Lights, Camera, Africa!

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Lights, Camera, Africa!
LocationLagos
CountryNigeria
Established2011
FoundersUgoma Adegoke

Lights, Camera, Africa! Is a film festival that is held annually in Lagos since 2011 and it was celebrated from September 30-October 2nd 2011.

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The festival was established by Ugoma Adegoke. [1] Hosted by The Life House, the inaugural Lights, Camera, Africa! was supported by New York's African Film Festival, Inc. and ran for three days, from 30 September – 2 October 2011. [2]

Annual editions

EditionDatesVenueThemeFilms shown
1st30 September – 2 October 2011 [2] [3] The Life HouseA History of Independence; AVA; Burning in the Sun; Clouds Over Conakry; Cuba: An African Odyssey ; Epilogue; One Small Step; One Way Touareg; Pumzi ; Sex, Okra and Salted Butter ; Soul Boy ; The Lunatic; White Wedding; Ousmane
2nd28 September – 1 October 2012 [4] British Council, Southern Sun Hotel and Freedom ParkShine Your EyeBig Man; Call Me Kuchu ; Dr. Cruel; Driving With Fanon; Man on Ground ; Stadium Hotel; Yoolé; Where Do I Stand; Saworoide; Our Beloved Sudan; NAIJ, A History of Nigeria
3rd28 September – 1 October 2013 [5] Wheatbaker, British Council, Southern Sun Hotel, and Freedom Park Great MigrationsAlaskaland; Black Africa White Marble ; Confusion Na Wa ; Congolese Dreams; Creation in Exile: Five filmmakers in conversation; Fela! in Lagos; Fincho ; Footprints of my Other; Fuelling Poverty ; Koukan Kourcia / The Cry of the Turtledoves; La Pirogue ; The Marriage Factor; Microphone ; Mugabe: Villain or Hero?; Olu Amoda: A Metallic Journey; An Oversimplification of Her Beauty ; The Pilot and the Passenger; Pokou Ashanti Princess; RasTa! A Soul's Journey; Rolling Dollar: a Legend Unplugged; The Stuart Hall Project
4th26 September – 1 October 2014 [6] [7] Federal Palace Hotel LegacyOver 30 movies from 14 countries, including: Oya, the Rise of the Orisha; The Supreme Prize; Beleh; Boneshaker; Ududeagu; Legends of Madagascar; Kwaku Ananse; Onunaekwuluora: The Legacy of Professor Thurstan Shaw; B for Boy; Sexy Money; Aya of Yop City; Coz Ov Moni 2; October 1.
5th30 September – 4 October 2015 [8] Federal Palace Hotel Future ForwardThe Art of Ama Aida Aidoo; Beasts of the Southern Wild ; Black Africa White Marble ; Beat Girls; The Curse of Medea; Eighteam ; Faaji Agba; Finding Fela ; Gone Too Far; Horn Free Day; Head Gone; Henna; The Legacy of Rubies; Mr Adams; Nollywood; Olu Amoda: A Metallic Journey; Once; Prey; Saworoide ; Sex, Okra and Salted Butter ; The Sim; Sobukwe: A Great Soul; Soko Sanko / The Market King; Timbuktu ; White Wedding
6th30 September – 2 October 2016 [9] [10] Federal Palace Hotel Music Makes the PeopleAkounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughi; Anton; Biodun Olaku: Nigerian Painter; Cholo; Destino; Gidi Blues; House Of Nwapa; I Shot Bi Kidude; In the Eye of the Spiral; Intore / The Chosen; Lagos: The Birth Of A City Of Style; Miniyamba / Walking Blues; No Good Turn; New York I Love You ; Olive; Too Black to be French?; Towards Tenderness; The Amazing Nina Simone; The Other Side of the Atlantic; The Return; The Sense of Touch; Tunde
7th29 September – 1 October 2017 [11] Federal Palace Hotel Reset80; Afia Attack; The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometer 375; Akatakpo!!! The Legend of Tony Odili; Bad Market; Bariga Sugar ; Borders; A Hotel Called Memory ; I Heard it Through The Grapevine; Kalushi ; Kanye Kanye; Madama Esther; Omode Meta Nsere; An Opera of the World; A Place for Myself; Shadeism: Digging Deeper; Vaya
8th28–30 September 2018 [12] [13] [14] Muson Centre Who Do You Think You Are?Agwaetiti Obiuto; Asmat; Baby Mamas; Cafe of Dreams; The Delivery Boy ; Granma; Hidden Treasures; Ignorance of Blood; Iko Ndu; Kasala!; Lagos: The birth of a city of style 1861-1967; Negritude: A Dialogue Between Wole Soyinka and Senghor; The Lost Cafe; Lucky; Our Africa; Sidi Ilujinie; Town Crier; U ME I; Zerzura
9th27–29 September 2019 [15] [16] Muson Centre Tales By MoonlightAbout Love; Call Me By My Name; Company Yaya; Daughters of Chibok ; A Gender; A Kalabanda Ate My Homework ; Land of Gods; My Friend Fela ; Ogbu-Oja Eze; Orange City; Ordinary Fellows ; The Lost Okoroshi; Wall Flower; Wrong Con; Awon Boyz; Damas Nwoko;

References

  1. ↑ Abdulkareem, Alithnayn. "YNaija presents: The 100 most influential Nigerians in Film in 2019". YNaija . Retrieved 1 November 2019.
  2. 1 2 Aiki, Damilare. "Experience African Cinema at the 'Lights, Camera, Africa!' Film Festival – 30th September to 2nd October 2011". BellaNaija . Retrieved 30 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Aiki, Damilare (30 September 2011). "Experience African Cinema at the "Lights, Camera, Africa!" Film Festival – 30th September to 2nd October 2011". BellaNaija. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Africiné - Lights, Camera, AFRICA!!! (LCA) 2012 Film Festival". Africiné (in French). Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "Lights, Camera, Africa!!!!". WanaWana. 3 September 2013. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  6. ↑ Africa: Big Brother Africa Reveals Hotshots, AllAfrica.com, 28 September 2014.
  7. ↑ "Lights. Camera. Africa! Lagos set for Life House film festival". TheCable. 7 September 2014. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  8. ↑ Lights, Camera Africa!!! film festival kicks off this September, pulse.ng, 7 September 2915.
  9. ↑ 23 films selected for 6th edition of film festival Archived 25 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine , pulse.ng, 23 September 2016.
  10. ↑ "Lights Camera Africa Film Festival". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 7 October 2016. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  11. ↑ "Lights Camera Africa!!! Film Festival In Pictures". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 9 October 2017. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  12. ↑ 5 Films We Are Excited To See At This Year's Lights, Camera, Africa Film Festival [ dead link ], Konbini, 28 September 2018
  13. ↑ "Lights, Camera AFRICA!!! Presents 'Who Do You Think You Are'". The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News. 25 September 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  14. ↑ "A Harvest of Firsts at LCA Film Festival". THISDAYLIVE. 4 October 2018. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  15. ↑ read, News 1 min (20 September 2019). "Lights, Camera, AFRICA!!! Film Festival returns with "Tales By Moonlight"". The Lagos Review. Retrieved 16 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ "6 reasons not to miss Lights Camera Africa!!! film festival 2019". This Is Lagos. 22 September 2019. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
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