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OFFICIAL SELECTION EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022

Posted on 28 February, 2022 by publisher

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OFFICIAL SELECTION EKOIFF 2022

FEATURE FILMS

NOT TO FORGET Feature Film by Valerio Zanoli (USA) 1hr :24mins: 38 seconds

THE ROAD TO EDEN Feature Film by Bakyt Mukul, Dastan Zhapar Uulu

(Kyrgyzstan) 1hr 52 mins 33 seconds

THE YEAR OF OUR LORD Feature Film by Imran Shaban (Malawi) 1hr: 46 mins:20 seconds.

LISTENERS: THE WHISPERING Feature Film by Khoa Nguyễn (Vietnam) 2hrs

HIDDEN DREAMS Feature Film by Ngang Romanus (Cameroon) 1hr :36mins :07seconds.

THE CLUB OF UGLY CHILDREN Feature Film by Jonathan Elbers (Netherlands) 1hr: 30mins

DARKING WAY Feature Film by Zsolt Pozsgai (Hungary) 1hr:18mins:35seconds

VEGAS Feature Film by Lois Ekwe (USA) 57mins :14 seconds

ITLU AMMA Feature Film by Umamaheswara rao C (India) 1hr: 48mins: 49 seconds

CAPRICCIO – THE FALSE CHILD Feature Film by Tobias Lenel (Germany) 1hr: 29 mins: 51 seconds

HOPE SPRING’S ETERNAL Feature Film by Biodun Stephens (Nigeria) 1hr:52mins:30 seconds

LOVE CASTLE Feature Film by Desmond Elliott (Nigeria) 1 hr 58 mins 43 seconds

EJIRO’S LUST Feature Film by Emmanuel Mo Chidibere (Nigeria) 1hr:14 mins:27seconds

EAGLE WINGS Feature Film by Paul Apel Papel (Nigeria) 2 hrs 6 minutes

WHAT HAPPENED AT ST JAMES Feature Film by Marc Adebesin (Nigeria) 2 hrs 26 mins 47 seconds

CINEMA OF SLEEP Feature Film by Jeffrey St Jules (Canada) 1 hrs 45mins

YE AND GUOUO Feature Film by Ye Zheng (China) 1 hrs 34 mins .8 seconds

PRICE JEWEL Feature Film by Doug Tomsen (USA) 1hr 35mins

ALMOST Feature Film by Jonah Ino Moses (Nigeria) 1hr 31mins 45 Seconds

SHORT FILMS

THE LEGEND OF SOMBRERÓN Short Film by Enrique A. Mendoza (Guatemala) 9Mins

ONE DAY Short film by Sam Morgan (New Zealand) 7Mins :55 Seconds

Hat Grenzen NUR DER MONDFISCH NICHT Short Film by Sylvia Eckermann, Gerald Nestler (Austria) 30 mins

A DEAD SEA Short Film by Nahd Bashir (Israel) 15mins

ORBITAL CHRISTMAS Short Film by Mitsuyasu Sakai (Japan) 16 mins :10 seconds

YALA “BROKE” Short Film by Hakim Zziwa(Uganda) 10 mins

CRACKED Short Film by Mahmut Taş (Turkey) 5 mins

“OCCHIALI DA VISTA” Short Film by Claudio Melis, Karsten Zinse (Italy) 3mins :40 seconds

LOCKED-IN Short Film by Stephanie Boateng (United Kingdom) 11 mins 44 seconds

THE WASHERWOMAN Short Film by Obi Ejikeme (United Kingdom) 9 mins 22 seconds

YOUR KID Short Film by Nelson Foix (France) 28 mins

RIVAGE (THE SHORE) Short Film by Lisa Fuchs (France) 39 mins 40 seconds

MIRRORS AND WINDOWS Short Film by Hernan Moreno (Canada) 9mins 10 seconds

THE STRANGER Short Film by Abdallah Bello (Nigeria) 15 mins

OIZA’S NEXUS Short Film by Toyosi Ige (Nigeria) 26 mins 41 seconds

THIS IS HOW I LOST MY VIRGINITY Short Film by Claire Chubbuck (USA) 14 mins 44 seconds

