The year, Anglophone West Africa’s longest film festival; the Abuja International Film Festival which was founded 18 years ago by veteran Nollywood Filmmaker Fidelis Duker received a total of 1,771 films from 67 countries, while about 51 films and filmmakers respectively made the nominees list at awards ceremony which held […]
Abuja International Film Festival
The 17th edition of Abuja International Film Festival has been held with laurels awarded in 15 categories to deserving filmmakers. The festival attracted hundreds of filmmakers and movie enthusiasts around the world. In her opening remark, Temitope Duker, the festival director explained that the recently-held event was more remarkable because […]
The organizers of the Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF) have named the governor of Cross River State, Nigeria as one of the three Special Recognition Awardees in the 16th edition of the festival holding in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. Abuja International Film Festival is the longest running […]
The Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF) has officially opened the 2019 edition of its annual film festival at the Silverbird Cinemas Abuja. The festival opened with the screening of Kenyan documentary film, “Far From Home“, which centres on irregular migration of Africans through the sea to Europe. The closing movie […]
The organisers of the 16th Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF) & The Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) have announced the suspension of all South African films submitted for the festival scheduled to hold from 22nd through 25th of October 2019, over recent xenophobic attacks on foreigners including Nigerians in South […]
SAMUEL AKINDELE Nigerian filmmaker and founder of the Abuja International Film Festival, Fidelis Duker has emerged as the Secretary-General of Federation of Pan African Filmmakers (FEPACI). The organisation brings film makers from the West African Region together to develop the movie industry and ensure it is used as a tool to drive […]