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OFFICIAL SELECTION – EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024

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DATE OF EVENT APRIL 22 – 27 .2024

FEATURE FILMS

  1. EVOR Feature Film by Sitsofe Tsikor, Kalumbu Kapisa (Ghana) 1hr 49 mins: 44 seconds
  2. RETURNING HOME  Feature Film by Don Hoe (Malaysia) 1hr 41 mins: 42 seconds
  3. THE GLASS OF FRIENDSHIP  Feature Film by Naoufel BerraouI (Morocco) 1hr 04 mins: 04 seconds
  4. LUKAS Feature Film by Philippe Robert Jean Talavera (Namibia) 1hr 43 mins: 06 seconds
  5. SILVER LINING  Feature Film by Emmanuel Mwape (Zambia) 1hr 38 mins : 46 seconds
  6. WHITE BERRY Feature Film by Sia Hermanides (Netherlands) 1hr 29  mins : 11 seconds
  7. NGANU Feature Film by Kang Quintus (Cameroon) 1hr 42  mins : 07 seconds
  8. THE DRY FABLE  Feature Film by Zhengchao Xu (China) 1hr 24  mins : 43 seconds
  9. ALCOHOL Feature Film by Carlo Fusco (Italy) 1hr 20  mins
  10. THE RISING SUN Feature Film by Bakia Thomas (Nigeria) 1hr 52  mins  09 seconds
  11. COLD DISH Feature Film by Hollie Saint Edge (Nigeria) 1hr 23  mins  08 seconds
  12. FAITHLESS Feature Film by Jeffrey Amaechi Atuegwu (Nigeria) 58  mins  22 seconds
  13. IN THE COLD  Feature Film by Jeff MCcore, Emmanuel Jeff Okhuelegbe (Nigeria) 1hr 54  mins  50 seconds
  14. FACE TO FACE Feature Film by Robert Peters (Nigeria) 1hr 30  mins
  15. ROSWELL DELIRIUM  Feature Film by Richard Bakewell (United States) 1hr 50  mins 

SHORT FILMS

  1. JOURNEY OF NOWHERE Short Film by Eric Marie Afer (Burkina Faso) 23 mins: 35 seconds
  2. SPACE EYE Short Film by Kevin Mainenti (Croatia) 32 mins: 38 seconds
  3. OUR MALES AND FEMALES Short Film by Ahmad Alyaseer (Jordan) 11 mins
  4. BUILDING 62  Short Film by Hakim Zziwa (Uganda) 30  mins
  5. GOURA Short Film by Ismaëli Nzoba (Central African Republic) 20  mins : 01 second
  6. PENDIRA (ENG) Short Film by Mike williams De Djike Kan (France) 13  mins : 07 seconds
  7. U=ME  Short Film by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni (India) 27  mins : 47 seconds
  8. A POEM FOR GISELLE, A POEM FOR A PEASANT Short Film by Diana Mora, Camilo Correa Costa (Germany) 8  mins : 42 seconds
  9. LUCINDA´S PANDORA Short Film by Sylvia Piechocki Gonzalez (Germany) 36 mins : 40 seconds
  10. TRACES Short Film by Eric Myers, Liam O’Sullivan (United Kingdom) 4 mins : 14 seconds
  11. ON YOUR OWN  Short Film by Daniel Omokhagbo Itegboje (United Kingdom) 40 mins :  40 seconds
  12. EGO Short Film by Daniel Modupe Fakorede (Nigeria) 9 mins :  54 seconds
  13. SA’ANA Short Film by Bola Mustapha Adebisi (Nigeria ) 40 mins
  14. ECHOES OF WAR  Short Film by fisayo John ogunmodede (Nigeria ) 7 mins 30 secs
  15. A HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Short Film by Kevin Ruiz  (USA ) 5 mins 26 secs
  16. FIRST REFUSAL Short Film by Courtney Sanello (USA ) 5 mins 26 secs
  17. SOMETHING I CAN TEACH Short Film by Natasha C. Smith (USA ) 4 mins 04  secs
  18. WAHALA BE LIKE BICYCLE – DISASTER DATE Short Film by Imole Ladipo (USA) 19 mins
  19. ONCE UPON A MURDER Short Film by Tumushimishe Yves (Rwanda ) 15 mins
  20. MUG  Short Film by Yegor Bugayenko (Ukraine ) 6 mins 34 secs
  21. CINDERS  Short Film by Oskar Luko (Spain ) 7 mins
  22. MENOPAUSE Short Film by Fernando Derpo-Ofrasio Dalayoan, Cindy Myskiw (Canada ) 4mins
  23. THE EXECUTION  Short Film by Alex Ramírez Noreña (Mexico )  17 mins
  24. ASTERISK Short Film by Xavier Herrera (Spain )  15 mins

