AFRIFF 04 organisers announce festival?s official selection

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AFRIFF 2014 organisers announce festival s official selection --

Mon, 06 Oct 2014 11:36

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The Oscar-nominated documentary The Square, by Egyptian filmmaker Jehan Noujaim, has been selected as the opening night film for the annual Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) taking place from 9 to 16 November 2014. The festival taking place at the Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort, Cross River State, Nigeria will close with first-time feature director Zee Ntuli s Hard To Get.

According to The Nation Online, the festival s Artistic Director, Keith Shiri, said during a press briefing held at the Eko Hotel and Suites in Nigeria, that AFRIFF 2014 would once again celebrate the amazing artistry that African filmmakers are known for.

He said: Our opening night film is The Square, an Oscar-nominated documentary by the Egyptian filmmaker, Jehan Noujaim. This is a stunning film that charts the course of three years of Egyptian political upheaval that began in 2011. Our closing night film, Hard To Get, is a compact, highly enjoyable, kinetic and action thriller. The young South African director, Zee Ntuli, displays a mastery of the action genre with breezy performances from its main cast, the website read.

Shiri, who was joined by AFRIFF CEO, Chioma Ude as well as the festival s Goodwill Ambassadors, South African actress Xolile Tshabalala and Nollywood star Rita Dominic, noted that the festival s 2014 official selection is an assortment of feature films, some hard-hitting documentaries and a substantial selection of shorts representing over 30 countries from all the regions of Africa.

According to Shiri, other films that have made it into the festival s official selection include Gone Too Far, an adaption from Bola Agbaje s Olivier award-winning play set in London, directed by Destiny Ekaragha.

The Nation Online said Shiri further stated: Difret is another affecting feature debut from Ethiopia, detailing the traumatic experience of an Ethiopian girl accused of killing a man who had sexually abused her. Nigeria is strongly represented again this year with Tunde Kelani s Dazzling Mirage, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen s Invasion 1897 and the much-anticipated Kunle Afolayan s October 1.

There is equally a feast of compelling stories in the short films category, among which is the African Metropolis six short films that examine the complexity of urban life from Abidjan, Cairo, Dakar, Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi.

In addition to the wide range of films, the festival also offers industry platforms for skill acquisition, financing, pitching, symposia on digital distribution and piracy.

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