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Africa & I, Ayinla win at PAFF

Africa & I

African films Africa & I and Ayinla have emerged winners at the recent Pan African Film & Arts Festival (PAFF) in Los Angeles.

South African documentary Africa & I (1×90’), directed by Othmane Zolati and Chris Green (Chasing the Sun), follows 20-year-old adventurer Zolati who spent four years walking, cycling and skateboarding his way south through Africa, from Morocco to Cape Town.

The film is produced by Cape Town prodco Both Worlds Pictures (Puppet Nation ZA, Recipes for Love & Murder), in partnership with MultiChoice-owned African streamer Showmax and the National Film & Video Foundation of South Africa. Worldwide sales of Africa & I are handled by Big Media (US) and Paradoxal (France).

Ayinla, directed by Nigerian filmmaker Tunde Kelani, tells the story of Nigerian musician Ayinla Omowura, who used Apala music to address issues in contemporary society, commending and criticising various governmental and individual acts.

Sponsored by the First Bank of Nigeria and distributed by FilmOne (Nigeria), Ayinla will debut soon on Netflix.

At PAFF, the 30th edition of which concluded on May 2, Africa & I won in the Best First Feature Documentary category, while Ayinla took home the Programmers’ Award: Narrative Feature.

On Instagram, Kelani said: “Congratulations to our talents, crew, executive producers, producers, and our rep team in Los Angeles and Pakistan. Thanks and God’s blessings.”

PAFF is a non-profit corporation in Los Angeles that states its goal is to promote cultural understanding among peoples of African descent through exhibiting art and film.

The full list of PAFF 2022 award winner can be found here.

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Tunde Kelani movie Ayinla to hit cinemas

Internationally acclaimed African filmmaker Tunde Kelani’s latest movie Ayinla will be released in Nigerian cinemas on June 18.

Tunde Kelani

Ayinla is inspired by the life and times of Apala music superstar Ayinla Omowura, who was born in Itoko, Abeokuta in Nigeria in 1933.

The movie is produced by Jade Osiberu, directed by Kelani and its cast includes Bimbo Ademoye, Kunle Afolayan, Bimbo Manuel and Mr Macaroni.

Kelani said on Instagram: “The Almighty spoke to me, I am now giving thanks. Ayinla the movie finally in cinemas from June 18, 2021. I can’t wait for you all to see it.”

The movie is sponsored by First Bank of Nigeria and distributed by Film One Entertainment.

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