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Sunday, 5 October 2014

AFRIFF 2014: Festival website records huge traffic

There are indications that the record of attendees for this year’s Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) will surpass that of previous editions, with 250 applications already received within the first week of registration. 

Feelers from the festival secretariat has it that the ongoing registration exercise has recorded an impressive number of requests from filmmakers in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa, Senegal, Mali, Malawi, Uganda and several other African countries.


Reports say the pack received so far also includes requests from Africans in the Diaspora as well as individual filmmakers and film companies in Europe, United Kingdom, United States and Canada.
For the festival which is in its fourth year, the success story is unprecedented, even as organisers say the best is yet to come.
 
Since its first edition in 2010, AFRIFF provided free training and talent development opportunities for young people and aspiring filmmakers.
Interestingly, another aspect of this year’s edition which has swelled traffic on the festival’s website is the hands on training and workshop on scriptwriting, cinematography, acting and directing for aspiring filmmakers in Africa.


Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of AFRIFF, Chioma Ude, noted that from this workshop, AFRIFF is planning to take 10 students to a prestigious university in the United States of America for further training in various aspects of filmmaking.

 
She explained that through this initiative and several others, the festival plans to change the economic horizon of the African film industry.

 
“We believe we can use this model for a social revolution that will change the economic horizon of the African film industry, by providing technical knowledge and skill to enhance the abundant talents in our film community,” she said.

 
This time, beneficiaries of the training will be expected to shoot a short film after their course abroad, in fulfilment of their training billed to be entered into the festival’s students’ short category for the subsequent AFRIFF in 2015.

 
According to the festival guidelines, registration for the workshops which opened at the new AFRIFF website,
www.afriff.com on September 15, will close on October 17, while general registration will end on October 31.

AFRIFF 2014 is scheduled to take place at the popular Tinapa Business and Leisure Resort, Calabar, Cross River State from November 9 to 16.

43 comments:

umunas said...

D tin long lyk 3 unit course, I can't read it biko

BONARIO NNAGS said...

Hmmm good for them

~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA

Unknown said...

Hmmmmmm......

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Hmmmmmm.......

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Hmmmmmm.......

Unknown said...

These ladies are pwetty...all I ve 2 say

Anonymous said...

Wow! Dat great women like dis inspire's me

Anonymous said...

Too long a letter

Unknown said...

Like seriously.........

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Like seriously..........

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Like seriously..........

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Like seriously..........

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Like seriously..........

snowflix said...

Ok o I pray it will really affect our movie industry positively #onelovefromSnow#

ary said...

African movies are getting bigger and better and I believe festivals like this can positively affect the way movies are made in the country.

Anonymous said...

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Anonymous said...

Linda, how much did they pay you to post this? Huge traffic ko, huge traffic ni.

tina said...

Hummm pretty lady. I love Tinapa
tina.agori@yahoo.com

Unknown said...

African film makers are improving faster

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jossylinda said...

alright.linda do u agree?

Anonymous said...

I do not get it, what does this woman's picture has to do with ARIFF? my gosh, Nigerians are so self centred, they insert and self promote themselves even when the situation has nothing to do with them personally

Unknown said...

Beautiful woman....

Unknown said...

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APPLE said...

Ok

chimezieiriele89@yahoo.com said...

African women are beautiful...kudos to them jare

Unknown said...

a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
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Ugo said...

Okay...next pls!!

Anonymous said...

Chioma Ude go back to your husband and family.

faithful ojie said...

Abeg who read make he xplain..too long jere

Anonymous said...

wow good one.. just like BONARIO NNAGS said good for them.
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.from nwa nkwerre

Anonymous said...

wow good one.. just like BONARIO NNAGS said good for them.
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.from nwa nkwerre

Anonymous said...

wow good one.. just like BONARIO NNAGS said good for them.
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.from nwa nkwerre

Anonymous said...

Blind bat.its the same lady

Subomi said...

yh yh yh

ib naija ooooo said...

Bros or sis, d woman in d pic is chioma ude. She is d CEO of AFRIFF. I guess that's what she has yo do with AFRIFF. Enough said..

ib naija ooooo said...

By the way, the woman has like 4 kids, and she still looks beautiful and hawtt!!! Love love love her.. and her best friend in d US too... very inspiring ladies. Biko I want to be like you guys when I grow up.

Anonymous said...

Did this woman get a face lift?

Unknown said...

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Anonymous said...

Rosie Said........@ ib naija because Chioma Ude has four kids and still looks this way and her best friend lives in the U.S thats why you want to be like her when you "grow up"(I put this in perentasis because i know you are already grown).Let me just say.....All that glitters is not gold.Be yourself,never ever try to be somebody else.

Anonymous said...

When she is 2 busy sleeping wiv all d top shotz in naijaa. Naija women are shameful

Anonymous said...

I dey laff. If only you sabi who and what she is, and who she dey give the punta

Unknown said...

Oh really

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