The maiden version of the Jap Nigeria Worldwide Movie Pageant (ENIFF) Nigeria was held nearly from Wednesday, November 4th, to Saturday, November seventh, 2020.
This primary version of the movie competition began with a gap ceremony hosted by radio presenter and actor, Lorenzo Menakaya.
The spotlight of the opening ceremony was the breaking of kolanut carried out by the veteran actor and broadcaster, Chief Pete Edochie, MON.
ENIFF founders and administrators, Ujuaku Akukwe-Nwakalor and Chris Odili, mentioned that 3101 movies have been submitted from 131 nations for this maiden version. 40 movies from 22 nations screened this 12 months together with the American Oscar Award profitable movie, “Pores and skin”, the South African documentary “A New Nation” which was the opening movie and Mexican masterpiece “ANYA”, which was the closing movie.
There have been trade periods tagged “Concepts @ ENIFF” by Nollywood veteran Pete Edochie, British-Canadian Actor Mark Holden, African movie curator Nadia Denton, Serial entrepreneur Obi Asika, digital strategist Yvonne Chioma Mbanefo and South African artist, Bandile Koketso Mbuli. Totally different classes of awards have been offered on the closing ceremony, as determined by the jury headed by movie scholar, Dr. Ezinne Ezepue.
The ENIFF 2020 Award winners are:
Greatest Animation
Gon, the Little Fox -Japan
Greatest Documentary Quick
Sundown in Makoko -Nigeria
Greatest Documentary Characteristic
Bassil’ora – Italy
Greatest Narrative Quick
Pores and skin – United States
Greatest Nigerian Movie
Blue
Greatest Narrative Characteristic
Anya – Mexico
Greatest Feminine Efficiency
María Fernanda Tovar (Anya) – Mexico
Greatest Male Efficiency
Anish Gosavi (Tak-Tak) – India
Greatest Director
Mika Johnson (Confessions of a Field Man) – Czech Republic (WINNER)
Greatest Movie
Pores and skin–United States
Particular Jury Prize
Two Autumns in Paris – Venezuela
Viewers Selection Award
Journey to Kenya – Sudan.