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILMS

  1. THE COLOR OF SLAVERY Feature Documentary Film by Patrick Baucelin (Martinique) 1hr 32 mins: 55 seconds
  2. WÄNDARI Feature Documentary Film by Daniel Lagares, Mariano Agudo (Peru) 1hr 06 mins:
  3. THE GREEN VEIN  Feature Documentary Film by Sara De Sousa Correia (Portugal) 1hr 30 mins:
  4. MENTAWAi – Souls of the Forest Feature Documentary Film by Joachim Peter (Indonesia) 1hr 15 mins:
  5. TO SEE THE SNOW LEOPARD Feature Documentary Film by Anna Ganshina (Russian Federation) 1hr 18 mins:
  6. AFRICA, CRADLE OF HUMANKIND AND MODERN CIVILISATIONS Feature Documentary Film by Benita Jacques (Canada) 1hr 48 mins: 47 seconds
  7. COLONIALISM AND YORUBA TRADITIONAL RELIGION: The Osun Deity Feature Documentary Film by Badewa Adeseye Ajibade (Nigeria) 1hr 16 mins: 11 seconds
  8. TRACE Tracing Rare African Canadian Extraordinaire Feature Documentary Film by Sonia Oduwa Aimiumu (Canada) 1hr  

SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS

  1. GEORGE OLE SANANGA Short Documentary Film by Bryan Ngugi (Kenya) 4 mins: 16 seconds
  2. ORMOILAA OGOL (The Strong One) Short Documentary Film by Shamit Patel (Kenya) 5 mins:: 02 seconds
  3. FINDING UBUNTU Short Documentary Film by Annette King, Ishmael Azeli  (Kenya) 22 mins
  4. Dr. Mark: PANGOLIN HERO Short Documentary Film by Garth Kingwill (Nigeria) 7 mins:: 52 seconds
  5. OUR AFRICAN HAIRITAGE Short Documentary Film by Adanna Madueke (Canada) 30 mins
  6. AKIM Short Documentary Film by Yulia Khvan (Argentina)14 mins: 55 seconds
  7. MOTHER EARTH EDUCATORS  Animation Film by Endre Kvia (Australia) 22 mins:17 seconds
  8. SIPPING WORDS Short Documentary Film by Ian Gituku Ngene (Kenya) 7 mins 5 secs

INDIGENOUS FILMS

  1. YAN- UWA Indigenous Film by Hollie Saint Edge (Nigeria) 1hr 24  mins  08 seconds
  2. IWO (VENOM) Indigenous Film by Muyiwa Ademola (Nigeria) 1hr 48  mins  02 seconds

ANIMATION FILMS

  1. DANCE  YOU ARE ALIVE Animation Film by Mythravarun Vepakomma (Ireland) 3 mins: 31 seconds
  2. 1 2 3 RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT Animation Film by Liangyu Chen (Taiwan) 5 mins: 07 seconds
  3. WHO IS GOD? Animation Film by Oscar Adan Lopez Parres (Mexico) 2 mins: 57 seconds
  4. THE GRAND BOOK Animation Film by Arjan Brentjes (Netherlands) 19 mins: 59 seconds
  5. ADA ANI (the awakening) Animation Film by Andrea R. Ciobanu (United Kingdom) 15 mins: 33 seconds
  6. HEKIMA YA USAWA Animation Film by Telly Gary Jeannot (Caneroon ) 1 mins: 47 seconds
  7. A TREE ONCE GREW HERE  Animation Film by Johnnie Semerad (USA ) 1 mins: 47 seconds
  8. THE BODY OF THE WORLD Animation Film by Simone Massi (Italy ) 4 mins

WINNERS OF 13TH EDITION EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023