CLICHE Short Film by Jesper Skoubølling (Denmark) 11 mins

CARICIA Short Film by Sitoh Ortega (Spain) 8 mins

DON’T LOITER ON THE WAY Short Film by Rebecca Gibson (CANADA) 5 mins 48 seconds

WHAT CAN BE BROKEN SHOULD BE BROKEN Short Film by Rostislav Vaynshtok (USA) 17 mins 43 seconds

PENDING BUSINESS Short Film by Paul Hawk (Spain) 3mins 12seconds

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILMS

EXPEDICIÓN TRIBUGÁ Feature Documentary Film by Luis Villegas, Felipe Mesa & Francisco Acosta (Columbia) 53mins :41 Seconds

INCENDIOS Feature Documentary Film by Martin Trabalik, Geraldine Zambrana Velez (Czech Republic) 59Mins :3Seconds

THE GREEN VEIN Feature Documentary Film by Sara Baga (Portugal) 1hr:40 mins

NDAJE’/ENCOUNTERS Feature Documentary Film by Albertina Pisano (Senegal) 53 minutes

SALTO IS THE KING Feature Documentary Film by Pavol Barabas (Slovakia) 1hr :03 mins:53seconds

BELOVED _54:00 Feature Documentary Film by Yaser Talebi (Iran) 54mins

JIKUBALI Feature Documentary Film by Ashraf Mswaki, Eva Lundgren Stenbom (Sweden) 1hr:3mins:42 seconds

THE ART TO BE, (L’ART D’ETRE) Feature Documentary Film by Gianni Marchesi (Switzerland) 50mins

FOOD FOREST Feature Documentary Film by Louis De Jaeger (Belgium)

1hr :02 mins: 44 seconds

UNSILENCED Feature Documentary Film by Abisola Sodipo-Omeje (Nigeria) 51 mins 9 seconds

FOR THE LOVE OF DANCE Feature Documentary Film by Seun Adeleye (Nigeria) 59 mins 21 seconds

TUFIAKWA! GOD FORBID Feature Documentary Film by Adelaja Mabolaje Adebayo (Nigeria) 1 hr 43 mins 43 seconds

ONE PINT AT A TIME Feature Documentary Film by Aaron Hosé (USA) 1hr 28 mins 57 Seconds.

THE COST OF DENIAL Feature Documentary Film by Huw Christi (USA) 1hr 22 mins

ESTRELAS Feature Documentary Film by Pamela Valente (Brazil) 1hr 22 mins 23 seconds

SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS

THE NAKED ARCTIC AVENTURE Short Documentary Film by Paula Miquelis (Singapore) 39mins:09seconds

A PILGRIMAGE INTO TIBET Short Documentary Film by Mark Gould (Australia) 28mins:30 seconds

A MAN IN CHAIN Short Documentary Film by Roshi Aba (United Kingdom) 22mins 23 seconds

METAMORPHOSIS Short Documentary Film by Wendy Johnson (USA) 13 mins 7 seconds

INDIGENOUS FILMS

KIAPO (OATH) Indigenous film by Amos Mwaki (Kenya) 1hr: 55 mins: 38 Seconds

EMI ERI Indigenous film by Tolu Originator(Nigeria) 1 hr 28 mins 2 seconds

KA BI O OSI Indigenous film by Tolu Originator(Nigeria) 1 hr 25 mins 52 seconds

ANIMATION FILMS

OPAL Feature Animation film by Alan Bidard (France) 1hr:25mins

LITTLE HILLY Short Animation film by Sam Morgan (Taiwan) 18mins :46 seconds

ON / OFF Short Animation film by Nicolas P. Villarreal (Argentina) 7 mins

ENCASED Short Animation film by Pablo G. Herrero (Spain) 12 mins :39 seconds

TO THE LAST DROP Short Animation film by Simon Schnellmann (Germany) 5mins 46 seconds

PROVERB POT LIDS : THE TOAD Short Animation film by Mabiala Nkouka, Menga Nkouka (France) 2mins 28 seconds

BE FREE Short Animation film by Samuel Owonte (Canada) 2mins 12 seconds

SUBMISSION OPEN TO THE 12TH EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022

Posted on 26 March, 2021 by publisher

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The Eko International Film Festival will return for its 12^th edition in 2022 from March 07 – 11, 2022. The Film Festival is open to filmmakers from around the world and also contributes to the Nigeria being positioned as a creative hub through its focus on high quality, Nigeria cinema.

