Muritala Sule
A Filmmaker, TV Producer, Presenter and Scriptwriter, he has practised for close to three decades.. In that period, he has also been a reporter and editor in a magazine and a newspaper. His work in the media has been principally devoted to film and TV matters and issues.. He is also a member of the International Federation of Film Critics, FIPRESCI. Author of two novels and a play, Mr. Sule has been functioning on screener panels and jury of Film and TV Award systems in Nigeria since the mid-1990's.


Sherif Awad
Born in Cairo, Sherif Awad is a film/video curator who worked as a programmer and
communications manager. In the last few years, Awad has covered international festivals like Berlin, Cannes, Istanbul, Taormina, Rome, Dubai, Oran and Tribeca for both TV and printed media. He is member of FEDEORA and FIPRESCI associations of film critics and was jury member in Pula, Orenburg, Cinedays Skopje, Karlovy Vary, VAFI film festivals, only to name a few.


Pedro Pimenta

Pedro Pimenta started his film career with the National Film Institute of Mozambique in 1977. Since then, he has produced,co-produced or line produced numerous short fiction, documentaries and feature films in his country as well as in other African countries such as Angola, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia and South Africa. Pedro is also the founder and Director of DOCKANEMA a documentary film festival in Mozambique and consult with the National Audiovisual and Film Institute (INAC).

Mahmood Ali-Balogun
Mahmood Ali-Balogun, an alumnus of the University of Ife film school. His films include award winning TANGO WITH ME - 2011 (35mm feature), A PLACE CALLED HOME - 1999 (16mm short film) and documentaries DANCE OF THE MAIDENS - Efik traditional marriage rites (2005) and CHILD & WOMEN TRAFFICKING- The New slavery (2002). He is on the Advisory Council for the Nigerian Film Industry and was a member of same for Federation Panafricaine Des Cineates (FEPACI) and the President of the Federation's 9th Congress in South Africa (2013).

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