Theme: ARCHIVING AFRICA
Date: March 16-19
Venue: Freedom Park, Lagos

Thematic Notes:
Africa has always been faced with a major challenge of connecting the dots in its historical past. A large part of what constitute the verifiable history of Africa's past today is sourced from the west. The facts of our historical journey are told to us by western imperialists and we simply regurgitate what is made available to us. In an age when even technology looking forward into the past to understand what is most valuable to our humanity, many African societies are shrouded in a blanket of collective amnesia.

Decades after the last of colonized society in Africa has gained independence, the legacy of European dominance remains - we must recourse to Europe to peep a glimpse of African history and cultural properties because they are mostly domiciled outside of the continent. Our history is ours in bits that is allowed to us from the West!

Documentary/documentation films must respond to this, if it must by any chance, put a stop to the tragedy of forgetfulness in Africa. Storytelling is essential to nation building; each cultural property that is locked away in archives and museums in Europe is a repository of our history, journey and insights into what we can become.

Conceived on the traditional thematic framework of Africa in Self-Conversation, the IREP Film festival 2017 will rigorously explore the opportunities open to Africa to bring its historic past into an archival system that is accessible on demand, and most importantly, how we can begin to use these materials to define a path for the future through storytelling.

In distilling the theme, "ARCHIVING AFRICA," we intend to focus on the core issues of RESEARCH, PRESERVATION, DIGITIZATION, LICENSING AND RIGHTS and DIGITAL REPATRIATION.

The 2017 edition of IREP Film Festival promises to be four days of over 40 documentary film screenings, insightful panel discussions, training and workshop, and networking with guests attendance from countries like Germany, United States, South Africa, Egypt, Mali, Ghana, Cameroon etc.

GUEST OF HONOUR
Our guest of Honour will be the Egyptian/South African filmmaker, JIHAN EL-TAHRI. We plan to have a special highlight of her films: CUBA - An African Odyssey, Egypt's Modern Pharaohs and Behind the Rainbow. Each film will have a special screening and an extensive session of "JIHAN IN CONVERSATION" where she will be talking about how she builds her stories around archival resources.


2017 SCREENING ROOM

DAY 2: THURSDAY MARCH 16th 2017
12:00PM - NSSM{70 mins} Dir. Del Walters
1:10pm - Freddy Illanga: Ches Swahili Translator{20mins}Dir. Katrin Hansing
2:30pm - Hope Restored{20mins)Dir. Dir Freedom Park
2:20pm - Home Free{20mins}Dir. Christopher Redmond
2:40pm - The 4th Revolution Energy Anatomy{85mins}Dir. Carla Fechner
4:05pm - CELUI QUI BRULE{18mins} Dir. Sabrina Ouazani, Salim Kechouche, Rachid Hadid
4:45pm - Le Voyage des Oubliés (Journey of the forgotten) (90 mins) Dir. Semani Kpetehogbe

DAY 3: FRIDAY MARCH 17th 2017
12:00pm - Raadis: in search of...{50 mins} Dir. Emmanuel Mutsune
12:50pm - THE FIANCES OF IMILCHIL{55 min} Dir. Léandre-Alain Baker
1:45pm - A family divided{50 min}Dir. John Swindells
2:30pm - "AFRICA: WAR IS BUSINESS" {52mins} Dir. Frank Vellenga
3:25pm - What Hope for the African Youth?{70min}
Dir. Franck Gilles Brice, Hameni Bieleu
4:35pm - Kayabike{45mins} Dir. Mattia Trabucchi
5:20pm - The Professor{30mins}Dir. Jason Price

DAY 4: SATURDAY MARCH 18th 2017
12:00PM- Salah, an African Toubab? {70 min} Dir. Margriet Jansen
1:10pm - Sweet Crude{95 min} Dir. Sandy Cioffi
2:45pm- The Big Banana{85min} Dir. Franck Gilles Brice Hameni Bieleu
3:00pm - Social Lives{15min} Dir.A.B.U Studio
3:15pm - Mama Colonel{72min}Dir. Dieudo Hamadi
4:30pm - 18 Days {19min}Dir. Tarek Abouamin
4:50pm - Fambul Tok {80min} Dir. Sara Terry

