Joke Silva-Jacobs, Stephanie Linus, Kunle Afolayan and Saint Obi were among the top Nollywood stars and other celebrities who graced the Thursday morning launch of the Afrinolly Short Film Competition at the Southern Sun Hotel in Ikoyi, Lagos. Other notable stakeholders at the event included Peace Anyiam Osigwe, CEO of Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Emeka Mba, immediate past Director-General of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Femi Odugbemi with Makin Soyinka, Founders and Directors of iREP International Documentary Film Festival, Victor Okhai, Founder/Festival Director of In-Short International Film Festival, Hope Obioma Opara, President of Eko International Film Festival, Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Founder/Festival Director of Eko International Film Festival, Marc-André Schmachtel, Director of the Goethe-Institut, Idy Enang, Kolawole Oyeyemi, General Manager (Consumer Marketing) of MTN Nigeria and Lanre Aina of Google.

The competition will target over 1,000 film-makers across Africa and the winners will receive rewards valued at $100,000 (in cash and kind). Top participants will be granted opportunity to sign online distribution and content publishing deals with Afrinolly.

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