EKOIFF

EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 15th Edition has invited you to submit your work via FilmFreeway, Festhome and  World Film Communities Network (WFCN)

Extended Deadline : March 15, 2025

See links below  to submit:

1. https://filmfreeway.com/EkoInternationalFilmFestival
2. https://filmmakers.festhome.com/f/719
3. https://www.wfcn.co/festival/https-www-wfcn-co-ekointernationalfilmfestival

BEST  FEATURE  FILM

BEST NIGERIAN FEATURE FILM

BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILM (JOINT WINNERS)

BEST SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM

BEST SHORT FILM

BEST NIGERIA SHORT FILM

BEST ACTOR

BEST ACTRESS

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR MALE

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FEMALE

BEST INDIGENOUS FILM

BEST ANIMATION FILM

DATE OF EVENT APRIL 22 – 27 .2024

FEATURE FILMS

1. EVOR Feature Film by Sitsofe Tsikor, Kalumbu Kapisa (Ghana) 1hr 49 mins: 44 seconds
2. RETURNING HOME  Feature Film by Don Hoe (Malaysia) 1hr 41 mins: 42 seconds
3. THE GLASS OF FRIENDSHIP  Feature Film by Naoufel BerraouI (Morocco) 1hr 04 mins: 04 seconds
4. LUKAS Feature Film by Philippe Robert Jean Talavera (Namibia) 1hr 43 mins: 06 seconds
5. SILVER LINING  Feature Film by Emmanuel Mwape (Zambia) 1hr 38 mins : 46 seconds
6. WHITE BERRY Feature Film by Sia Hermanides (Netherlands) 1hr 29  mins : 11 seconds
7. NGANU Feature Film by Kang Quintus (Cameroon) 1hr 42  mins : 07 seconds
8. THE DRY FABLE  Feature Film by Zhengchao Xu (China) 1hr 24  mins : 43 seconds
9. ALCOHOL Feature Film by Carlo Fusco (Italy) 1hr 20  mins
10. THE RISING SUN Feature Film by Bakia Thomas (Nigeria) 1hr 52  mins  09 seconds
11. COLD DISH Feature Film by Hollie Saint Edge (Nigeria) 1hr 23  mins  08 seconds
12. FAITHLESS Feature Film by Jeffrey Amaechi Atuegwu (Nigeria) 58  mins  22 seconds
13. IN THE COLD  Feature Film by Jeff MCcore, Emmanuel Jeff Okhuelegbe (Nigeria) 1hr 54  mins  50 seconds
14. FACE TO FACE Feature Film by Robert Peters (Nigeria) 1hr 30  mins
15. ROSWELL DELIRIUM  Feature Film by Richard Bakewell (United States) 1hr 50  mins 

