The maiden edition of Yoruba Film Festival (YFF) has been slated to
hold in November, 2016. The four-day film screening event to be hosted
by Ooni of Ife, HRH Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi, Ojaja II, will take
place at the cradle of the Yoruba race and the citadel of cultural
tourism in South Western Nigeria, Ile Ife, Osun State.
The Yoruba Film Festival (YFF), according to the founder and initiator,
Segun Omoworare is created to screen films with Yoruba theme. The
festival, according to the organisers would exhibit industry
interactions, features films, shorts, documentaries, conversations and
awards in order to explore the Yoruba identity, the contemporary Yoruba
experience in Nigeria and Africa and the richness of Yoruba culture in a
diverse modern world.
The mission of the Yoruba Film Festival (YFF) is to offer a platform
to promote outstanding films and videos that communicate positive,
appropriate and accurate images of Yoruba people; expose the richness of
the Yoruba historical and cultural heritage as preserved in films;
celebrate and appreciate the creativity, imagination and hardwork of the
Yoruba filmmakers; encourage filmmakers interaction and sharing of
knowledge on innovations and developments; to support the growth of
young, upwardly mobile and future Yoruba filmmakers; provide a forum for
festival audiences to engage filmmakers in open and robust dialogue.
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