DAY 5: SUNDAY MARCH 19th 2017
12:00pm - Surfing Soweto {85min} Dir. Sara Blecher
1:25pm - Wrong Side of the Bus {55 min}Dir. Rod Freedman
2:20pm - "DON'T LOSE HOPE" {60mins} Dir. David Gobert
3:20pm - And the chain was not {33mins} Dir. Femi Odugbemi
FESTIVAL CLOSES


2017 PROGRAMME

DAY 1: WEDNESDAY MARCH 15, 2017
FESTIVAL OPENING NIGHT : COCKTAIL & FILM SCREENING
6:00pm - ARRIVAL OF INVITED GUESTS
6:30pm - ENTERTAINMENT- Music etc.
7:00pm - Remarks by Executive Director, FEMI ODUGBEMI
Remarks by Chair IREP Advisory Board, AWAM AMKPA
Goodwill message from Co-Chair, LAGOS@50 PLANNING COMMITTEE

7.30pm - "FREE FELA" 45mins (Prod. Theo Lawson)
8.15pm - Q&A with Filmmaker
8.20pm - "MALI BLUES" 90mins (Dir. Lutz Gregor)

DAY 2: THURSDAY MARCH 16, 2017
9:00am - ARRIVAL OF INVITED GUESTS
FILM SCREENING
9:30am - "18 DAYS" 19mins [Dir. Tarek Abouamin]
10:00am - "CUBA: AN AFRICAN ODYSSEY" 120mins (Dir. Jihan El-Tahri)
12.15pm - IN-CONVERSATION: JIHAN EL-TAHRI Interviewed by AWAM AMKPA
Theme: THE FIGHT FOR INDEPENDENCE
Sub Theme: "SO WHY DID WE FIGHT SO HARD?"
FILM SCREENING
1.30pm - "SPELL REEL" 97mins [Dir. Filipa Cesar]
3:10pm - Q&A with Filmmaker
FILM SCREENING
"AFRICA: WAR IS BUSINESS" 52mins [Dir. Frank Vellenga]
4:30pm - "FOOTPRINTS" - THE BRITISH COUNCIL ARCHIVE PROJECT
FILM SCREENING
5:30pm - "THE PROFESSOR" 25mins [Dir. Jason Price]
6PM - "WHITE AND BLACK: CRIMES OF COLOUR" 58mins [Dir. Jean-Francois Mean]
AMPHITHEATRE SCREENINGS:
7:30pm - "BROOKLYN TO BENIN" 8mins (Dir. Regina Romain)
7.45PM - "IN OUR GHETTO" 21Mins [Dir. Marcus Hed]
8.15pm - "MAMA COLONEL" 72mins [Dir. Dieudo Hamadi] (Presented by Barbel Mauch)

NOTE:
RUNNING PARALLEL TO THE PLENARY PROGRAMME ON THURSDAY AND FRIDAY: THE IREP/ITPAN PRODUCERS ROUNDTABLE
FRIDAY 17th MARCH 2PM

ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION OF GUESTS
3.30pm
4:30pm

DAY 3: FRIDAY MARCH 17, 2017
9:00am - ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION OF GUESTS
9:30am - "ELEPHANT PEOPLE; AN AFRICA SECRET SOCIETY & GLOBALIZATION" 27mins [Dir. Lyombe Eko]
10:00am - "BEHIND THE RAINBOW" 124 mins [Dir. Jihan El-Tahri]
12:15pm - IN-CONVERSATION: JIHAN EL-TAHRI INTERVIEWED BY PROF. NIYI COKER
Theme: DREAMS OF INDEPENDENCE & REALITY OF GOVERNANCE
Sub Theme: WHAT HAVE WE ACHIEVED?
FILM SCREENING
1.15pm - "POWER TO CHANGE; THE ENERGY REBELLION" 90mins [Dir. Carl A. Fechner]
2.45pm - "NOWHERE TO RUN -NIGERIA'S CLIMATE CRISIS" 54mins [Dir. Dan McCain)
3:45pm - "THE VALUABLE WASTE" 48mins [Dir. Adesoji Adeyemi Adeloju]
"IN OUR GHETTO" 21 mins [Dir. Marcus Hed]
"GREEN PASSPORT IN A RAINBOW NATION" 30mins [Dir. Ronke Macaulay]
5:45pm - "HISTORY OF A CITY":A Lagos@50 presentation by Theo Lawson
FILM SCREENING
6.30pm - "WE WIN OR WE DIE" 21Mins [Dir. Matthew Millan]
7:00pm - AFROPOLITAN VIBES

NOTE: A Co-operation of IREP with Independent Television Producers Association of Nigeria(ITPAN)
3PM-5pm - THE PRODUCER'S ROUNDTABLE
Topic: ACCESS TO ARCHIVES -IMPERATIVE OF CO-OPERATIONS AND COLLABORATION
Moderated by: Yinka Oduniyi, President ITPAN
Guest Speakers: *Jihan El-Tahri *Barbel Mauch *Markus Schmidt *Mudi Yahaya
Venue: Terrace of Kongi's Harvest Art Gallery, Freedom Park, Lagos.


DAY 4- SATURDAY MARCH 18, 2017
9:00am - ARRIVAL AND REGISTRATION OF GUESTS
FILM SCREENING
9:30am - "DON'T LOSE HOPE" 60mins [Dir. David Gobert]
10:30am - "ARCHIVING AFRICA" Presentation by MARION WALLACE, (Lead Curator Africa, British Library)
10:50am - Panel: JANE MOTE (Chair); ED KEAZOR; MO ABUDU; MARION WALLACE
Reps of LAGOS FILM SOCIETY, INSIBIDI INSTITUTE LAGOS
12:30pm - "EGYPT: THE MODERN PHARAOHS" [Dir. Jihan El-Tahri]
3.30pm - Q&A WITH JIHAN EL-TAHRI
FILM SCREENING
4pm - PRESENTATION OF "FIRST STEPS FILM AWARDS" - IREP/DOK.Fest COOPERATION
4. 15pm - "LAND BENEATH OUR FEET"; Liberia (Dir. Sarita Siegel; Greg Mitman)
5.45pm - "A STORY OF SOUNDS OF THE SAHEL" 83mins; Germany/Niger; (Dir.neopankollek)
EVENING FILM SCREENING @AMPHITHEATRE
7:00pm - "AMAKA'S KIN" 42mins [Dir. Tope Ogun]
8:15pm - "ROBERT MUGABE...WHAT HAPPENED" 90mins [Dir. Simon Bright

DAY 5- SUNDAY MARCH 18, 2017
12:00pm
FILM SCREENING
"TWILIGHT REVELATION: EPISODES IN THE LIFE & TIMES OF EMPER
OR HAILE SELASSIE" 58mins [Dir. Yemane I. Demessie]
"BROTHER TIME" 56mins [Dir. Wesley Shrumo)
"ROOTS OF THE GAMBIA" 75mins [Dir. Ebou Waggeh]
"HOUSE OF NWAPA" 85mins (Dir. Onyeka Nwelue)

CORA-iREP ART STAMPEDE- "THE OTHER ARCHIVES"- by
Tam FioforiFESTAC@40 SPECIAL: MY FESTAC,- by Muni King & Ed Keazor HEADLINE HISTORY: NIGERIA 1861-1991,- 20 years after an archivist SPECIAL TRIBUTE HAKEEM SHITTA...

7:00pm
2017 FESTIVAL CLOSES