By Tadeniawo Collins reporting from TINAPA
The 2014 edition of the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) began on Sunday, November 9, 2014 at TINAPA, Calabar and organisers showed their preparedness for consideration as a foremost film festival in this part of the world.
Delegates, Nollywood figures, stakeholders, and gentlemen of the press were flown in to Calabar on a chartered flight from Lagos to Calabar. And on arrival at the Calabar International Airport, the First Lady of Cross River, Obioma Liyel-Imoke, was on hand to welcome delegates to the state with the acronym: CALABAR – Come And Live And Be At Rest.
The drive down to TINAPA from the airport too was remarkable as everyone was conveyed in an open-air double-deck official AFRIFF festival bus, which had everyone on the streets of Calabar commenting and cheering.
Two major films that have, and are still making waves in Nigeria presently – Kunle Afolayan‘s October 1 and Tunde Kelani‘s Dazzling Mirage – are on show at this year’s festival and it promises to be a very entertaining, educative and memorable event for all in attendance.