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BEST  FEATURE  FILM

KAMSI – by Uzo Okpechi

BEST NIGERIAN FEATURE FILM KAMSI

KAMSI – by Uzo Okpechi

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM

JIMMY SHOW ‘NIGERIA’ – Ayo Atom Adewunmi

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

ENTOMONONI NAGOL ( A STRONG WOMAN) KENYA – by Skeeter Imisa

BEST SHORT FILM

APACHE GIRL (USA) – by Richard A. Pines

BEST NIGERIA SHORT FILM

NA MAN YOU BE – by AA Presley, Jeffrey “Holmes” Umulor

BEST ACTOR

WOLE OJO – MOVIE ‘KAMSI’ (NIGERIA) – by Uzo Okpechi

BEST ACTRESS

TANNISHTHA CHATTERJEE – MOVIE ‘DAHNINI THE WITCH’ (INDIA) – Rajesh Touchriver

BEST SUPPORTING ACTRESS

SHAFFY BELLO – MOVIE ‘IDENTICAL JUSTICE’ (UK) – Tope Alake, Marc Adebesin

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR

J D CHAKRAVARTHY – MOVIE ‘DAHINI THE WITCH’ (INDIA) – by Rajesh Touchriver

BEST INDIGENOUS FILM

KING OF THE THIEVES (NIGERIA) – by Tope Adebayo & Adebayo Tijani

BEST ANIMATION FILM

ECHO (GREECE) – by Sergio Kotsovoulos

EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL OFFICIAL SELECTION 13TH EDITION 2023

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FEATURE FILM

  1. ARMSTRONG   Feature Film  By Trayvon (Tray) Williams (USA) 1hr 45 mins
  2. YAHOO +  Feature Film  by Ebuka Michael Njoku (Nigeria)  1hr: 24 mins :30 secs
  3. THE CANDIDATE Feature Film  by Ehizojie Ojesebholo  (Nigeria) 1hr :30 mins :55 secs
  4. KAMSI  Feature Film  by  Uzodinma Okpechi (Nigeria) 1hr 02 Secs
  5. DONKEY CURSE Feature Film  by  Biodun Stephen (Nigeria) 1hr 40 mins
  6. REVERSE Feature Film by Tolu odebunmi (Nigeria) 54mins 19 secs
  7. IDENTICAL JUSTICE  Feature Film  by Tope Alake, Marc Adebesin  ( UK)  1hr :48mins :01 sec
  8. DAHINI – THE WITCH  Feature Film  by Rajesh Touchriver (India) 1hr. 50mins
  9. HONEY MOON Feature Film     by  Bianca Isaac (South Africa)  1hr :49 mins
  10. PINK PUZZLE  Feature Film    by  Mike Adler    (Germany) 1hr :24 mins :03 secs
  11. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE OBJECT  Feature Film   by Sonia Suvagau (Canada) 1hr 31 mins
  12. JUNK  Feature Film by Kyo Jung (Korea Republic)  1hr:23 mins :40Secs
  13. WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE Feature Film  by Musing Derick Tenn. (Cameroon) 1hr:28mins :54 Secs
  14. CRYSTAL-COUNTLESS MISFORTUNE Feature Film by Leonard Amanya (Uganda) 1hr :34 mins
  15. THE EXILE OF THE SEA  Feature Film  by Mauricio Brunetti (Colombia) 1hr :12mins :12 secs
  16. THE DARK GIRL Feature Film by Enrico Saller (Germany) 1hr :43 secs      

FEATURE DOCUMENTRAY

  1. THE HIDDEN CRIME: VIOLENCE AGAINST MEN Documentary Film by Oyetayo Raymond Ojoade (Trinidad and Tobago)  1hr: 23 mins :52 secs
  2. STEM ROOTS Documentary Film   by  Marcell L Pickens, Jr (USA) 1hr
  3. JIMMY SHOW   Documentary Film  by Ayo Atom Adewumi   (Nigeria) 1hr :28 mins :47 secs
  4. VOICES UPRISING Documentary Film  by Joana Adesuwa  Reiterer    (Austria)  53 mins :52 secs
  5. THE DEAL  Documentary Film  by  Chiara Sambuchi  (Germany)  1hr :29 mins
  6. MAMODY, THE LAST BAOBAB DIGGER Documentary Film by Cyrille Cornu (France) 50 mins
  7. THE LAST SEED  Documentary Film by Andrea Gema (South Africa) 1hr:17mins :30secs
  8. BLACK COCKATOO CRISIS by Jane Hammond  (Australia) 1hr:14mins
  9. EARTH: MUTED  by Mikael Kristersson, Åsa Ekman, Oscar Hedin (Sweden)  1hr :10 mins :19 secs
  10. NEVER KEEP SILENT by Quester Devette Hannah (Israel)  1hr :7 mins
  11. SHEPHERDS OF THE EARTH  by Iiris Härmä (Finland) 1hr :14 mins:30 secs
  12. MONIR Feature Documentary by Ashique Mostafa (Bangladesh) 1hr :18 mins :50 secs