SHORT FILMS

1. JOURNEY OF NOWHERE Short Film by Eric Marie Afer (Burkina Faso) 23 mins: 35 seconds
2. SPACE EYE Short Film by Kevin Mainenti (Croatia) 32 mins: 38 seconds
3. OUR MALES AND FEMALES Short Film by Ahmad Alyaseer (Jordan) 11 mins
4. BUILDING 62  Short Film by Hakim Zziwa (Uganda) 30  mins
5. GOURA Short Film by Ismaëli Nzoba (Central African Republic) 20  mins : 01 second
6. PENDIRA (ENG) Short Film by Mike williams De Djike Kan (France) 13  mins : 07 seconds
7. U=ME  Short Film by Umesh Vinayak Kulkarni (India) 27  mins : 47 seconds
8. A POEM FOR GISELLE, A POEM FOR A PEASANT Short Film by Diana Mora, Camilo Correa Costa (Germany) 8  mins : 42 seconds
9. LUCINDA´S PANDORA Short Film by Sylvia Piechocki Gonzalez (Germany) 36 mins : 40 seconds
10. TRACES Short Film by Eric Myers, Liam O’Sullivan (United Kingdom) 4 mins : 14 seconds
11. ON YOUR OWN  Short Film by Daniel Omokhagbo Itegboje (United Kingdom) 40 mins :  40 seconds
12. EGO Short Film by Daniel Modupe Fakorede (Nigeria) 9 mins :  54 seconds
13. SA’ANA Short Film by Bola Mustapha Adebisi (Nigeria ) 40 mins
14. ECHOES OF WAR  Short Film by fisayo John ogunmodede (Nigeria ) 7 mins 30 secs
15. A HOME FOR CHRISTMAS Short Film by Kevin Ruiz  (USA ) 5 mins 26 secs
16. FIRST REFUSAL Short Film by Courtney Sanello (USA ) 5 mins 26 secs
17. SOMETHING I CAN TEACH Short Film by Natasha C. Smith (USA ) 4 mins 04  secs
18. WAHALA BE LIKE BICYCLE – DISASTER DATE Short Film by Imole Ladipo (USA) 19 mins
19. ONCE UPON A MURDER Short Film by Tumushimishe Yves (Rwanda ) 15 mins
20. MUG  Short Film by Yegor Bugayenko (Ukraine ) 6 mins 34 secs
21. CINDERS  Short Film by Oskar Luko (Spain ) 7 mins
22. MENOPAUSE Short Film by Fernando Derpo-Ofrasio Dalayoan, Cindy Myskiw (Canada ) 4mins
23. THE EXECUTION  Short Film by Alex Ramírez Noreña (Mexico )  17 mins
24. ASTERISK Short Film by Xavier Herrera (Spain )  15 mins

FEATURE DOCUMENTARY FILMS

1. THE COLOR OF SLAVERY Feature Documentary Film by Patrick Baucelin (Martinique) 1hr 32 mins: 55 seconds
2. WÄNDARI Feature Documentary Film by Daniel Lagares, Mariano Agudo (Peru) 1hr 06 mins:
3. THE GREEN VEIN  Feature Documentary Film by Sara De Sousa Correia (Portugal) 1hr 30 mins:
4. MENTAWAi – Souls of the Forest Feature Documentary Film by Joachim Peter (Indonesia) 1hr 15 mins:
5. TO SEE THE SNOW LEOPARD Feature Documentary Film by Anna Ganshina (Russian Federation) 1hr 18 mins:
6. AFRICA, CRADLE OF HUMANKIND AND MODERN CIVILISATIONS Feature Documentary Film by Benita Jacques (Canada) 1hr 48 mins: 47 seconds
7. COLONIALISM AND YORUBA TRADITIONAL RELIGION: The Osun Deity Feature Documentary Film by Badewa Adeseye Ajibade (Nigeria) 1hr 16 mins: 11 seconds
8. TRACE Tracing Rare African Canadian Extraordinaire Feature Documentary Film by Sonia Oduwa Aimiumu (Canada) 1hr  

SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILMS

1. GEORGE OLE SANANGA Short Documentary Film by Bryan Ngugi (Kenya) 4 mins: 16 seconds
2. ORMOILAA OGOL (The Strong One) Short Documentary Film by Shamit Patel (Kenya) 5 mins:: 02 seconds
3. FINDING UBUNTU Short Documentary Film by Annette King, Ishmael Azeli  (Kenya) 22 mins
4. Dr. Mark: PANGOLIN HERO Short Documentary Film by Garth Kingwill (Nigeria) 7 mins:: 52 seconds
5. OUR AFRICAN HAIRITAGE Short Documentary Film by Adanna Madueke (Canada) 30 mins
6. AKIM Short Documentary Film by Yulia Khvan (Argentina)14 mins: 55 seconds
7. MOTHER EARTH EDUCATORS  Animation Film by Endre Kvia (Australia) 22 mins:17 seconds
8. SIPPING WORDS Short Documentary Film by Ian Gituku Ngene (Kenya) 7 mins 5 secs