Eko International Film Festival is accepting entries to the 12th EKOIFF edition.

(Open March 15, 2021 Earlybird Deadline – August 1, 2021 Regular Deadline

February 28, 2022 Late Deadline)

Applications for submitting films are being accepted on various film submission platforms.

a. Click to submit your film https://filmfreeway.com/EkoInternationalFilmFestival

b. Click to submit your film https://filmmakers.festhome.com/f/719

The Festival accepts films in five categories which include:

Feature Film,
Short Film,
Fiction,
Documentaries
Short Documentaries
Indigenous film
Feature Animation

Short Animation

More information on the programme will be released in the lead up to the event. http://www.ekoiff.org/

LIST OF WINNERS OF THE 11TH EDITION EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2021

Posted on 13 March, 2021 by publisher

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BEST FEATURE FILM

**THE LOFT HOUSE** Feature film by Ferdinand W Gernandt (South Africa)

BEST NIGERIAN FILM

**UTONWA** (bonded by blood) by Johnpaul Nwanganga

BEST ACTOR FEATURE FILM

**EUGENE JENSEN f**rom the movie THE LOFT HOUSE by Ferdinand W Gernandt (South Africa)

BEST ACTRESS FEATURE FILM

**CLARION CHUKWURA** from the movie EFUNSETAN ANIWURA by Joshua Ojo (Nigeria)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEATURE FILM

**CHRISTIAN LEGER DAH** from the movie THE REPUBLIC OF THE CORRUPTION by Salam Zampaligré (Burkina Faso)

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS FEATURE FILM

**MARY IGWE** from the movie UTONWA (bonded by blood) by Johnpaul Nwanganga (Nigeria)

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM

**SKY BLOSSOM:** Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation – by Richard Lui (USA

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

**POLAND: EUROPE’S GARBAGE DUMP** by Maciej Kuciel, and Patrycja Dzięcioł-Mokwa (Poland)

BEST INDIGENOUS FILM

**EFUNSETAN ANIWURA** by Joshua Ojo (Nigeria)

BEST SHORT FILM

**DARK MOON** by Michael ‘Micl Snr” Norman(South Africa)

BEST NIGERIA SHORT FILM

BEST ACTOR SHORT FILM

**DUKE ELVIS** from the movie BROTHERLY by Best Okoduwa (Nigeria)

BEST ACTRESS SHORT FILM

ZERA UDOFIA from the movie OMOWUNMI by Hadizat Ibrahim (Nigeria)

