Elevate Africa has announced the commencement of applications for the 2026 edition of the Threads of Africa Fashion Film Prize, a pan-African initiative aimed at preserving and promoting endangered African textiles, garments and traditional fashion techniques through storytelling and film.
The organisation said the competition seeks to encourage creatives across Africa and the diaspora to document and reimagine forgotten aspects of the continent’s textile heritage at a time when African fashion is gaining increasing global recognition.
According to the organisers, the programme is anchored on the theme, “Stories of Rebirth,” and is designed to showcase African fashion as a vehicle for cultural diplomacy, economic transformation and sustainable industry development.
The competition is open to fashion designers, filmmakers, students and creative teams of African descent.
Participants are expected to submit a three to five-minute fashion micro-film highlighting an endangered or forgotten African textile, garment or technique. Entries are also required to
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