The organisers of the prestigious African Movie Academy Awards, AMAA, have announced a partnership to grow the Nigerian and African film industry.
AMAA’s founder, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe announced that her platform has partnered with Nigeria’s pay-tv company, StarTimes to hold a unique film festival for short films.
According to her, the partnership will see short films airing from Mondays to Fridays on StarTimes leading channels like ST Nollywood Plus, ST Nollywood, and ST Yoruba between 4 PM and 6 PM among other offerings.
“I am happy to announce a new venture in the long-term partnership between AMAA and StarTimes. The two media and television companies have partnered to grow the Nigerian and African film industry through a film festival solely for short films,” Ms Anyiam-Osigwe began.
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“Our partnership will see short films airing from Mondays to Fridays on StarTimes leading channels like ST Nollywood Plus, ST Nollywood, and ST Yoruba between 4 PM and 6 PM among other offerings.
“This partnership is big to us because it enables us to grow the short film industry in Nigeria and across Africa. We are happy that StarTimes keyed into this journey with us to give opportunities to young and existing filmmakers.”
According to her, the festival will also include a competition of some of the best short films registered and winners will be rewarded with cash prizes of up to six thousand dollars.
“Already, we have begun a massive call for submission of entries from filmmakers, who specialise in or have short films. Entries can be submitted between March 20, 2022, and April 14, 2022.
“The festival will commence on April 25, 2022, and run for a whole month till May 25, 2022. All films will be shown on StarTimes channels for 90 days from the start of the festival,” she added.
