Film festival gives up-and-coming film-makers a voice

chibumga izuzu

January 14, 2015 9:21 AM

Check out the full list of winners at the recently held 2014 In-Short Film Festival which is aimed at promoting short films.

The 2014 In-Short International Film Festival (solely dedicated to the promotion of short films), recently held at the prestigious Oriental Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Present at the opening ceremony was the DG of the Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation, Sally Mbanefo, who urged the audience, mainly made up of creative young people, to continue nurturing their talents as they will go very far in life by so doing.

She intimated her listeners that as a young girl, she released an album titled Fine Girl and was part of a band called Brakes. Mbanefo also revealed that she will be unveiling her paintings, which are more than 170 in number, when she clocks 50 in 2015. She assured the organizers and participants of her support for the festival’s upcoming programmes.

In his remarks, Founder/Festival Director of In-Short, Victor Okhai, stated that the film festival has become the platform for encouraging up-and-coming film-makers, who go ahead to produce and direct sublime films that make waves on MTV Base, Africa Magic, Channel O, etc.

During the closing ceremony, two special awards were conferred: one, to Access Bank PLC for its CSR programmes, which led to the sponsorship of the 2014 In-Short International Film Festival and two, to Shaibu Husseni, a renowned film journalist, for his unflinching support for African cinema.

84 short films from different genres were selected for this year’s festival out of which 25 were presented for adjudication. The jury observed that the films are satisfactory proof of the enthusiasm that short films are generating in Africa, but then noted that the entries in the documentary category this year fell short of anticipations and so did not award any prize in that category.

Check out the full list of winners;

Best Sound

The Strangers

Best Cinematography

The Strangers

Best Screenplay

Alpha Mum

Best Editing

Leeway

Best Visual Effects

Leeway

Best Actor