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The 2018 African International Film Festival will kick off today, October 25, 2018, with a programme launch at the Filmhouse Cinema in Lekki.
The organisers revealed that this year’s edition will hold between Sunday, November 11, 2018, and Saturday, November 17, 2018.
The film festival, which is in its 8th edition, will host film curators across the continents, local and international filmmakers to a world class showcase of the world of film making.
According to the organisers, the film festival will have conversations on issues affecting cinema on the African continent, talent development opportunities and an array of exciting networking events.
Speaking on the achievements of AFRIFF as regards talent development, the Executive Director of the film festival, Chioma Ude, said, “The outcome of the training program is evolving, and is evolving in a very good direction”
In 2017, AFRIFF teamed up with Alliance Francaise to send a set of film students – 20 in number – on scholarship to CineF’abrique, a film school in Lyon, France.
