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The seventh edition
of the Abuja International Film and Video Festival will hold from
October 26 till 29 at the Silverbird Galleria, Abuja. Themed
‘Celebrating Naija @ 50 through Cinema’ to commemorate Nigeria’s
independence, the festival will examine the cinema industry in the last
50 years.

This year’s edition
is organised in conjunction with industry stakeholders namely: the
Federal Ministry of Information and Communication, the National Film
and Video Censors Board, the Nigerian Film Corporation, the Nigerian
Intellectual Property Commission, and the Nigeria Television Authority.

It also proposes to
continue with its previous vision of ‘Youth Empowerment in Motion
Pictures’, calling for the participation of university students who
will be involved in seminars, workshops, and production of their own
film works.

30 film entries
have been shortlisted for screening at the festival. The films fall
under categories including: Feature, Animation, Short Films,
Experimental Films, and Documentaries. Some of the entries at the
festival this year include international works like ‘Revenge’
(Brazil),’ Crab Trap’ (Columbia), ‘Lost Times’ (Hungary), ‘My House is
Cloudy’ and ‘In a Revenge Zone’ (Iran). From the Nigerian movie stable
comes offerings like ‘Corporate Maid’ by Ikechukwu Onyeka, ‘Adventures
of Alayo’ by Olarenwaju Oluwafemi, and ‘No Jersey, No Match’ by Daniel
Ademinokan.

The festival, which
is billed to open with a cocktail event on October 26 at 6pm, will also
incorporate a Copyright and Intellectual Property Day, in collaboration
with the Nigeria Copyright Commission; as well as a festival market,
which shall feature exhibitors from different sectors of the motion
picture industry, both locally and internationally.

The Film Festival, founded in 2004 by film maker, Fidelis Duker, has
in its past six editions recorded participation of over 20 countries
and attracted entries from about 50 countries worldwide. It has also
featured the works of Nollywood directors like Fred Amata, Jeta Amata,
Paul Obazele, Chico Ejiro, Zik Zulu Okafor, and Segun Arinze, among
many others.