INDIGENOUS FILMS

1. YAN- UWA Indigenous Film by Hollie Saint Edge (Nigeria) 1hr 24  mins  08 seconds
2. IWO (VENOM) Indigenous Film by Muyiwa Ademola (Nigeria) 1hr 48  mins  02 seconds

ANIMATION FILMS

1. DANCE  YOU ARE ALIVE Animation Film by Mythravarun Vepakomma (Ireland) 3 mins: 31 seconds
2. 1 2 3 RED LIGHT, GREEN LIGHT Animation Film by Liangyu Chen (Taiwan) 5 mins: 07 seconds
3. WHO IS GOD? Animation Film by Oscar Adan Lopez Parres (Mexico) 2 mins: 57 seconds
4. THE GRAND BOOK Animation Film by Arjan Brentjes (Netherlands) 19 mins: 59 seconds
5. ADA ANI (the awakening) Animation Film by Andrea R. Ciobanu (United Kingdom) 15 mins: 33 seconds
6. HEKIMA YA USAWA Animation Film by Telly Gary Jeannot (Caneroon ) 1 mins: 47 seconds
7. A TREE ONCE GREW HERE  Animation Film by Johnnie Semerad (USA ) 1 mins: 47 seconds
8. THE BODY OF THE WORLD Animation Film by Simone Massi (Italy ) 4 mins

The 14^th Eko International Film Festival has invited you to submit your work via FilmFreeway!

See link to submit https://filmfreeway.com/EkoInternationalFilmFestival

Categories

Feature Film,Short Film.Fiction.Documentaries. Short Documentaries, Indigenous ,Film (Sub title in English) ,Animation

FEATURE FILM

1. ARMSTRONG   Feature Film  By Trayvon (Tray) Williams (USA) 1hr 45 mins
2. YAHOO +  Feature Film  by Ebuka Michael Njoku (Nigeria)  1hr: 24 mins :30 secs
3. THE CANDIDATE Feature Film  by Ehizojie Ojesebholo  (Nigeria) 1hr :30 mins :55 secs
4. KAMSI  Feature Film  by  Uzodinma Okpechi (Nigeria) 1hr 02 Secs
5. DONKEY CURSE Feature Film  by  Biodun Stephen (Nigeria) 1hr 40 mins
6. REVERSE Feature Film by Tolu odebunmi (Nigeria) 54mins 19 secs
7. IDENTICAL JUSTICE  Feature Film  by Tope Alake, Marc Adebesin  ( UK)  1hr :48mins :01 sec
8. DAHINI – THE WITCH  Feature Film  by Rajesh Touchriver (India) 1hr. 50mins
9. HONEY MOON Feature Film     by  Bianca Isaac (South Africa)  1hr :49 mins
10. PINK PUZZLE  Feature Film    by  Mike Adler    (Germany) 1hr :24 mins :03 secs
11. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE OBJECT  Feature Film   by Sonia Suvagau (Canada) 1hr 31 mins
12. JUNK  Feature Film by Kyo Jung (Korea Republic)  1hr:23 mins :40Secs
13. WHEN THE LEVEES BROKE Feature Film  by Musing Derick Tenn. (Cameroon) 1hr:28mins :54 Secs
14. CRYSTAL-COUNTLESS MISFORTUNE Feature Film by Leonard Amanya (Uganda) 1hr :34 mins
15. THE EXILE OF THE SEA  Feature Film  by Mauricio Brunetti (Colombia) 1hr :12mins :12 secs
16. THE DARK GIRL Feature Film by Enrico Saller (Germany) 1hr :43 secs      

