616 films for Kano indigenous languages of Africa film market, festival
About 616 films are expected to participate in the annual Kano Indigenous Languages of Africa Film Market and Festival (KILAF) scheduled from Nov. 6 to Nov. 8 in Kano.
The Managing Director,Moving Image Limited & Festival Founder/CEO, Mr Abdulkareem Mohammed, said this when he briefed journalists on preparations for the festival at the NUJ press centre,Kano on Sunday.
Mohammed said the 616 films were received from 77 countries, listing the film genres as short, student, feature, documentary and animation.
He gave the theme of the festival as “CROSSING STORYTELLING BOUNDRIES: STRATEGIES FOR MULTILUNGUAL SUCCESS IN AFRICAN FILMMAKING.”
He also said that 85 films from 30 countries made it to the KILAF 2025 Film Selection List, adding that the top listed films per nation were Egypt with 17, Nigeria 14,Morocco 8, and Tunisia 4.
He said based on the available data on registration, the organizers were expecting to host participants from about twelve countries.
“There are 14 nations in contention for awards. Some of the films were co-produced with UK, USA, Israel and Italy. It is from this attached list that the 7-member Jurors will bring out winners for onward recognition and awards on Nov. 8.
“There are prizes for 18 categories representing 18 winners out of 87 nominations. However, due to the meticulous and rigorous nature of jurors’ selection process, we are assuring every nominee that he/she is a winner, nonetheless.
” We say congratulations to all of the Official KILAF 2025 Nominees because they truly deserve it.
“Let me seize this opportunity to equally inform you that, based on every year’s theme, we are known to organize an international conference in collaboration with Bayero University’s Faculty of Communication. Consequently, we publish some of the selected papers presented at each Conference.
“Thus, we are really contributing to the body of knowledge in the study of filmmaking. Therefore, I am pleased to present last year’s publication and make it known that the copies are now out and available.
“We are also informing you about the 2nd Entrepreneurship Summit 4 Women in Media Business. It is another KILAF component that was only added on last year. Therefore, the second edition is scheduled to hold between 10:am – 2pm on November 8th at the Dangote Business School, Bayero University New Site in Kano.
“The program, targeting 100 women beneficiaries, is specifically designed to encourage the participation and success of female entrepreneurs into the media ecosystem. We hope to draw participants from all media organizations, the Nigerian Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), National Council of Women Societies (NCWS), Stand Up for Women’s Rights and Women in Media,” the Managing Director added.
