Nollywood Hits Glasgow And Edinburgh As Part BFI Black Stars

By Africa In Motion

Africa in Motion Film Festival is Scotland’s major annual celebration of African cinema, and is delighted to return this year to celebrate eleven years of bringing you inspiring, thought-provoking and creative cinema from the African continent. During this year’s programme they will be hosting two Nigerian red carpet premieres as part of the BFI Black Stars programme.

Glamourous, red carpet premieres will showcase the latest films from three of the most highly acclaimed Nollywood filmmakers. These include, Kunle Afolayan who will present his latest film, The CEO, that follows five top-level managers from who are selected from across Africa for a retreat where the new CEO of a global company will be chosen. This will be screened alongside Ishaya Bako’s latest film The Road to Yesterday (staring Genevieve Nnaji). Both of these films will be screened as part of a red-carpet double bill held in the Corinthian Club, Glasgow.

Nigerian-Scottish filmmaker, Olumide Fadeyibi, will premiere his film The Champagne Room in Edinburgh. This film combines real life experiences of domestic violence, child abuse, human trafficking, forced marriages, immigration and drug crime in Glasgow.

These screenings are all part of the BFI’s Black Star season, a celebration on the range, versatility and power of black actors on film and television. Black Stars provides a meaningful and high-profile platform for audiences to explore a galaxy of black actors. For more information on the Black Stars season please go to: bfi.org.uk/blackstar

See more information on the programme of events here:

The Champagne Room, Bedlam Theatre, Sun 30 Oct, 7.30pm: http://www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/programme/edinburgh/?eid=71

Red Carpet Premiere Double Bill, The Corinthian Club, Sun 6 Nov, 191 Ingram Street, 5-10.30pm, for more information see here: http://www.africa-in-motion.org.uk/programme/glasgow/?eid=97

Africa in Motion is an audience-based festival, founded in 2006 by African film researcher Lizelle Bisschoff. The main aims of the festival have been, since its inception, to introduce Scottish audiences to the brilliance of African cinema and to overcome the under-representation and marginalisation of African film in British film-going culture.