INDIGENOUS FILM CATEGORY

  1. OOSA AAFIN (PALACE DEITY) Indigenous Film  by Akin Kongi  (Nigeria)  1hr: 21 mins :40 secs
  2. ALAISE  Indigenous Film  by David Akande  (Nigeria) 1hr 14 mins
  3. KING OF THIEVES Indigenous Film  by Tope Adebayo & Adebayo Tijani (Nigeria) 1hr 48 mins

SHORT FILM

  1. THE CHASE Short Film by Mirza Farhan Abbas (United Arab Emirate) 35 mins
  2. THE SCAR THAT SCARES ME  Short Film by Michael Asonganyi (Sweden)30 mins
  3. JUST A SPOON Short Film  by Kareem Orabi Al Sawalmeh, Ameer Mitri Zabaneh (Palestine, State of)  10 mins 30 secs
  4. REDEMPTION  Short Film by Dalibor Matijas  (Netherlands) 13 mins :21 secs
  5. CHARTER Short Film  by El Houssine Hnine (Morocco) 18 mins  22 secs
  6. A MOMENT  Short Film  by zaid hasan Al Sabaileh (Jordan)  12 mins 20 secs
  7. LAJOS, THE PERFECT Short Film  by Dávid Attila  (Hungary) 2mins 33 secs
  8. GOOD NIGHT, LILY Short Film by Peter Vulchev (Bulgaria) 24 mins 24 secs
  9. THE SECRET WEAPON: YESTERDAY IS TODAY Short Film by Ken Sagoes  (USA) 38 mins :56 secs
  10. APACHE GIRL Short Film  by Richard A. Pines (USA) 20  mins :58 secs
  11. NOWHERE TO ESCAPE Short Film  by ZiYuan Wang (USA) 10 mins : 35 secs
  12. THE PAPER ON THE WALL Short Film by Odira Ezejiugo (Nigeria) 30 mins :11 secs
  13. JOSEPH Short Film  by Efa Iwara, Ifeme C.S (Nigeria) 7 mins : 4 secs
  14. GRIEF Short Film by Onokemi Onojobi (Nigeria) 17 mins :32 secs
  15. ÈMI (I am my demon) Short Film by Barbara Babarinsa (Nigeria) 24 mins :32 secs
  16. BEATE SITS IN THE BATHROOM IN SILENCE Short Film  by Valerie Knill (Germany) 1 mins  48 secs
  17. NA MAN YOU BE Short Film  by AA Presley, Jeffrey “Holmes” Umulor (Nigeria) 9 mins :37 secs
  18. HADASSAH Short Film by Albrin Junior (Nigeria) 9 mins 33 secs
  19. THOSE TWO Short Film  by Amina Garba Ashiwaju &  Imohabasi Ime (Nigeria) 17 mins :36 secs
  20. FAÇADE Short Film by Anthony Johnson Owolo & Situ Saheed (Nigeria)  1 min :11 secs
  21. GENERATION NEXT Short Film  by  Odira Ezejiugo (Nigeria) 22 mins :59 secs
  22. HALF SAMURAI Short Film  by Rashad Haughton (Japan) 11 mins
  23. CONNECTING RURAL COMMUNITIES Short Film by Haixiao Du (China) 6 mins 30 secs
  24. SUPERHEROES  by Rafael de Andrade (Brazil)  12 mins 30 secs

SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM CATEGORY

  1. THE WILL TO LIVE – YES, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER  Short Documentary by Peiju Huang  (Taiwan) 5mins 25mins
  2. SMALL AND BIG Short Documentary Film by Zelimir Gvardiol  (Serbia)  32min : 38Secs
  3. ADVENTURE  Short Documentary by Remi Tomsa  (Romania) 34 mins
  4. THE LAST POTTER  Short Documentary  by Fábio Oliveira (Portugal) 17 mins :56 secs
  5. ENTOMONONI NAGOL ( A STRONG WOMAN) Short Documentary Film   by Skeeter Imisa  (Kenya)      23 mins
  6. IT WILL RAIN ON SATURDAY Short Documentary Film  by Aliaksandra Markava (Belarus) 8 mins 9 secs
  7. PROPHET’S HOUSE  Short Documentary by Michelle Diana Lois Osias Ajero (Nigeria) 34 mins :51 secs
  8. A PLENA VISTAIN (Plain View) by Luis Palomino (Spanish Mexico) 15 mins
  9. EARTHBOUND: NZAMBI MATEEA Short Documentary by Farhoud Meybodi (Japan) 47 mins 52 secss
 

