AFRIFF: Lightening up the east

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The biggest Film festival east of the Niger, AFRIFF, is here again. The organisers of the annual Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) have announced that this year festival will beat all her past festivals in all ramifications.

AFRIFF 2014 will celebrate the amazing artistry that African filmmakers are known for.

This year’s opening night film is The Square, an Oscar-nominated documentary by the Egyptian filmmaker, Jehan Noujaim. This is a stunning film that charts the course of three years of Egyptian political upheaval that began in 2011 and the closing night film will be “Hard To Get”, a compact, highly enjoyable, kinetic and action thriller from first-time feature director, Zee Ntuli.

 

The Press Statement coming from the AFRIFF organizing team, led by its Founder/CEO, Chioma Ude, indicates that this year’s selection is an array of feature films, in addition to “some hard-hitting documentaries and a generous selection of short films representing over 30 countries from all the regions of Africa.

Other films that made it into the festival’s official selection include Gone Too Far, an adaption from Bola Agbaje’s Olivier award-winning play set in London. Directed by Destiny Ekaragha, the outrageously enjoyable comedy focuses on two estranged Nigerian brothers as they meet for the first time.

Difret “ is another affecting feature debut from Ethiopia. Coming from Nigeria this year is Tunde Kelani’s Dazzling Mirage, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen’s Invasion 1897 and the much-anticipated Kunle Afolayan’s October 1.

“There is equally a feast of compelling stories in the short films category, among which is the African Metropolis’ six short films that examine the complexity of urban life from Abidjan, Cairo, Dakar, Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi.” The festival’s Artistic Director, Keith Shiri quoted.

 

The festival, which will hold from November 9 to 16 at the popular Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort, Calabar, Cross River State, will run the industry sessions for five week days, beginning from Monday November 10.

Afriff 2014 will be the highest gathering of Actors, filmmakers, film marketers, distribution houses and various professional guilds in the entertainment industry discussing issues of benefits, while charting a new course for African cinema. Film students and filmmakers alike will also engage in trainings, as part of the capacity building initiative of the festival.


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