House of Aama is opening up a call for submissions for its first Aama Studio: Threads of Legacy Film Salon. Filmmakers will have a chance to have their film selected to be show at the Film Salon, with one film making it into the community slot in the film program.

The program will be centering films that coincide with Tavares Strachan’s themes of invisibility, displacement, and loss. Questioning historically canonized narratives that marginalize or obscure others, whilst thinking about identity, migration, familial connections and cloth as memory.

Drawing from Tavares Strachan’s immersive excursions into hidden histories and speculative futures in the exhibition The Day Tomorrow Began, mother and daughter design duo House of Aama welcome us to a film salon where they will weave cinema, textiles, and personal memory to tell intergenerational stories.

A tour of the exhibition, short films, and discussions will explore Black liberation, arcs of migration, and evolving identities, linking ancestral memory to possibilities of today and tomorrow.

Rules & Terms

Eligibility
Aama Studio: Threads of Legacy Film Salon is open to all artists and creatives of all ages and backgrounds, including students, emerging, and established practitioners. Individual artists, collaborative groups, and community-based organizations are welcome to apply.

Project Types
House of Aama seeks films under 30 minutes for presentation in a gallery, public setting.

Submissions may include films of all genres and types, with a particular desire for films that center themes of invisibility, displacement, and loss. Questioning historically canonized narratives that marginalize or obscure others, whilst thinking about identity, migration, familial connections and cloth as memory.

Detailed submission instructions and deadlines will be announced in advance of the event.
Review and Selection
Proposals will be reviewed by the House of Aama team in collaboration with House of Aama: Threads of Legacy director Jamal Ademola.

If selected, participants shall be solely responsible for all costs and expenses related to the
creation of their project.

Selected participant or participant group will receive a film license fee of $150,
regardless of the number of individuals in the group, in recognition of their contribution to the program.

For any questions, please contact contact@houseofaama.com
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  • GARUWA Film

    We are very grateful to Matazi and the team for screening our film NGURRAWAANA at LACMA. It was a beautiful festival!

    April 2026
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