BEST FEATURE ANIMATION FILM

**THE LAST PAGE OF SUMMER**– by Tim Ross (USA)

BEST SHORT ANIMATION FILM

**BOLERO STATION** by Rolf Brönnimann (Switzerland)

OFFICIAL ELECTION 11TH EDITION EKOIFF 2021

Posted on 7 March, 2021 by publisher

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FEATURE FILM

1. VENEER Feature Film by Maximillian Aguiar (USA) 1 hour 26 minutes

2. COLD CALM – Feature Film by Tyna Ezenma(Nigeria) 1 hour 42 minutes 49 seconds

3. UTONWA (bonded by blood) Feature Film indigenous by Johnpaul Nwanganga (Nigeria) 1 hour 43 minutes 58 seconds

4. EFUNSETAN ANIWURA Feature Film indigenous by Joshua Ojo (Nigeria) 1 hour 51 minutes 51 seconds

5. TORN – Dark Bullets feature film by Dan Rizzuto (Canada) 1 hour 36 minutes

6. THE STATE OF TEXAS VS. MELISSA Feature film by Sabrina Van Tassel (French) 1 hour 38 minutes 18 seconds

7. CUTLASS Feature film by Burri-Taka Bolalima (Cameroon) 1 hour 47 minutes 40 seconds

8. THE LOFT HOUSE Feature film by Ferdinand W Gernandt (South Africa) 1 hour 54 minutes

9. TOPRAK Feature Film by Sevgi Hirschhäuser (Turkey)1 hour 45 minutes 53 seconds

10. THE REPUBLIC OF THE CORRUPT Feature Film by Salam Zampaligré (Burkina Faso) 1 hour 28 minutes

11. IN IBADAN Feature film by Taiwo Egunjobi (Nigeria) 1 hour 24 minutes 42 seconds

SHORT FILM

1. BROTHERLY short film by Best Okoduwa (Nigeria)30 minutes

2. THE LAST TANGO Short Film by Emil Garuba (Nigeria) 21 minutes 2 seconds

3. OMOWUNMI Short Film by Hadizat Ibrahim (Nigeria) 28 minutes 50 seconds

4. OUR HOME – short film by Iyore Edegbe (Canada) 4 minutes 10 seconds

5. FUTURE SUPERHEROES short film by Asis Sethi (Canada) 1 minute 55 seconds

6. ALEPH short film by Joao Butoh (Brazil) 29 minutes 26 seconds

7. MICHIKO A3 short film by Ryo Kagawa (Japan) 26 minutes 30 seconds

8. DARK MOON short film by Michael ‘Micl Snr” Norman(South Africa) 21 minutes

9. ADAM IN AETERNUM short film by Pedro Jaen R (Spain) 14 minutes 58 seconds

10. AUGUSTUS Short film by Maximillian Aguiar (USA) 19 minutes 38 seconds

11. TO ALL MY DARLINGS Short Film by Lia Campbell (Ireland) 11 minutes 57 seconds

12. MESSIAH Short film by Jae-hyun Park (South Korea) 19 minutes 38

13. MAMÁ Short film by Carlos Aceituno (Spain) 15 minutes

14. DALÍA Short film by Brúsi Ólason (Iceland) 16 minutes 9 seconds.

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY

1. KISS THE GROUND- Feature Documentary by Josh Tickell & Rebecca Tickell (USA) 1 hour 25 minutes

2. SKY BLOSSOM: Diaries of the Next Greatest Generation – Feature documentary by Richard Lui (USA) 1 hour 27 minutes 37 seconds.

3. THE ART OF WORSHIP Feature Documentary film by Ahmed Khairat (Egypt) 52 minutes

SHORT DOCUMENTARY

1. FORGOTTEN SURVIVORS short documentary by Katman Dayil (Nigeria) 38 minutes 54 seconds

2. JESSE: THE FUNERAL THAT NEVER ENDED Short Documentary by Eromo Egbejule (Nigeria) 35 minutes 16 seconds

3. SHADES OF LAGOS short Documentary by Doyinsola Wale-Banmore (Canada) 40 minutes

4. PINNACLE Short Documentary by Vikram Jeet Singh Parmar (India) 10 minutes 2 seconds

5. SPECIES PER AQUAM – Biodiversity between the Ticino Valley and the Alps short documentary by Marco Tessaro (Italy) 12 minutes 44 seconds

6. POLAND: EUROPE’S GARBAGE DUMP Short documentary by Maciej Kuciel, and Patrycja Dzięcioł-Mokwa (Poland) 21 minutes 40 seconds

7. CALL ME NEGUINHO Short documentary by Selim Harbi (Cape Verde) 10 minutes

8. VISION OF PROMISE Short film by Eva Daoud (Bahrain) 29 minutes

FEATURE ANIMATION

1. THE LAST PAGE OF SUMMER- Feature animation by Tim Ross (USA) 1 hour 2 minutes

SHORT ANIMATION

1. KENYA’S SYMPHONY Short animation by Carlos Douglas Jr (USA) 4 minutes 50 seconds

2. BOLERO STATION Short animation by Rolf Brönnimann (Switzerland) 9 minutes 40 seconds

3. SAD BEAUTY Short Animation by Arjan Brentjes (Netherlands) 9 minutes 50 seconds

SUBMISSIONS END JANUARY 15,2021

Posted on 14 November, 2020 by publisher

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SUBMISSIONS END JANUARY 15,2021

