AFRIFF Releases Full List Of Films For 2019 Edition

Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) has released the full list of films selected for the 9^th edition of the festival. The 2019 edition is slated to run from Nov 13 – Nov 20, 2019 in Port Harcourt, Nigeria.

Waad Al-Kateab (Syria) will be opening screening with his movie, “For Sama”. Akin Omotoso’s (Nigeria) “The Ghost and The House of Truth” will close screenings at the festival where a total of 28 Nigerian films made it to the final selection.

See films that made it to AFRIFF 2019 below;

FEATURE FILMS

• Burial Of Kojo – Blitz Bazawule (Ghana)
• The Lost Okoroshi – Abba Makama (Nigeria)
• Knuckle City – Jahmil Qubeka (South Africa)
• The Last Tree – Shola Amoo (UK)
• Running Against The Wind – Jan Phillip Weyi (Ethiopia)
• Our Lady Of The Nile – Atik Rahimi (Rwanda/France)
• Dhalinyaro (Youth) – Lula Ali Ismail (Djibouti)
• Baanum Nafi – Mamadou Dia (Senegal)
• The Man Who Cuts Tattoos – Mike Omonua (Nigeria)
• We Are Thankful – Joshua Magor (South Africa)
• Ghost And The House Of Truth – Akin Omotoso (Nigeria)
• Gold Coast Lounge – Pascal Aka (Ghana)
• Rattlesnakes – Julius Amedume (USA)

DOCUMENTARIES

• At Jolie Coiffure – Rosine Mbakam (Belgium/Cameroon)
• Nigeria’s Lost Generation – Charlie Luckoc (Nigeria)
• Between God & I – Yara Cosat (Mozambique)
• Meeting My Father – Alassane Diago (Senegal)
• The Sound Of Masks – Sara Cf De Gouveia (Mozambique/South Africa)
• Buddha In Africa –  Nichole Schaffer (South Africa)
• Sankara Is Not Dead – Lucie Viver (Burkina Faso)
• In Search –  Beryl Magoko (Kenya)
• On Air – Manno Lassens (Burundi)
• When Babies Don’t Come – Molatelo Mainetje (South Africa)
• The Money Stone –  Stuart Harmon (USA/Ghana)
• Gao, Resistance Of A People – Kassim Sanogo (Mali)
• Time Is On Our Side – Katy Lena Ndiaye (Burkina Faso/Belgium)
• Silent Forests – Mariah Wilson (Cameroon/Congo/USA)
• Dying For Gold – Catherine Meyburgh, Richard Pakleppa (South Africa)

SHORT FILMS

• Miracle – Bongi Ndaba (South Africa)
• The King’s Ghost – Rapahele Benisty (Ivory Coast)
• To Return A King – Daniel Order (Nigeria)
• Team Marilyn – Latoya Morgan (United States)
• A Cemetary Of Doves – Tokunboh Sangodoyin (Nigeria)
• Watumwa – Timmy Otukoya (South Africa)
• Jungle Justice – Idowu Okeniyi (Ghana)
• Money Marriage – Emeka Chukwuleta (Nigeria)
• Dark Room – Kagho Idhebor (Nigeria)
• Nirvana – Richard Governor Owusu (Ghana)
• Life At The Bay – Nora Awolowo (Nigeria)
• 180° – Mohamed Reda Kouzi (Morocco)
• Wallflower – Joel Adegboye (Nigeria)
• Caught Up – Afolabi Olalekan (Nigeria)
• Blackwood – Kalu Oji (Australia)
• Shaka’s Mask – Maishe Mosala (South Africa)
• Soapmakers Of Samabogo – Hannah Stanton-jones, Tadg O’keeffe (Mali)
• My Dreams – Kehinde Temitope Odutayo (Nigeria)
• Makoko: The Floating Slum – Reggie Akingbade, Debo Johnson (Nigeria)
• Missing – Achiri Victor (Cameroon)
• Oga John – Tolulope Ajayo (Nigeria)
• David The Iria Brothers – Austin “Ehiz” Iria And Ose Iria (Nigeria)
• Morning Ride – Omar Nana Owusu (Ghana)
• Fade – Bunmi Ajakaiye (Nigeria)
• Baxu And The Giants – Florian Schott (Namibia)
• Oblivion – Joseph Entekume (Nigeria)
• The Audition – Ayomide Adeleke (Nigeria)
• My Tyson – Claudio Casale (Italy)
• 24 Truths (24 Verites) – Selim Gribaa (Tunisia)
• Eulogy – Shirley Urhobo-enebong (Nigeria)
• The Untold – Chika Okoromadu (Nigeria)
• And Me And You – Richie Campbell (United Kingdom)
• The Second – Mpumelelo Kheswa (South Africa)
• Little Black Dress – Esteri Tebandeke (Uganda)
• The Budding Artists – Adekunle Bajo (Nigeria)

ANIMATIONS

• “Choices” – Stephen Shima Iosun (Nigeria)
• Falta – Claver Yameogo (Burkina Faso)
• Surprise: A Christmas Story – Chimezie Nwagbo (Nigeria)
• Foreign Currency (Ego Oyibo) – Chekwube Okonkwo (Nigeria)
• Meet The Igwes – Chekwube Okonkwo (Nigeria)
• B.I.G (Believe In Ghana) – Ghana
• I’m Living In Ghana Get Me Out Of Here! – Comfort Arthur (Ghana)
• Appeased Village (Village Apaisé) – Issouf Bah (Mali)
• Corruption:The Musical – Chekwube Okonkwo (Nigeria)
• Malika – Warrior – Queen Roye Okupe (United States)
• Students’ Shorts
• History Of Chicken – Odera Orji (Nigeria)
• Meute – Ambre Rambaud (France)
• Gift (Ajándék) – Lili Vajda (Hungary)
• 9 Lives: Tales From The Cat Show – Anicia’s Story – Alyssa Pinter (United States)
• The Old Man And The Mountain (Le Vieil Homme Et La Montagne) – Mohamed Rida Gueznai (Morocco)
• Times (Denborak) – Jon Santamaria, Nestor Urbieta (Spain)
• Mr. Hugo – François Le Guen (France)
• The Dancing Class – Lin Niu (United States)

By: The Arubayi Keme