ANIMATION

  1. SEM  Animation Film by Joke Duwaerts (Belgium) 5 mins 36 Secs
  2. ECHO Animatyion  by Sergio Kotsovoulos (Greece) 11mins :36 secs
  3. HOW MUCH FOR THE EXAM? Animatyion  by Ivica Valentić (Croatia) 29 mins :30 secs
  4. THE FLOATING KOTO  by Shelley Johnson II (USA)  12 mins 7 secs         
  5. THE SONGMAIDEN by Nkem Stanley Nwaturuocha  (Nigeria) 5 mins  :29 secs
  6. PA AROMIRE Animation by  Adeoye Adebayo Adetunji (Nigeria) 13 mins 39 secs

VIP NOTICE: EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL NEW DATE

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A New Date for the 13th Eko International Film Festival Nigeria is hereby announced…

Due to the forthcoming 2023 Nigerian Elections which falls in between Ekoiff Festival Week, we have decided to shift the date from March 06-10,2023 to April 23-29, 2023

We will give you updates of the festival event as time goes on.

Warm regards

Hope Obioma Opara

Eko International Film Festival Team

SUBMISSION OPEN TO THE 13TH EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2023

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The Eko International Film Festival will return for its 13th edition in 2023 from March 06 – 10, 2023. 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 13th EKOIFF edition.

April 1, 2022 Opening Date

April 15, 2022 Early bird Deadline

August 1, 2022 Regular Deadline

January 31, 2023 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/

WINNERS EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 12TH EDTION 2022

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“EAGLE WINGS” Winner Best Feature Film : by Paul Apel Papel (Nigeria)

EAGLE WINGS Winner Best Nigerian Feature Film by Paul Apel Papel (Nigeria)

MÁTÉ  SZABÓ Winner Best Actor  Feature Film: Movie “DARKING WAY” by Zsolt Pozsgai (Hungary)

NCHINI SYLVIA-BRIGHT BI Winner Best Actress Feature Film Movie “HIDDEN DREAMS’” by Ngang Romanus (Cameroon)

BLOSSOM CHUKWUJEKWU Winner Best Supporting Actor Feature Film Movie “HOPE SPRING’S ETERNAL” by Biodun Stephens (Nigeria)

VIKTÓRIA BÉKEFI Winner Best Supporting Actress Feature Film: Movie” DARKING WAY” by Zsolt Pozsgai (Hungary)

TUFIAKWA! GOD FORBID Winner Best Feature Documentary Film:by Adelaja Mabolaje Adebayo (Nigeria)

“A MAN IN CHAIN” Winner Best Short Documentary Film: by Roshi Aba (United Kingdom)

“KIAPO (OATH) Winner Best Indigenous Film: by Amos Mwaki (Kenya)

“CRACKED’ Winner Best Short Film : Movie ‘by Mahmut Taş (Turkey)

“OIZA’S NEXUS” Winner Best Nigerian Short Film : Movie by Toyosi Ige (Nigeria)

MAHMOUD ABU JAZI Winner Best Actor Short Film : Movie “DEAD SEA” by Nahd Bashir (Israel)

CAMILIA O’GRADY Winner Best Actress Short Film: Movie “THE WASHERWOMAN” by Obi Ejikeme (United Kingdom)

“OPAL” Winner Best Feature Animation : Movie “OPAL” by Alan Bidard (France) 

 

“ENCASED” Winner Best Short Animation : Movie by Pablo G. Herrero (Spain)

CANON / EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL WORKSHOP ON FILM INDUSTRY

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Daniel, David and John Obembe

The Canon/Ekoiff film industry workshop took place during the festival event.

WORKSHOP TITLE: DAY 1: Cinematography with Canon Technology

DAY 2: Canon Cinema Solution & Workflow

The focus of the workshop is on Canon Camera products e.g.  EOS C500MKll, EOS C300MK3,  EOS  C70 and Cinema Prime Lenses and also how to operate   them to achieve best picture and sound qualities in tune with recent online platforms and cinemas. Discount available on any camera and lenses buy.

The workshop is strictly for Cinematographers, Directors and Producers.

The workshop was held   9th & 10th March 2022 at Silverbird Cinemas  133 Ahmadu Bello Way Lagos. It was a very successful event and well attended.

OFFICIAL SELECTION EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2022

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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