Chabaka welcomes duets of African and Arab producers and directors with feature fiction and documentary film projects in the development stage. This workshop is the first step in the creation of cinematographic works. Chabaka offers selected participants the opportunity to meet industry professionals in one-on-one meetings.

Muhammad Refaat participated in Chabaka for the first time in 2018 as a commissioning editor from AJD. He had to opportunity to meet several projects from emerging African and Arab producers.