4 Movies To Screen At The MTN Supported Africa International Film Festival

The 11th edition of the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) is themed ‘Indigenous for Global.’ The 2022 film festival focuses on indigenous content, the technicalities, and the key ingredients required to connect and scale to a global audience.

AFRIFF witnessed over 500 film entries for this year’s edition which were mind-blowing, however, there are those that top the chart. A few of the exciting movies that have been scheduled to screen at the AFRIFF event are Black Panther, Nanny, Hellride, and Almajiri, amongst others.

Nanny

Prime Video’s award-winning psychological horror film, written and directed by Nikyatu Jusu will be the first opening film of the AFRIFF festival, on 6th November 2022. The story follows a mother, Aisha, an undocumented migrant nanny working for a privileged couple in New York City. She prepares for the arrival of the son she left behind in West Africa, but soon an ominous presence inundates her reality, threatening the American dream she is arduously piecing together.

Hellride

The movie, produced by Nigerian filmmaker, Uche Udoh, is a dramedy set to screen at this year’s Africa International Film Festival. It tells the story of a day in the life of a female taxi driver Chimdi Abiodun (Chioma Akpotha), who is overwhelmed by her daughter’s ill health, constantly putting up with her foolhardy husband while playing the role of breadwinner after losing her job at a Chinese company.

The film projects the unreserved grit and sense of responsibility of women, especially those in this part of the world, to take care of their families.

Black Panther

The official African premiere of Marvel Studios’ Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is set to be brought to life on 7th November, before its cinema release on the 11th. The cinematic American superhero film follows the story of Wakanda, a fictional country in East Africa on the verge of invasion by world power enemies after the death of their king, T’Challa. The queen and Wakanda warriors fight to protect their nation from savagery.

Almajiri

Nigerian film, Almajiri, directed by Toka McBaror and produced by AY Makun is set to be the closing night film of the film festival.  The film centers on the harsh social realities of children in northern Nigeria and other countries whose living conditions are impoverished, thereby simultaneously exposing them to human trafficking, prostitution, child slavery, chronic ill health, drugs, physical abuse, etc.

These films can conspicuously be said to connect to a global audience because of their top-notch picture quality and, their focus on social issues, social realities, and individual aspirations.