Organisers of the Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF) have announced the official selections for the 19th Edition of the Film Festival scheduled to kick off on Monday October 31.
The film festival will run till November 3, 2022, at the Silverbird Cinemas Abuja, and two other centers in the nation’s capital, Abuja.
AIFF, which is the longest-running film festival in Anglophone West-Africa, received a total of 1,771 films from 87 countries, while about 91 films and filmmakers respectively made the Final Selection for the 2022 edition of the festival.
According to Millicent Bassey, the Festival Communication Officer, the festival theme for the 19th edition is The Digital Revolution – Harnessing the Potentials in Online Streaming and Downloads of Contents.
Bassey also noted that the theme is apt because it reveals the opportunities and challenges inherent in the global digital film arena in which Nigeria is a major player.
The Festival Director, Temitope Duker, who spoke on activities lined up for the festival said aside from screenings, master classes, panel discussions and parties, honors will go to deserving films and filmmakers at the grand event of the closing night.
Also listed for this year’s festival is a short film competition for young and aspiring filmmakers on hygiene, sponsored by HYPO bleach.
The activities for the landmark 20th edition of the festival will be unveiled during this 19th edition with the launch of the Score Nollywood Hall of Fame and Museum in Abuja.
See full list of nominees below:
EXPERIMENTAL FILM
Adventures of Comic Con – USA
Flesh and Spirit – Nigeria
Kuto – Congo
Freedom to Flashbush – USA
Mother Tongue – Pakistan
SHORT FILM – NIGERIA
Convictus – Gbenga Salu
These Two – Amina Garba/Imoabasi Ime
May 27th – Smart Edikan
Dangerous Silence – Adeyinka Adetoyi
Dark Clouds – Kemi Adekomi
Almost – Jon Imo Bassey
Hostage – Matthew Oluwatobiloba
FEATURE FILM – NIGERIA
Enough of the Silence – Andrew Amenechi
Strain – Uduak Obong Patrick
Sin City – Muyiwa Ademola
What Happened in St James – Marc Adebesin
Obsession – Chidiebere Emmanuel
The Troubled One – Vigil Chime
Alaise – Edgar Leroy
SHORT FILM – FOREIGN
Fringe Magnet – Brazil
On/Off – South Africa
Dear Immigrant – Canada
Memories from Others – USA
That Day I was Twenty One – China
Nakato – Uganda
One God, One Love – Bahamas
OUTSTANDING ACTOR
Okey Uzoeshi – Strain – Nigeria
Edris Ludega – Bedroom Chains – Uganda
Muzaffar Khan – The Brittle Thread – India
Sambaza Nzeribe – Enough of Silence – Nigeria
Jai Raja – The Lifting – USA
Kenneth Okoli – The Touched One – Nigeria
Deyemi Okanlawon – What happened at St James – Nigeria
OUTSTANDING ACTRESS
Toyin Aimaku – Sin City – Nigeria
Foi Wambui – Enough of the Silence – Nigeria
Bahri Soula – Soula – Algeria
Shaffy Bello – Obsession – Nigeria
Meghar Matu – The Brittle Thread – India
Valerie Ayena – Love Trap – Cameroon
Tunu M. Yaya – Uncle – Uganda
BEST FEATURE (FOREIGN)
Brave – France
Bedroom Chain – Uganda
The Lifting – USA
Uncle – Tanzania
Love Trap – Cameroon
Master of Light – USA
Identical Justice – USA
OUTSTANDING DIRECTOR
Cosson Chinepoh – Love Trap – Cameroon
Andrew Amenechi – Enough of Silence – Nigeria
Tom Jones – Mateka(Captives) – Uganda
Chidiebere Nwosu – Obsession – Nigeria
Shanchar Levi – Shlosha Tapuzim – Israel
Habibu Yusuph Madabu – Uncle – Tanzania
Muyiwa Ademola – Sin city – Nigeria
OUTSTANDING MUSIC SCORE
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Brave – France
Mateka – Uganda
Shlosa Tapuzim – Israel
Sin City – Nigeria
Life After Death – Nigeria
Omowale – South Africa
The Alert – Nigeria
OUTSTANDING STUDENT FILM
Aminata – Spain
The Lesson Of Courage – China
Towards Utopia – UK
Zoe – Central Africa Republic
Once upon a Perfect Murder – Nigeria
The Doll – Iran
On Solid Ground – Serbia
OUTSTANDING ANIMATION FILM
Larvae Story – Korea
The Pyramid – Egypt
The Nomad Lebanon
Weight – USA
Shloha Tapuzim – Israel
OUTSTANDING DOCUMENTARY FILM
Palm To Crude – Nigeria
Everest Man – Nepal
Heart of Gold – Thailand
Journey of Igbo Civilization – Nigeria
The House Mulogiouli – Kenya
From Behind The Window – Iran
Cinema Beyond Boundaries – Australia