SUBMISSION OPEN FOR THE 11TH EDITION EKO INT’L FILM FESTIVAL

Posted on 11 April, 2020 by publisher

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Submission for the 11th Edition of our annual Eko International Film Festival 2021 now open, click on the link below

https://filmfreeway.com/EkoInternationalFilmFestival

https://festhome.com/f/719

Eko International Film Festival (Ekoiff) stands today as the foremost and renowned international film festival in Nigeria. It is duly registered and was inaugurated in 2010 to position Nigerian film Industry and seek to imbibe international best practices by creating opportunities for international co-productions and distribution and thus introduce the world Film market to Nigeria.

Ekoiff has been endorsed by Lagos State Government
The 11th Edition is billed to take place March 08-12, 2021

The Eko International Film Festival is hosted annually in Lagos State, Nigeria which is fast becoming a premier venue for the exhibition and promotion of feature and short films, also one of the leading independent film festivals in Africa dedicated to celebrating and sharing with national and international audiences the absolute best in the world of films and screenplays, film scores, and some other genres. The festival features special presentations, retrospectives, workshops, media space panels, networking events, celebrities, a gala night awards reception and ceremony, and some of the world’s top independent film screening.

The Categories are:
Feature Film,Short Film.Fiction.Documentaries. Short Documentaries, Indigenous ,Film (Sub title in English) ,Animation

WINNERS OF THE 10TH ANNIVERSARY EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2020

Posted on 16 March, 2020 by publisher

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EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS

Best feature film :THE REAL EXORCIST (JAPAN)

Best Nigerian : SEVEN
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Best Actor : RICHARD MOFE DAMIJO MOVIE SEVEN (NIGERIA)

Best Actress : ELVINA IBRU BLING LAGOSIANS (NIGERIA)

Best Supporting Actor : DADDY SHOWKEY ( FROM THE MOVIE ‘SEVEN’) NIGERIA

Best Supporting Actress : RIN KIJIMA (FROM THE MOVIE ‘THE REAL EXORCIST’ JAPAN)

Best Feature Documentary Film : ’METROPLASTIC MADNESS’ BY ATSUKO QUIRK, DEBBY LEE COHEN (USA)

Best Short Documentary Film : ‘ROAD TRIP SÃO TOMÉ’
by {Andreas & Leah Rohner (Calgary, Canada),Bastian Caspar (Cologne, Germany)Christian Fausel (Munich, Germany),Denis Trümbach (Moschheim, Germany) Canada

Best Indigenous Film: ’IBI (THE BIRTH)’ BY SEYI ALABI (NIGERIA)

Best Short Film : FIFTY SHORT FILM BY JAVIER DAMPIERRE (SPAIN)

Best Nigeria Short Film ‘ARABIDA’ BY OLUMENSE OMONJAHIO (NIGERIA)

Best Actor Short Film: SASHA GOLBERG (FROM THE MOVIE ‘FIFTY’ FROM SPAIN)

Best Actress Short Film: DEY YOUNG (FROM THE MOVIE ‘FIFTY’ FROM SPAIN)

Best Film Animation: ‘FELINE PARADOX’ BY BEN REICHER (FRANCE)

SCREENING SCHEDULE EKOIFF 10TH ANNIVERSARY

Posted on 9 March, 2020 by publisher

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OFFICIAL SELECTION EKOIFF 2020

