a film about the renowned sculptor Mohammad Ghani Hikmat. Budoor has produced the documentary film “The Crocodiles of the Nile” in collaboration with Sera Films in Egypt and the short documentary “The Marshes of Iraq” in partnership with the British Council, which was screened at international festivals and won global awards. Additionally, she holds the position of Impact Producer with the organization Beirut DC and has received grants for artistic production from the Prince Claus Fund (Netherlands) and the Doria Feminist Fund. Budoor is an alumna of the Youth Media Leaders program from the Arab Youth Center in Dubai and the Future News program from the British Council in London. Her work focuses on shedding light on societal and humanitarian issues rooted in the realities of Iraq. For the Global Feminist Pitch, Budoor will work on a documentary film about Fatima Al-Bahadly.
Chiara Oggioni and Yi Sun
Chiara Oggioni and Yi Sun are architects, researchers, and lecturers. They co-founded Wo-Men Work - a research and design collective (2021) aiming to establish a critical spatial practice and challenge existing power structures by working on projects from an intersectional angle and across different scales. While working with a variety of architectural mediums, much of their work uses filmmaking to narrate intimate stories of overlooked spaces and put spatial production’s past and present narratives in conversation with their future. Their projects are funded and awarded by Design Trust, Special Project Funding, and Transfer Video Award, among others, and have been exhibited at PMQ HKU Architecture Gallery (Hong Kong - 2022), MIT Keller Gallery (Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA - 2024), and Escola Da Cidade (São Paulo, Brazil - 2024). For the Global Feminist Pitch, Chiara and Yi will work on “Performing”, a documentary that explores the life of a Thai sex worker in Bangkok, juxtaposing her vibrant street performances with intimate reflections on resilience and identity, as she navigates the complexities of a patriarchal society that both desires and criminalizes her existence.
Florenza Deniz İncirli, Northern Cyprus
Florenza Deniz İncirli is a London and Cyprus based artist-filmmaker, engaging with memory, non-linear temporality and ritual performances. Informed by an MA in Visual Anthropology (Aziz Foundation Scholar) and the Radical Film School, they have shown work at jetz.space, Alexandra Palace, programmed by Haringey Global Cinema Club, Good Wickedry via Tape Collective, BFI Southbank, F(r)ictions Tbilisi, The Art Columnist, Cyens Thinker Maker Space, WIP Festival and Sessions Cyprus amongst others. In 2024, they were a recipient of Arts Council England's DYCP grant, undertaking a period of research and development on performance art. Florenza's practice is collaborative, exploratory and multilingual, grounded in community. For the Global Feminist Pitch, drawing from personal archives, Florenza will explore the vibrant and resilient LGBTQ+ protest culture within Cyprus, an island shaped by centuries of imperialism.
Godisamang Khunou, South Africa
Godisamang Khunou is a South African award-winning director, writer, producer, and the owner of Mogale Pictures - a production company that is driven by the PAN African movement and African feminism. She is a 2024 Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders alumna, after completing the Leadership in Business track at Rutgers University in New Jersey. She has been recognized by the Gauteng Film Commission with its first ever Merit award for her incredible body of work and efforts for transformation in film. She was selected for the Mail and Guardian 200 Young South Africans in 2024, for Film and Media. Her Directing Debut titled “Black Women and Sex” (2024) was selected for IDFA Docs for Sale - the biggest documentary film festival in the world. She is in late development for a documentary series in Co-Production with Urban Brew Studios titled “Sharp End of a Knife” which won the Development prize for The Best Non-Fiction at the 2022 Durban Film Mart. She is in post-production for a documentary feature titled “POWA” (People Opposing Women Abuse). She is one of the four producers selected to participate at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2025 by the National Film and Video Foundation. She is an alumnus of the 2023 Creative Producers Indaba for career development, which took place at the Atlas Workshops at the Festival International du Film de Marrakech in November 2023 and Cine Mart at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in 2024. For the Global Feminist Pitch, Godisamang Khunou will make a short film titled “Tea Parties”, which will celebrate the protest and contributions of South African women on the 9th of August 1956 in a significant moment in history.