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8 REASONS YOU MUST BE AT AFFIF 2026!

Abuja, get ready! Three unforgettable days of powerful stories, extraordinary talent, bold ideas, and connections that could open new doors. AFFIF 2026 is where you need to be!

Here are 8 reasons not to miss it:

1. TRANSFORMATIVE CINEMA
Watch powerful, award-winning films that challenge perspectives, stir emotions, and inspire change.

2. ACTORS SHOWCASE
Bring your exceptional acting talent before industry professionals who can give your talent a boost.

3. IMPACT LAB & PITCH-A-THON
Bring your ideas, pitch your projects, meet industry professionals, and explore opportunities to develop stories that matter.

4. EU SHORT FILM COMPETITION GRAND FINALE
Celebrate outstanding short films, bold creativity, and emerging voices at this exciting competition finale.

5. INSIGHTFUL PANEL SESSIONS
Join thought-provoking conversations on Africa’s challenges, opportunities, and future through the power of storytelling.

6. THE WORLD PREMIERE OF THE QUIET SERIES
Be among the first to experience THE QUIET—a gripping series confronting realities we can no longer afford to ignore.

7. HDFA AT 15!
Celebrate 15 years of High Definition Film Academy & Studio and its contribution to developing filmmaking talent and nurturing the next generation of storytellers.

8. NETWORKING, CONNECTIONS & COLLABORATIONS
Meet filmmakers, actors, producers, NGOs, institutions, development partners, and fellow creatives. Your next big opportunity could begin with one conversation!

AFFIF 2026 — REIMAGINE AFRICA: STORYTELLING FOR TRANSFORMATION.

📅 October 28–30, 2026
📍 Silverbird Cinema, Central Business District, Abuja, Nigeria

🎟️ REGISTER NOW: www.affif.org/registration

Don't just hear about the experience. Don't wait for someone to tell you what you missed.

BE THERE. GET INSPIRED. MAKE CONNECTIONS. CREATE IMPACT!

Tag your crew and make plans to attend! 👇

#AFFIF2026 #ReimagineAfrica #TheQuietSeries #HDFAAt15 #AfricanCinema FilmsForImpact StorytellingForTransformation

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ACTORS SHOWCASE | AFFIF 2026

Your talent deserves a stage. Your next opportunity could be in the room.

The AFFIF Actors Showcase returns with maximum HEAT, BOLD, and BIGGER, connecting exceptional actors with filmmakers, casting directors, producers and industry professionals for performance, discovery and real opportunities.

Step onto the stage. Be seen. Be discovered.

📍 Silverbird Cinema, Abuja | October 28–30, 2026
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Register now at www.affif.org/registration

AFFIF 2026 — Reimagine Africa: Storytelling for Transformation

#AFFIF2026 #ActorsShowcase #AfricanActors #FilmIndustry #ReimagineAfrica StorytellingForTransformation
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Words fail us.
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It's hard to believe that this is it!
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Good Night brother, friend, mentor, and partner, journey well.

Looking forward to meeting you some day beyond the sky.
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Our condolences to your family.
May the peace of God that surpass all understanding, keep their Hearts and Mind.
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Je nke oma odogwu!

You will forever be remembered!

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AFFIF 2026 OFFICIAL SELECTION| WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR

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UPLIFTED directed by Alison Wong-Huchard, Karen Runde

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Water.

We drink it, cook with it, clean with it. We shower, swim, flush, and wash—often without a second thought. At the turn of a tap or the push of a button, water flows. So ever-present, we forget how vital it truly is. Yet for nearly one in four people globally, safe drinking water remains out of reach. In Kenya, climate change is deepening this crisis. Unpredictable rainfall, rising temperatures, and intensified droughts have made traditional water sources unreliable.

This short documentary tells the story of Kithangachini, a remote village in Kenya, where children walk three kilometers every day after school to fetch water from the river. Along the way, they face extreme heat, the threat of wild animals, and the risk of violence. The water is neither clean nor safe to drink.

But change is possible. Through unique local and global partnerships, specially designed water filters are brought and installed in the village schools—offering hope, safety, and a new future. This is the story of how clean water transformed a community and touched the lives of 854 students.

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AFFIF amplifies the voices and Impact of Human Right and Social Justice films.

