Film Festival calls for entries
Submission of
entries for the first Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF),
themed ‘Africa Unites’ will close on Friday, August 13, 2010.
A statement from
organisers of the festival holding in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, from
December 1 to 5, said filmmakers interested in the available
categories; feature, short, documentary and animation, should follow
the guidelines on its website, www.africafilmfest.com.
Works to be
submitted, however, must have been produced after January 1, 2009 while
preference will be given to works yet to be screened in Africa or
outside the continent.
Apart from film
screenings, AFRIFF will also feature technical training sessions,
business session and networking sessions, and launch of a film and
equipment market.
Local and
international filmmakers, celebrities and others interested in the art
and business of filmmaking will participate in the five-day festival.
The maiden edition
of the festival is already receiving international coverage to draw
global participants. Amongst others, there was a special focus on
AFRIFF in the Cannes Film Festival daily edition of the Hollywood
Reporter in May.
“We want the film
industry in Africa to compete favourably with its global peers and so
we are activating a comprehensive communications strategy with a global
outlook that will achieve sensitisation across the world,” disclosed
Celine Loader, communications consultant for the festival.
The Rivers State Government, host of the ION International Film Festival held last year, is also hosting AFRIFF.
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