The 4th edition of AFRIFF is scheduled to hold from November 9th to 16th, 2014 at Tinapa, Calabar, Cross Rivers State, Nigeria.

Welcome to the 4th edition of the Africa International Film Festival
We are once again gathering to celebrate the amazing energy African filmmakers are bringing to the screens with films that thrill, the films that take us on a journey and the films about love, respect and dignity. Our selection this year is an array of feature films, some hard hitting documentaries and a generous selection of shorts representing over 20 countries from all the regions of Africa.

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 2011. Our Closing Night film is a compact highly enjoyable kinetic action thriller. The young South African director Zee Ntuli displays a mastery of the action genre with breezy performances from its main cast.

Amongst the official feature competition there are plenty of little gems to choose from and they include, Gone Too Far, an adaption from Bola Agbe's Olivier award winning play set in London. Director Destiny Ekaragha's outrageously enjoyable comedy focuses on two estranged Nigerian brothers as they meet for the first time. 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 Oduma Imasuen's Invasion and the much anticipated Kunle Afolayan's October 1.

There is equally a feast of compelling stories in the shorts film category among which there is the African Metropolis presenting six short films examining the complexities 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 from development to financing and from pitching and symposia on digital distribution and piracy.

We are aiming for a busy and exciting few days of doing business, networking and to celebrate and explore how digital technology can be used to create a new aesthetic in synch with the realities of today. It is always a daunting task to go through all the submitted titles to fit in a programme that runs for only 8 days but I would like to congratulate and thank all the filmmakers for willing to share their films with us. Our very small festival team has been amazing and I want acknowledge their dedication for this edition.

We are looking forward to meeting you all in Tinapa, Calabar.
Keith Shiri

Afriff 2014 Complete Selection List

FEATURE FILMS
Hard to Get
Difret
Turning Point
Blood Tokoloshie
Cold habour
Beti and Amare
Nina's Dowry
Gone too Far
Hear me Move
Imbabazi: The Pardon
October 1
The Child of the Sun
The Land i Call Home
Coz Ov Moni 2 Fokn Revenge
Invasion 1897
Dazzling Mirage
O Espinho De Roza
The Last Three Digits
Mother of George
Torn
St Mary's
The Last Fishing Boat
A Mile from Home
Ojuju
A Single Word
Learning Curve
Impunity

DOCUMENTARIES
Fatherland
Finding Fela
Miners Shot Down
National Diploma
I Afrikaner
Leaf in the Wind
One Humanity
WeCome as Friends
The Square
Mugabe, Hero or Villain
Mandela, The Myth and I
Music Messages
Gold is Here
Bamako Year 0
A Portrait of A Lone Farmer
Reflection
Om Amira
Broken Horizon
The Supreme Price
Stories from our Lives
100 Percent Dakar
Beats of the Antonov

ANIMATIONS
Mimi
Les Jumeaux de Samba

SHORT FILMS
Afronauts
Crimson Ink Blood and Piss
Soko Sonko
Premonition
Don't Conceive
Vengeance is Mine
Derniers Recours
Poisoned Beans
Vex: Fly Wahala
Blink
Living Funeral
Salome
Missing
Beyond Plain Sight
Keys, Money Phone
Stiff
Yawa
Ultimate Seat
JD Okhai Photographer
The Treasure
10:10
China Town
Will to Power
1-Bemsi
African Metropolis

STUDENT SHORTS
Bliss
Oblivious
Predators Paradise
B-ve
i-Games
The Journey
Losing my Pride
Just a Friend
Aissa's Story
Twisted
Our Father's Baby

WINNERS 2014
Best Feature Film - October 1
Best Director - Andrew Dosunmu
Best Screenplay - October 1
Best Nigerian Film - Ojuju by CJ Obasi
Best Female Performance - Thishiwe Zibuqu in Hard To Get
Audience Choice Award - Gone Too Far by Destiny Ekaragha
Best Male Performance - Sadiq Daba in October One
Best Documentary - The Supreme Price By Joanna Lipper
Best Short Film - Stiff By Samantha Nell
Best Student Short - Aissa's Story By Iquo Essien
Outstanding Jury Award - Om Amira By Naji Ismail

2014 Jury
Muritala Sule
Godfried Donkor
Sherif Awad
Ntare Guma Mbaho Mwine
Jacqueline Moepeng Motsepe
Julius Amedume
Pedro Pimenta
Mahmood Ali-Balogun

"AFRIFF is indeed a really good platform to harness the best in African film, I am impressed"
− Gbenga Akinnagbe - The Wire

Festival's Goodwill Ambassadors: South African actress Xolile Tshabalala and Nollywood star Rita Dominic
Festival's Artistic Director: Keith Shiri
AFRIFF CEO: Chioma Ude

About AFRIFF
AFRIFF is a world class showcase that presents a complete immersion into the world of film making with participation from local and international filmmakers and professionals, celebrities, actors, directors, film critics, buyers, distributors, visual artists, film students, amateurs, equipment manufacturers, and international press.

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