#HOMEVIDA 2017 SHORT SCRIPT COMPETITION

It’s that time of the year again!!!.
Are you a talented and creative scriptwriter between the ages of 16-30 with the ability to capture your audience?

We are calling out to you guys to send in your original scripts that promote;
*Transparency, Accountability and Good Governance – endowed by USAID/SACE or;
*Countering Hate Speech – supported by Google

And guess what? This year, We are dishing out a whooping sum of N250,000 (Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) in each category and the winning scripts gets turned into short films!!!

The privilege of taking part in a 3-day seminar facilitated by some of Nollywood’s best directors, screenwriters and filmmakers 😃🎥🎬 To stand a better chance of winning please ensure to read the criteria. To send in your original scripts, please visit www.homevida.org to view the criteria and upload your entries.

Entries close August 3, 2017.

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AFRIFF 2017 Call for Entry!

AFRIFF

2017 Call for Entry!

The prestigious Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) is reopening in Lagos, Nigeria, for its 7th edition, in November 2017.
This major film event, which promotes and celebrates the talents of the African continent and the African diaspora, is expanding its range of films in competition on the occasion of its 7th edition.

AFRIFF will present a programme featuring more films from French-speaking Africa as well as French films. The festival wishes for its 7th edition to honor France and La Francophonie, in a long-term vision of artistic collaborations and partnerships.

The Festival hosts in official competition several categories: short films, feature films, documentaries, animated films, short films of film students.

Entries will be accepted until July 30th 2017.

Entries are also encouraged from french and francophone filmmakers in the following countries as well: Bénin, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cameroun, Central African republic, Comores, Congo Brazzaville, Democratic Republic of Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Gabon, Guinea, Mali, Madagascar, Morocco, Mauritania, Niger, Rwanda, Sénégal, Seychelles, Chad, Togo, Tunisia etc

to submit go to http://filmfreeway.com/festival/AFRIFF

Do You have a Story to tell? Accelerate Filmmaker Project 2017 launches

Accelerate is the online platform where the young and aspiring ‘blown’ kids go to be entertained, educated, and empowered. It’s while we were on that wave length of empowering and educating that we came up with the Accelerate Film Maker Project!

In partnership with the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF),  Accelerate is going to discover the next set of young and dynamic film makers from all over Nigeria! Here’s how it’ll work- between now and July 2017:

- 50 filmmakers between the ages of 18 – 28 to be selected. The top 50 will be given a short film-making task and the winners of that challenge will be shortlisted as one of our 15 contestants.

-Accelerate will train and tutor the 15 contestants for 1 week through a series of workshops covering the different fields of film making

-5 filmmakers will then be selected and given a chance to make a short film that will debut at AFRIFF.  To guide them, each filmmaker will be given one of Nollywood’s movers and shakers as a mentor.

-  Acceleratr will provide each of the film makers with resources and equipment to make their short film (10 – 15 mins) within 2 – 3 days.

-The finished films will be puahed to some of the best film festivals around the world and ensure each film is promoted in collaboration with our partners AFRIFF.

To be a part of the Accelerate Filmmaker project, head to the acceleratetv.com home page and fill out the online form (available from the 10th of April 2017).

Then follow AccelerateTV on Twitter and Instagram, and using any device, make a one-minute short film on the theme love and freedom. Post your video on Instagram and Twitter to stand a chance to be one of the shortlisted candidates. And hurry up cos submissions end on the 20th!

Send in your applications now and stand a chance at becoming one of the greatest filmmakers of your generation!

Follow @AccelerateTV and @trendyprinadams on Twitter for more opportunities

SPECIALS: #IWD #TEEP2015WomenStanding Celebrating Tony Elumelu Entrepreneur Idongesit Umoh

Idongesit Umoh is the founder of Idong Harrie Limited. A handmade footwear and accessories manufacturing and retailing company in Lagos, Nigeria. We offer a wide range of durable, stylish yet affordable fashion products.

What lead you to entrepreneurship and line of business

I started my business as a hobby but as time went on, and I saw how people started paying me money for my products I decided to get more serious and look for ways to turn my hobby into a viable business. I also saw a gap in my industry. People were spending so much money importing foreign shoes and accessories when we could produce such here using genuine materials that can match world class standards. Most of all, I started to see my business as a way of creating employment opportunities for youths. I saw a way I could do my part of building the nation's economy.

Awards, grants, professional programmes:

* Top 10 ten Winner: Easy Business Millionaires Hunt 2014 (Grant)
* Top 10 ShellLive Competition 2014 (Grant)
* Top 1000 TEEP 2015 (Grant)
* 'The One' sponsored by Mara Mentor (Award)
* Meet the Executives by Sterling Bank (2016) Grant
* Women X Scholarship program Sponsor by World Bank
* Road to Business Growth for Women sponsored by the Cherie Blair Foundation



Words for every young girl and women:

While in the early process of running my business as a hobby, I had faced so many challenges especially gender based ones and I created this quote to motivate me
'The business world doesn't understand GENDER but PRINCIPLES'.
Apply business principles into your business and see it flourish.

https://www.idongharrie.com
Instagram: @idongharrie
Phone number:  08095177557

Nikon Nigeria Photo Summit 2017

NIKON NIGERIA PHOTO SUMMIT

Hosted by New Creation Worldwide Link Nigeria together with Nikon School Nigeria brings a Free Learning Opportuniity to the talented and passionate Photographers in Nigeria!

