Nigerian Anthology Movie ‘Juju Stories’ Lands International Award

Nigerian Anthology film ‘Juju Stories’ has gotten its first international award.

The anthology film had its world premiere at the recently concluded 74th Locarno Film Festival. The CJ Obasi, Abba T. Makama and Michael Omonua directed film picked up the Boccalino d’oro Award for Best Film presented by the Independent Critics at the just concluded festival.

Co-director CJ Obasi wrote on Instagram confirming the achievement: “We are grateful to Ugo Brusaporco, Arminio Sciolli of the Boccalino d’oro Awards. We are super grateful to the entire cast and crew, to the Festival Director, Giona Nazzaro, the selection committee and the great team of Locarno Film Festival.”

Juju Stories is a three-part anthology film exploring juju (magical) stories rooted in Nigerian folklore and urban legend, written and directed by C.J. Obasi, Abba Makama and Michael Omonua. The movie starred Timini Egbuson, Adebukola Oladipupo, Uzoamaka Aniunoh, Michael Ejoor, Paul Utomi.

News of its world premiere at the Locarno film festival was announced early July. The film premiered at Locarno’s Concorso Internazionale, the festival’s main competition.

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