Thursday, August 14, 2008

[size=14pt]Nigerian nominated for short film competition [/size]

By Oluwaseun Akinyemi


A Nigerian filmmaker, Omelihu Nwanguma, is among the eight young African filmmakers shortlisted for this year’s Africa in Motion Short Film Competition.




The competition, which is part of the Edinburgh African Film Festival, is meant for young and emerging African filmmakers who have not completed feature-length movies.

Nwanguma’s 2007 short film, Area Boys, earned him the nomination. The film, which is about two street urchins based in Lagos is his third film and puts him in competition for the $1,000 prize money.

According to a statement issued by the festival’s organisers, “The films on the shortlist span fiction and documentary genres: a magic realist tale from Tunisia; a Moroccan story of childhood nostalgia; a single-setting short from Egypt; an edgy tale about two gangsters set in the high-octane Nigerian capital Lagos, a heart-warming love story from Mozambique; and three films from South Africa: a stylistically experimental documentary on anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko; an innovative stop motion animation short; and a fascinating documentary on two lovers and community activists in the Cape.”

All selected short films will be screened during the festival which starts on October 23, and the winner will be announced at a special awards ceremony after the screenings.


http://odili.net/news/source/2008/aug/14/414.html

May be, our nairaland short stories will make a good film and the competition next year.

Wetin be short film? Like papa ajasco?