To curb the rising wave of domestic violence, police brutality, rape and other gender-based violence in Nigeria, especially with the worrisome 717 rape cases recorded between January and May, 2020 during the Covid-19 induced lockdown, a contemporary film foundation and studio, Film For Impact Foundation has organized an Online Film Festival tagged ‘Raise A Voice Challenge 1.0’.

With a theme: ‘Break The Cycle’, the online festival was organised to inspire established and upcoming filmmakers and actors across the continent to lend their voices to social vices that have gone unresolved for long, and whose cycle needs to be broken.

With experts and resourceful personalities like, Dr. Kole Shittima, African Director, MacArthur Foundation, Ms. Osai Ojigho, Country Director, Amnesty International, Azuka Chinelo Agugua, Acting Head of Public Enlightenment (ICPC), Hamza Lawal, Chief Executive, Connected Development, Odey Friday, Country Director, Accountability Lab. Nigeria and CSP Francis Erhabor of the Nigeria Police Force, Dorothy Njemanze, Executive Director DN Foundation, all attending as special guests and speakers, the competition/award ceremony is set to highlight the key problems and also proffer solution and hope for victims.


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