Indigenous films on frontline as AFRIFF 2022 begins
Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) has announced that its 2022 edition would focus on indigenous films having every requirement to go global.
The festival, which opens on November 6 and runs through 12, with the theme Indigenous for Global, at the Landmark Event Centre, would open with Prime Video’s award-winning psychological horror film, Nanny.
Festival Director, Chioma Ude revealing the year’s theme, noted that filmmaking has evolved in Africa over the last two decades and this year’s edition is designed to influence global perspectives of African films and storytelling.
She explained that the 11th AFRIFF edition would feature high-profile speakers and facilitators from all over the world. She said that the festival is designed to explore new-age technical frontiers in film production, with a focus on the use of sound and visuals in the making of award-winning short, feature, documentary and animation films in Africa for a global audience.
She stressed that the need for Africa to improve in music, sounds, and visuals while filming has propelled them to gather creators, music scoring companies, animation experts and others.
She noted that for the first time, they had 500 movie entries from the Republic of Iran. She also added that the festival would include a series of training sessions and opportunities to win grants would be available.
Ude noted that this year’s festival will add four new different categories to what the ceremony previously had.
“We have never had international films being part of competition. This year we are going to be looking in at the Best international feature, Best international documentary, Best animation and Best short film.
Ude also announced Nigerian film Almajiri as AFRIFF’s closing night film. Almajiri was helmed by award winning director, Toka Mcbaror.
The event was also attended by the U.S Consulate Lagos Public Affairs officer, Joseph Kruzich, the Regional Audiovisual Attaché of the France Embassy in Lagos, Mr. Christophe Pecot, and other stakeholders of the Nigerian Film Industry.