FEATURE DOCUMENTRAY

1. THE HIDDEN CRIME: VIOLENCE AGAINST MEN Documentary Film by Oyetayo Raymond Ojoade (Trinidad and Tobago)  1hr: 23 mins :52 secs
2. STEM ROOTS Documentary Film   by  Marcell L Pickens, Jr (USA) 1hr
3. JIMMY SHOW   Documentary Film  by Ayo Atom Adewumi   (Nigeria) 1hr :28 mins :47 secs
4. VOICES UPRISING Documentary Film  by Joana Adesuwa  Reiterer    (Austria)  53 mins :52 secs
5. THE DEAL  Documentary Film  by  Chiara Sambuchi  (Germany)  1hr :29 mins
6. MAMODY, THE LAST BAOBAB DIGGER Documentary Film by Cyrille Cornu (France) 50 mins
7. THE LAST SEED  Documentary Film by Andrea Gema (South Africa) 1hr:17mins :30secs
8. BLACK COCKATOO CRISIS by Jane Hammond  (Australia) 1hr:14mins
9. EARTH: MUTED  by Mikael Kristersson, Åsa Ekman, Oscar Hedin (Sweden)  1hr :10 mins :19 secs
10. NEVER KEEP SILENT by Quester Devette Hannah (Israel)  1hr :7 mins
11. SHEPHERDS OF THE EARTH  by Iiris Härmä (Finland) 1hr :14 mins:30 secs
12. MONIR Feature Documentary by Ashique Mostafa (Bangladesh) 1hr :18 mins :50 secs

INDIGENOUS FILM CATEGORY

1. OOSA AAFIN (PALACE DEITY) Indigenous Film  by Akin Kongi  (Nigeria)  1hr: 21 mins :40 secs
2. ALAISE  Indigenous Film  by David Akande  (Nigeria) 1hr 14 mins
3. KING OF THIEVES Indigenous Film  by Tope Adebayo & Adebayo Tijani (Nigeria) 1hr 48 mins

SHORT FILM

1. THE CHASE Short Film by Mirza Farhan Abbas (United Arab Emirate) 35 mins
2. THE SCAR THAT SCARES ME  Short Film by Michael Asonganyi (Sweden)30 mins
3. JUST A SPOON Short Film  by Kareem Orabi Al Sawalmeh, Ameer Mitri Zabaneh (Palestine, State of)  10 mins 30 secs
4. REDEMPTION  Short Film by Dalibor Matijas  (Netherlands) 13 mins :21 secs
5. CHARTER Short Film  by El Houssine Hnine (Morocco) 18 mins  22 secs
6. A MOMENT  Short Film  by zaid hasan Al Sabaileh (Jordan)  12 mins 20 secs
7. LAJOS, THE PERFECT Short Film  by Dávid Attila  (Hungary) 2mins 33 secs
8. GOOD NIGHT, LILY Short Film by Peter Vulchev (Bulgaria) 24 mins 24 secs
9. THE SECRET WEAPON: YESTERDAY IS TODAY Short Film by Ken Sagoes  (USA) 38 mins :56 secs
10. APACHE GIRL Short Film  by Richard A. Pines (USA) 20  mins :58 secs
11. NOWHERE TO ESCAPE Short Film  by ZiYuan Wang (USA) 10 mins : 35 secs
12. THE PAPER ON THE WALL Short Film by Odira Ezejiugo (Nigeria) 30 mins :11 secs
13. JOSEPH Short Film  by Efa Iwara, Ifeme C.S (Nigeria) 7 mins : 4 secs
14. GRIEF Short Film by Onokemi Onojobi (Nigeria) 17 mins :32 secs
15. ÈMI (I am my demon) Short Film by Barbara Babarinsa (Nigeria) 24 mins :32 secs
16. BEATE SITS IN THE BATHROOM IN SILENCE Short Film  by Valerie Knill (Germany) 1 mins  48 secs
17. NA MAN YOU BE Short Film  by AA Presley, Jeffrey “Holmes” Umulor (Nigeria) 9 mins :37 secs
18. HADASSAH Short Film by Albrin Junior (Nigeria) 9 mins 33 secs
19. THOSE TWO Short Film  by Amina Garba Ashiwaju &  Imohabasi Ime (Nigeria) 17 mins :36 secs
20. FAÇADE Short Film by Anthony Johnson Owolo & Situ Saheed (Nigeria)  1 min :11 secs
21. GENERATION NEXT Short Film  by  Odira Ezejiugo (Nigeria) 22 mins :59 secs
22. HALF SAMURAI Short Film  by Rashad Haughton (Japan) 11 mins
23. CONNECTING RURAL COMMUNITIES Short Film by Haixiao Du (China) 6 mins 30 secs
24. SUPERHEROES  by Rafael de Andrade (Brazil)  12 mins 30 secs

