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Three Prime Movies To Be Screened At AFRIFF
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Competitors Winner Receives $5000
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LG OLED NEFTI Viewers Alternative Award Winner Receives $2000
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The 4 Finalists Are Cheyi Okoaye; Temidayo Johnson; Hassan the Kreator and Joanna Okey Ogunjiofor
At present in its fourth yr, the N.E.F.T.I. (NEFT Rising Movie Expertise Worldwide) competitors – initially developed by NEFTI Founder, PAUL ROBINSON with NEFT VODKA – goals to problem aspiring filmmakers throughout NIGERIA to showcase their revolutionary and inventive abilities whereas embracing their uniqueness. This yr, the NEFTI competitors is powered by NEFT Vodka, LG ELECTRONICS and AFRIFF, forging a collaboration to spotlight and promote younger African filmmakers.
The contestants and high filmmakers are chosen by NEFTI and AFRIFF’s community of filmmakers, alongside audiences from TikTok and different social media retailers.
The ten filmmakers chosen offered a ZOOM pitch of their movie idea to a panel of judges consisting of three main movie trade professionals – Acclaimed Actress Vivica A Fox, Academy and Tony Award-winning producer Bruce Cohen, and President of Put up-Manufacturing twenty first Century Fox/Disney Ted Gagliano – and Moreetsi Gabang, 2023 NEFTI Africa winner.
From the highest 10 shortlisted filmmakers, 4 finalists emerged – Cheyi Okoaye; Temidayo Johnson; Hassan the Kreator and Joanna Okey Ogunjiofor. After 30 days, the contestants submitted their full movies, together with behind-the-scenes clips documenting their journey. These filmmakers shall be additional mentored by NEFTI founder and Chief Artistic Officer of NEFT Vodka, Paul Robinson, who will information them via the filmmaking course of. All of those interactions shall be recorded and edited into the ultimate submission.
In line with Paul Robinson, “One of many highlights of this NEFTI Africa competitors is attending to work with so many gifted filmmakers, there’s such a various group of largely underrepresented expertise on the African continent and bringing a chance to showcase their tales is what the NEFTI Competitors is all about.”
Mr Robinson will maintain a panel dialogue with NEFTI contributors on Tuesday, 7 November 2023, through the AFRIFF Trade program on the FilmHouse Landmark Centre.
There shall be a closing screening of the highest 3 movies on the African Movie Pageant (AFRIFF), on Thursday, 9 November 2023, from 6.00 PM to 7.30 PM on the FilmHouse Twin Waters, Display screen 7 after a reside viewing of the judges’ deliberation, adopted by the announcement of the highest filmmaker. The occasion shall be witnessed by the viewers on the African Movie Pageant, together with a global on-line viewership to current an Viewers Award with a $2,000 prize. The profitable filmmaker will get $5,000 for his or her creativity.
The NEFTI Filmmakers Competitors is proudly supported by LG Electronics, The Worldwide Rising Movie Expertise Affiliation (IEFTA), Adobe, AFRIFF and TikTok.
The N.E.F.T.I. competitors was created to search out and encourage gifted rising filmmakers internationally and provides them a chance to highlight their visions and creativity, develop the filmmaker’s attain into areas that will in any other case not have been obtainable to them and to showcase the various artistic technique of filmmakers from a wide range of backgrounds and environments.
For extra details about NEFTI Africa please go to www.nefticompetition.com. Data may also be discovered on the NEFTI Instagram web page @nefticompetition.