This January, learn valuable tips and tricks from globally renowned industry experts that will help you kick start a successful career in photography and understand the Art of Seeing creatively through Nikon with some the most prolific experts in the genre: New York’s Most Prestigious New York Art Directors Gold Award Winner Mr. Bryan Peterson, Nigeria’s Renowned International Photographer Mr. Kelechi Amadi Obi, & Nigeria's Young Dynamic Photographer Mr. Michael Iyang.

Come and Join us at the “NIKON NIGERIA PHOTO SUMMIT!”


Date : January 26th 2017 (Thursday)

Time : 9.00 am to 5.00pm

Venue : The Welcome Center Hotels, Multipurpose Hall

70, International Airport Road, Ikeja, Lagos

Attendance is FREE of charge but seats are limited.

Please bring a copy of your registration confirmation to the venue for admission.

The first 100 people at the Summit on the 26th January will participate in a raffle draw to win Nikon cameras and other accessories!

THE SPEAKERS

Bryan Peterson (New York): Bryan has been a successful Commercial Photographer for over 35years. He has received awards from the Communication Arts Photography annual seven times, Print Magazine Award four times and he has won the Most Prestigious New York Art Directors Gold Award

He is also Co Founder of “The Bryan Peterson School of Photography, the worlds No: 1 On-Line Photography School. www.bpsop.com

Kelechi Amadi-Obi (Nigeria): Is a renowned Nigeria/international photographer who has done the country proud with his photography achievements. With a degree in painting, Kelechi’s areas of expertise include advertising photography, creative portraiture, landscape photography, Architectural and Interior Photography. With a little twist – this January he will be sharing another aspect of his art. Kelechi will be facilitating on “Visual Impact through Composition and Design”


Michael Iyang (Nigeria): A graduate of English from the Lagos State University, he has been into professional photography since 1995, his core being commercial photography. His clients include Coke, NBL, TW Magazine, Delta State Government, MTN, Scan frost, Ignis, Pepsi and Insight Communications. He has worked with most of the premium advertising agencies and consults for various governments as an image consultant. Michael will be Facilitating on “Advertising Photography”


For More Information Contact the organizers:

New Creation Worldwide Link Nigeria Ltd


47 Allen Ave, Ikeja, Lagos.

Mobile: 01-7901173/07037885863

nikonschool@newcreation-intl.com

www.newcreation-intl.com

facebook: newcreationnigeria, nigerianikon

The 7th edition of the IREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival holds in March 2017

The 7th edition of the IREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival will hold from 16th-19th March 2017 at Freedom Park, Lagos with the theme "ARCHIVING AFRICA." 

Conceived on the traditional thematic framework of Africa in Self-Conversation, the IREP Film festival 2017 will rigorously explore the opportunities open to Africa to bring its historic past into an archival system that is accessible on demand, and most importantly, how we can begin to use these materials to define a path for the future through storytelling.

Africa has always been faced with a major challenge of connecting the dots in its historical past. A large part of what constitutes the verifiable history of Africa's past today is sourced from the west. The facts of our historical journey are told to us by western imperialists and we simply regurgitate what is made available to us. In an age when even technology is looking 'forward' into the past to understand what is most valuable to our humanity, many African societies are shrouded in a blanket of collective amnesia. Decades after the last of colonized society in Africa has gained independence, the legacy of European dominance remains - we must recourse to Europe to peep a glimpse of African history and cultural properties because they are mostly domiciled outside of the continent. Our history is ours in bits that is allowed to us from the West! Documentary/documentation films must respond to this, if it must by any chance, put a stop to the tragedy of forgetfulness in Africa.

Storytelling is essential to nation building; each cultural property that is locked away in archives and museums in Europe is a repository of our history, journey and insights into what we can become.
Please make it a date!
Participation is free.

Andrei Stenin International Press Photo Contest 2017

Deadline: March 22, 2017

The Andrei Stenin International Photo Contest is a chance for young photojournalists from around the world to make a name for themselves, to assess their skills and see what drives and thrills them most in this job and what they should pursue. The contest, with a jury of leading international photographers and photography experts, discovers new names and displays their works for the whole world to see.

Categories

The 2017 contest will showcase four categories for which young photographers can vie for awards: “Top News” and “Sport”,  “My Planet”  and “Portrait. A Hero of Our Time”.

Prizes

1st Prize: 50,000 rubles;
2nd Prize: 35,000 rubles and
3rd Prize: 25,000 rubles
Grand Prix set at 500,000 rubles.
Eligibility

Open to photographers between 18 to 33 years of age.
Important Dates

March 22, 2017: Entries close
May 23, 2017: Shortlist Announcement
August 7, 2017: Winner’s List
September 9, 2017: Award Ceremony, opening of the photo exhibition

For more information, visit http://stenincontest.com/news/20161222/187741.html

Happy New Year 2017

Happy New Year 2017
               Let creativity sets your mind free.