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It's the Changemakers Film Festival.

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The 5th edition holds October 28-30, 2026 at Silverbird Cinemas, by Yar Adua Center, Abuja, Nigeria.

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Visit www.affif.org to Register for any of the programs.

For Partnership & INQUIRY
Email: affif.com.ng@gmail.com

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WHATSAPP/CALL
+2348037998414

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#AFFIF
#AFFIF2026
#FilmsForSocialChange
#BeTheChange
#FilmsForImpactFoundation

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AFFIF 2026 OFFICIAL SELECTION| WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR

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RHYTHM OF ANCESTORS- YORÙBÁ BÀTÁ directed by Abdulafiz Opeyemi Shittu @reelbymeeky

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The Rhythm of Ancestors: Yoruba Bàtá enters the world of the drummers who keep this ancient tradition alive. Through performances, intimate conversations, archival memories, and encounters with cultural custodians, the film explores the Bàtá’s place in Yoruba spirituality, identity, dance, and oral tradition. But beneath the music lies a pressing question: what happens to a tradition when fewer young people are learning to speak its language? As contemporary Nigerian music reaches audiences around the world, indigenous rhythms continue to influence the sounds of a new generation. Yet the cultural knowledge embedded within those rhythms can easily disappear if the traditions that created them are forgotten. Moving between the sacred, the communal, and the contemporary, the film becomes a meditation on memory and cultural survival. It celebrates the drummers preserving the voice of their ancestors while asking whether that voice will continue to be heard by generations yet to come. The Rhythm of Ancestors: Yoruba Bàtá is a journey into sound, identity, and the fragile space between inheritance and disappearance.

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AFFIF amplifies the voices and Impact of Human Right and Social Justice films.

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It's the Changemakers Film Festival.

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The 5th edition holds October 28-30, 2026 at Silverbird Cinemas, by Yar Adua Center, Abuja, Nigeria.

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Visit www.affif.org to Register for any of the programs.

For Partnership & Inquiry

Email: affif.com.ng@gmail.com

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WHATSAPP/CALL
+2348037998414

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#AFFIF
#AFFIF2026
#FilmsForSocialChange
#BeTheChange
#FilmsForImpactFoundation

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AFFIF 2026 OFFICIAL SELECTION| WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR
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DR MAJEK AND THE GHOST directed by Azubuike Duru @magiccarpetstudios_
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AFFIF amplifies the voices and Impact of Human Right and Social Justice films.
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It's the Changemakers Film Festival.
.
The 5th edition holds October 28-30, 2026 at Silverbird Cinemas, by Yar Adua Center, Abuja, Nigeria.
.
Visit www.affif.org to Register for any of the programs.

For Partnership & Inquiry
Email: affif.com.ng@gmail.com
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WHATSAPP/CALL
+2348037998414
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#AFFIF
#AFFIF2026
#FilmsForSocialChange
#BeTheChange
#FilmsForImpactFoundation

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AFFIF 2026 OFFICIAL SELECTION| WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR

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THE RED and THE GREY MATTER- A New Architecture in Africa directed by Willie Schumann @herrwillie

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For seven years filmmaker Willie Schumann and Rainer Traube followed the emerging scene of African architects, who dared to build with Raw Earth. A thermal active, climate neutral and traditional building material that almost vanished due to the influence of the global north. Within that time one of the main protagonists of the film Francis Kéré became the first African laureate of the Pritzker Prize, the Nobel Prize for architecture, and Ghanian Lesley Lokko curated the first mainly African themed Architecture Biennale in Venice.

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AFFIF amplifies the voices and Impact of Human Right and Social Justice films.

.

It's the Changemakers Film Festival.

.

The 5th edition holds October 28-30, 2026 at Silverbird Cinemas, by Yar Adua Center, Abuja, Nigeria.

.

Visit www.affif.org to Register for any of the programs.

For Partnership & Inquiry

Email: affif.com.ng@gmail.com

.

WHATSAPP/CALL

+2348037998414

.

#AFFIF

#AFFIF2026

#FilmsForSocialChange

#BeTheChange

#FilmsForImpactFoundation

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AFFIF 2026 OFFICIAL SELECTION| WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR

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KWA MAMA directed by Yash Yajnik

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After spending a long day hustling across the unforgiving streets of Nairobi to earn a few coins, a young street boy’s true motivation is revealed, he isn’t surviving for himself, but to see his mother.

