AIFF Unveils 2014 Nominees

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September 5, 2014 2:20 PM

Invasion 1897, Black Silhouette, and others receive AIFF 2014 nominations.

The 11th Abuja International Film Festival AIFF is scheduled to hold from 23rd to 26th September 2014 at the Prestigious Silverbird Cinemas Abuja Nigeria.

The award ceremony is the longest running Independent film festival in Anglophone West Africa. View list below:BEST FEATURE FILM (NIGERIA)1. INVASION 1897- LANCELOT IMASUEN2. BLOOD AND ROMANCE-DANJUMA DEEJAY3. DREAM WALKER- NEVILLE OSSAI4. TWIST OF FATE- GBENGA BELLO5. WHERE TALENT LIES – OGUIKE IKENNA6. BLACK SILHOUETTE – CHARLES NWAGBAI7. IRUGBIN (SEED) – ADEBAYO TIJANI

BEST FEATURE FILM (FOREIGN)1. CHINESE ZODIAC – (CHINA)2. THE GRANDMASTER –(CHINA)3. WALKING TO SCHOOL –(CHINA)4. THE MAJOR – (RUSSIA)5. THE SUPERSTITON –(UGANDA)

BEST SHORT FILM (NIGERIA)1. FROST BITE – SEUN AJAYI2. NEW HORIZONS – TOPE OSHIN OGUN3. NOT RIGHT – UDUAK- OBONG PATRICK4. YAWA (NEMESIS) – DAMEJO EFE YOUNG5. LOVE AND WAR – TOPE OSHIN OGUN

BEST SHORT FILM (FOREIGN)1. JUST A FRIEND – (EGYPT-LUXOR}2. AWAITING LAZARUS – (UNITED KINGDOM}3. LA QUEUE (THE QUEUE) –(FRANCE}4. THE SON OF THE SEA – (SPAIN}5. THE JOURNEY – (UAE)

BEST DOCUMENTARY1. SAME AS ABOVE – (Dir. Toyin Faji- NIGERIA)2. PARADOX OF LIFE – (Dir. Katman Dayi- NIGERIA)3. OMONONG (GIFT) –(Dir. Ibrahim Jame Kofa – NIGERIA)4. THE RISE OF THE EAGLES – (Dir. Biola Kazeem -NIGERIA)5. THESE PAST TIME- (Dir. Katman Dayi- NIGERIA)

EFERE OZAKO BEST EXPERIMENTAL FILM1. THE THRONE – (Dir. Jibril Mailafia- NIGERIA)2. WHEN IS TOMMOROW – (Dir. Ayo Donald –NIGERIA)3. SOULS UNDER SOLES – (Dir. Oluwaseun Afolabi- NIGERIA)

THE OUTSTANDING COMIC FILM1. TROUBLE SOME LANDLORD – (Dir. Larry Zuka- NIGERIA)2. I COME LAGOS – (Dir. Elvis Chucks – NIGERIA)

OUTSTANDING MALE ACTOR1. KHING BASSEY – BLOOD AND ROMANCE -NIGERIA2. FRANK ATUS – TWIST OF FATE – NIGERIA3. ALEX AYALOGU – WHERE TALENT LIES – NIGERIA4. JACKIE CHAN – CHINESE ZODIAC – CHINA5. MIKE OMORIEGBE – INVASION 1897 – NIGERIA

OUTSTANDING FEMALE ACTOR1. MARY UCHE – TWIST OF FATE – NIGERIA2. ABIMBOLA ADEMOYE – WHERE TALENT LIES – NIGERIA3. JACKIE APPIAH – DREAM WALKER – NIGERIA4. IVIE OKUJAYE – BLACK SILHOUETTE – NIGERIA

BEST DIRECTING1. JACKIE CHAN – CHINESE ZODIAC (CHINA)2. JIAHUANG PENG & CHEN PENG – WALKING TO SCHOOL (CHINA)3. LANC ELOT .O. IMASUEN – INVASION 1897 (NIGERIA)4. DANJUMA “DEEJAY” SA’ID – BLOOD AND ROMANCE (NIGERIA)5. KAR WAI WONG – THE GRANDMASTER (CHINA)

BEST STUDENT FILM1. SOULS UNDER SOLES – NATIONAL FILM INSTITUTE2. WHEN IS TOMMOROW – AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY3. TALES BY SUNSET- AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY4. FORLON – NATIONAL FILM INSTITUTE5. BETRAYED – IYUAH ALAH – NATIONAL FILM INSTITUTE

OUTSTANDING MUSIC1. BLOOD AND ROMANCE- NIGERIA2. CHINESE ZODIAC – CHINA3. INVASION 1897 – NIGERIA4. IRUGBIN (SEED) – NIGERIA

GOLDEN JURY FILM1. CHINESE ZODIAC- CHINA2. INVASION 1897 – NIGERIA3. WALKING TO SCHOOL – CHINA4. THE MAJOR – RUSSIA5. BLACK SILHOUETTE – NIGERIA

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