Africa International Film Festival’s 11th edition holds in November

The Founder and Director of Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) led by Ms Chioma Ude have announced the entries of the festival’s 11th Edition in November 2022.

She disclosed this at the festival’s program launch and media parley at Alliance Française de Lagos, Ikoyi, Lagos.

“I am delighted to open our call for entries for our 11th anniversary edition, following Amazon’s acquisition of films from AFRIFF’s film catalog last year. We are now strategically positioned to help filmmakers distribute their titles with our landmark partnership with international streaming platforms. We also had Byron Allen’s Entertainment Studios pick up 2 movies from the festival.” she said.

“This year, we are already in talks with a multitude of streaming platforms interested in licensing and acquiring films from the festival. We are proud to present this year’s programme themed Indigenous For Global, dedicated to the incredible opportunities Amazon Prime video and others offer Nigerian filmmakers going forward, enabling us to dream and continue to innovate and create exciting and vibrant experiences for our Audience,” She added.

She further said submissions for the 2022 edition of AFRIFF will run till July 30, 2022.

AFRIFF founder stressed that only those films produced after January 1, 2021 are eligible for competition. Films produced before 2021 maybe accepted in the programme if their story speaks to the programme theme or AFRIFF programmers think it suits the programme.

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