SHORT DOCUMENTARY FILM CATEGORY

1. THE WILL TO LIVE – YES, I WAS DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER  Short Documentary by Peiju Huang  (Taiwan) 5mins 25mins
2. SMALL AND BIG Short Documentary Film by Zelimir Gvardiol  (Serbia)  32min : 38Secs
3. ADVENTURE  Short Documentary by Remi Tomsa  (Romania) 34 mins
4. THE LAST POTTER  Short Documentary  by Fábio Oliveira (Portugal) 17 mins :56 secs
5. ENTOMONONI NAGOL ( A STRONG WOMAN) Short Documentary Film   by Skeeter Imisa  (Kenya)      23 mins
6. IT WILL RAIN ON SATURDAY Short Documentary Film  by Aliaksandra Markava (Belarus) 8 mins 9 secs
7. PROPHET’S HOUSE  Short Documentary by Michelle Diana Lois Osias Ajero (Nigeria) 34 mins :51 secs
8. A PLENA VISTAIN (Plain View) by Luis Palomino (Spanish Mexico) 15 mins
9. EARTHBOUND: NZAMBI MATEEA Short Documentary by Farhoud Meybodi (Japan) 47 mins 52 secss

ANIMATION

1. SEM  Animation Film by Joke Duwaerts (Belgium) 5 mins 36 Secs
2. ECHO Animatyion  by Sergio Kotsovoulos (Greece) 11mins :36 secs
3. HOW MUCH FOR THE EXAM? Animatyion  by Ivica Valentić (Croatia) 29 mins :30 secs
4. THE FLOATING KOTO  by Shelley Johnson II (USA)  12 mins 7 secs         
5. THE SONGMAIDEN by Nkem Stanley Nwaturuocha  (Nigeria) 5 mins  :29 secs
6. PA AROMIRE Animation by  Adeoye Adebayo Adetunji (Nigeria) 13 mins 39 secs

A New Date for the 13th Eko International Film Festival Nigeria is hereby announced…

Due to the forthcoming 2023 Nigerian Elections which falls in between Ekoiff Festival Week, we have decided to shift the date from March 06-10,2023 to April 23-29, 2023

We will give you updates of the festival event as time goes on.

Warm regards

Hope Obioma Opara

Eko International Film Festival Team

The Eko International Film Festival will return for its 13th edition in 2023 from March 06 – 10, 2023. The Film Festival is open to filmmakers from around the world and also contributes to the Nigeria being positioned as a creative hub through its focus on high quality, Nigeria cinema.

Eko International Film Festival is accepting entries to the 13th EKOIFF edition.

April 1, 2022 Opening Date

April 15, 2022 Early bird Deadline

August 1, 2022 Regular Deadline

January 31, 2023 Late Deadline

Applications for submitting films are being accepted on various film submission platforms.

a. Click to submit your film https://filmfreeway.com/EkoInternationalFilmFestival

b. Click to submit your film  https://filmmakers.festhome.com/f/719

The Festival accepts films in five categories which include:

Feature Film,

Short Film,

Fiction,

Documentaries

Short Documentaries

Indigenous film

Feature Animation

Short Animation

More information on the programme will be released in the lead up to the event. http://www.ekoiff.org/