Alma Film Festival

Cultural Intelligence Engine + Deep Community Connection + Global Cinematic Agenda

The Alma Film Festival was created in response to structural gaps in the global film ecosystem as a next-generation destination and experience-based cultural event. Functioning as a cultural intelligence engine, bringing together filmmakers, scholars, technologists, artists, and audiences from across the Global South and its diasporas.

Rooted in scholarship, innovation, and deep audience engagement, Alma prioritizes fewer films with greater intentionality, creating space for dialogue, relationship-building, and long-term collaboration. Up to 80% of the program highlights Global South cinema across narrative, documentary, shorts, animation, experimental work, audio storytelling, and new media. 

Alma has cultivated a community of stakeholders in 51 cities in 35 countries.

There is a necessity for something new.