The anniversary edition, scheduled to hold from March 19 to 22, in Lagos, will be a celebration of the achievements of the film fest and an appraisal of its direction in the future. Before its emergence, there had been a paucity of festivals devoted to documentary films in Nigeria.
The practice of documentary in Nigeria was without a conscious delineation as it lacked critical standards for its practice. Mainly Nigerian filmmakers commissioned by institutions or individuals for personal or institutional gains produced documentary films. The first generation filmmakers were a student of the Accra Film Training School, where they trained essentially as documentarians. In this respect, they were protégés of the John Grierson School of Documentary of the Old Empire Marketing Board’s Film Unit.
The festival, over the years, has domesticated film format in addressing several issues relating to politics, economy and social matters of Nigeria. More so, the style of filmic narration has become convincing. Importantly, the festival has expanded the popularity of the documentary genre and push the frontier of the power of documentary films to cause a change.
The theme for the anniversary edition is Africa In Self-Conversation, drawn from the founding conceptual framework of the forum and its festival project. The theme is designed to promote awareness about the power of documentary format to serve as a means of deepening and sharing social and cultural education as well as encouraging participatory democracy in society.
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