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AFFIF amplifies the voices and Impact of Human Right and Social Justice films.

.

It's the Changemakers Film Festival.

.

The 5th edition holds October 28-30, 2026 at Silverbird Cinemas, by Yar Adua Center, Abuja, Nigeria.

.

Visit www.affif.org to Register for any of the programs.

For Partnership & Inquiry

Email: affif.com.ng@gmail.com

.

WHATSAPP/CALL

+2348037998414

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#AFFIF

#AFFIF2026

#FilmsForSocialChange

#BeTheChange

#FilmsForImpactFoundation

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AFFIF 2026 OFFICIAL SELECTION |WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR

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COEXISTENCE directed by Francisco María Galeazzi @francisco.galeazzi

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Coexistence (12 min, 2025) follows Kay, a woman who has spent five years caring for orphaned elephants in Botswana — home to the largest elephant population on Earth. In a conservation world still dominated by men, her quiet persistence becomes an act of both care and resistance.

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AFFIF amplifies the voices and impact of Human Right and Social Justice films.

.
It's the Changemakers Film Festival.

.

The 5th edition holds October 28-30, 2026 at Silverbird Cinemas, by Yar Adua Center, Abuja, Nigeria.

.

Visit www.affif.org to Register for any of the programs.

For Partnership & Inquiry

Email: affif.com.ng@gmail.com

.

WHATSAPP/CALL

+2348037998414

.

#AFFIF

#AFFIF2026

#FilmsForSocialChange

#BeTheChange

#FilmsForImpactFoundation

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AFFIF 2026 OFFICIAL SELECTION| A WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR

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LET’S SHARE A CUP OF DOODH PATTI CHAI directed by Brian Hung

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After the family of three moved into the community, the middle-aged unemployed father Chris went into business with an Indian partner; the high school daughter Wing Yan met Elem, an asylum seeker from Africa and became friends with him. Recalling the racial stereotypes formed while living in Guangzhou, the mother Erica feels anxious and uneasy over what is happening here...The film is funded by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council.

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AFFIF amplifies the voices and Impact of Human Right and Social Justice films.

.
It's the Changemakers Film Festival.

.

The 5th edition holds October 28-30, 2026 at Silverbird Cinemas, by Yar Adua Center, Abuja, Nigeria.

.

Visit www.affif.org to Register for any of the programs.

For Partnership & Inquiry

Email: affif.com.ng@gmail.com

.

WHATSAPP/CALL

+2348037998414

.

#AFFIF
#AFFIF2026

#FilmsForSocialChange

#BeTheChange

#FilmsForImpactFoundation

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AFFIF 2026 OFFICIAL SELECTION| A WORD FROM THE DIRECTOR
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A RETURN TO THE LAND directed by Lauren Groenewald
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Return to the Land is a powerful, story-driven short film that invites young people—especially in rural settings—to reimagine farming as a bold, entrepreneurial, and meaningful path forward. Set in the agricultural heartlands of Kasungu and Ntchisi in Malawi, the film follows the real-life journeys of Joseph Banda, Wenyani Chirwa, and Briget Maxwell—three inspiring youth who are reclaiming land, identity, and their futures through sustainable farming. While rooted in agriculture, the film reflects more deeply on the meaning of land in Africa, the complex realities rural youth face, and the resilience it takes to carve out a future with limited resources but limitless potential. It challenges gender norms, celebrates intergenerational knowledge, and invites new conversations about business, community, and change from the ground up
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AFFIF amplifies the voices and Impact of Human Right and Social Justice films.
.
It's the Changemakers Film Festival.
.
The 5th edition holds October 28-30, 2026 at Silverbird Cinemas, by Yar Adua Center, Abuja, Nigeria.
.
Visit www.affif.org to Register for any of the programs.

For Partnership & Inquiry
Email: affif.com.ng@gmail.com
.
WHATSAPP/CALL
+2348037998414
.
#AFFIF
#AFFIF2026
#FilmsForSocialChange
#BeTheChange
#FilmsForImpactFoundation

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