Posted on 9 March, 2020 by publisher

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OFFICIAL SELECTION EKOIFF 2020
FEATURE FILM
1. THE OTHER HALF Feature Film by Lalith Rathnayake (Sri Lanka) 1hr 30mins
2. EXIT POINT Feature Film by David Mondin (Puerto Rico) 1hr 1mins 37secs
3. WE Feature Film by Mani Nasry (Canada) 1hr 26 mins
4. I MARRIED MY MOTHER Feature Film by Domenico Costanzo (Italy) 1hr 25mins
5. THE REAL EXORCIST Feature Film by Shokyo Oda (Japan) 1hr 48mins
6. ANYWHERE IS HERE Feature Film by Ian Lettire (USA) 1hr 15 mins 45 secs
7. A DANCE TO FORGET Feature Film by Nestor Orji (Nigeria) 1hr 54mins 18 secs
8. THE BLING LAGOSIANS Feature Film by Bolanle Austen Peters (Nigeria) 1hr 38mins 39 secs
9. SEVEN Feature Film by Tosin Igho (Nigeria) 01:58:09
10. IBI (THE BIRTH) Indigenous Film by Seyi Alabi (Nigeria)1hr 42mins 11secs
11. Vendetta Feature Film by Chukwudi John Ejiofor (Nigeria) 1hr 30 mins
12. RUN Feature Film by Uche Chukwu (Nigeria) 1hr 16mins 11secs

SHORT FILM
1. ASHMINA Short Film by Dekel Berenson (Nepal) 14mins
2. HAPPINESS Short Film by Sarah Ada Ajomale (United Kingdom) 18 mins 31 secs
3. TABIA Short Film by Bagamoyo Film Collective(Tanzania) 10mins 36secs
4. FESTIVAL OF THE MIDNIGHT SUN Short Film by Björn Rallare(Sweden) 8mins 45 secs
5. FIFTY Short Film by Javier Dampierre (Spain)18mins 25 secs
6. LOSIN’ YOU Short Film by Aleksa Ristovic (Malta) 23 mins 40 secs
7. THE WINDOW’S MUSE Short Film by Mamadou Diop (Senegal) 13 Mins
8. PLAY Short Film by Piotr Sulkowski (Poland) 13 mins
9. MILK Short Film by Pennie Hunt (New Zealand) 16 mins 37 secs
10. BAXU AND THE GIANTS Short film by Florian Schott (Namibia) 28mins .40 secs
11. A MOST SAVAGE BEAST Short Film by Theo Hogben (Norway) 15mins
12. ALWAYS HOPE Short Film by Janice Walker (USA) 38 mins 3 secs
13. TEXTED Short Film by Edward Ogum (Canada) 10 mins 47 secs
14. ARIBIDE Short Film by Olumense Omonjahio(Nigeria) 5.20mins
15. FAMILY ROUTINE Short film by Ahmed Hamed (Egypt) 21mins 32 secs
16. A NICE TRIP Short Film by Ira Kopyova(Russia) 18mins 8 secs

DOCUMENTARY FEATURE
1.CANCER; THE INTEGRATIVE PERSPECTIVE Feature Documentary Feature Film by Nathan Crane (USA) 1hr 43 mins 27 secs
2.A DIARY ON BLINDNESS Feature Documentary Feature Film by Sajeed Naduthody (India)
50mins 40 secs
3. MICROPLASTIC MADNESS Documentary Feature by Atsuko Quirk, Debby Lee Cohen (USA)
1hr 15mins 57 secs

SHORT DOCUMENTARY
WALK WITH THE KOLUMBINAS Short Documentary by Dario Radusin (Croatia) 6mins 7secs
TAHITI Short Documentary by Latifa Said (Algeria) 16 mins 49 secs
ROAD TRIP SÃO TOMÉ by {Andreas & Leah Rohner (Calgary, Canada),Bastian Caspar (Cologne, Germany)
Christian Fausel (Munich, Germany),Denis Trümbach (Moschheim, Germany)} Canada 27 mins 30 secs

ANIMATION
1. RAYMONDE OR THE VERTICAL ESCAPE by Sarah Van Den Boom (France) 16 mins 31 secs
2. FELINE PARADOX by Ben Reicher (France) 25mins :28secs

SPONSORSHIP/ PARTNERSHIP FOR 10TH EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Posted on 31 January, 2020 by publisher

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