Come 27th to 30th October 2009, the beautiful city of Abuja Nigeria will witness the convergence of two great events in one city. It will be a meeting point for film and soccer enthusiast as the 6th edition of Abuja International Film Festival and the FIFA U17 world cup tournament take center stage.
The festival will be declared opened by the Honorable Minister of Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili at the Bolingo Hotel and Towers Abuja by 5pm on 27th of October with a red Carpet opening cocktail for the invited delegates.
Expected at the festival are delegates from over 20 countries who will partake in the festival screenings, awards, exhibitions, panel discussions and seminars that will run for 4 days at the Bolingo Hotel and Towers Abuja. The Theme of the festival is NOLLYWOOD What NEXT?
According to Fidelis Duker (Festival Director), Some of the confirmed speakers include the Director General of The Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation Otunba Segun Runsewe, DG Censors Board Mr. Emeka Mba, President Association of Producers Mr. Paul Obazele, Managing Director of VIASAT Network Ghana Mr. Lenon Jack, President Actors Guild of Nigeria Mr. Segun Arinze, The CEO of the Nigerian Export Promotion Council, DG National Broadcasting Commission Engr. Bolarinwa and DG Nigeria Copyright Commission Dr. Adebambo Adewopo amongst several. From the International scene, speakers will include beat, a delegation from Kenya, Ghana and the United Kingdom will be running a workshop on script development.
The Festival Manager also informed that Some of the films for screening and the competition category of the film festival will be CLOSE ENEMIES (USA/NIG), Perfect Picture(Ghana), Smoke and Mirrors (Nig), Disoriented Generation (UK), Man is Star (Tunisia), The PACT (Canada), Traumology (Spain), Men Enough (Uganda), Flower Bridge (Romania) and Razor (Australia) amongst among the over 60 films that will be screened during the festival.