Wole Soyinka’s Legacy Illuminated at iREP Documentary Film Festival 2024.
The stage is set for an electrifying showcase of documentary filmmaking and cultural celebration as the iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival (iREP) returns for its 14th edition. From March 21st to 24th, Lagos will be the vibrant epicenter of cinematic exploration, networking, and thought-provoking discussions…
iREP 2023: Documenting the Underserved: Agenda for Nigeria 2023.
The 13th iRepresent International Documentary Film Festival, which has held traditionally in the third week of March every year, is slated for March 16-19. This is within the election season which starts with the Presidential and National Assembly polls on February 25 and, the Governorship…
Veteran Nigerian Film Makers showcase films at IREP International Film Festival 2019
Over 50 films will be screened in the course of the festival; carefully curated from over 100 submissions by local and international filmmakers. Films came in from nearly all parts of Africa and the Diaspora. Remarkably, more films were submitted this year by Nigerian (Nigeria-based)…
IREP International Documentary 2019 Gets Bigger for its 9th Edition in Lagos.
The 2019 iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival is the ninth edition of the popular annual festival, which is the biggest on the West African coast and it is scheduled to hold from Thursday 21st to Sunday 24th March 2019, at Freedom Park, Broad Street, Lagos,…
Over 60 Documentary Films to be screened at IREP Film Festival in Lagos.
March 22-25, documentary filmmakers and enthusiasts from around Africa and parts of Europe and the West, will converge on Lagos for the 2018 edition of the yearly I-Rep International Documentary Film Festival.Produced by the Foundation for the Development of Documentary Film Festival in Africa,the festival…
‘iREP is a film festival with a heart’ Jihan El-Tahri
The 2017 edition of iREP international film festival was opened yesterday, March 15, 2017 at the Amphi-theatre in Freedom Park, Lagos. Tagged, Archiving Africa, this year’s edition of the festival will feature short films and documentaries which tell stories of the past of Africa. All…
‘We Are the Response…Documentary as a Development Ideology’ –Femi Odugbemi
In 2010 Makin Soyinka, Jahman Anikulapo and I founded the I-Represent international documentary film festival in Lagos. Since then, We have made some progress making a case for rebuilding a vibrant documentary cinema culture in Nigeria. Our annual documentary festival has screened over 250 films…
iREP International Film Festival Presents 2017 Theme “ARCHIVING AFRICA.”
Now in its 7th edition, the iREP International Documentary film festival over the years has turned out so well to inspire the sobriquet of being the holy “Mecca” for documentary film makers all over the world. With a wide spectrum of audience drawn from the…
Lagos@50 Launches “Lagos under the Lens” Celebrating the Lagos Historical Narrative
The directorate of the Lagos@50 Creative Task Force launches Lagos Under the Lens — the film component of the on-going celebration of LAGOS AT 50 (May2016-May2017). Designed to provide opportunity for the motion picture industry to also celebrate Lagos State as hub and capital…
Femi Odugbemi- ‘Your Project is a reflection of who you are’
At the Arterial Network Cultural Management Programme, tagged Project Management Review, which was held at the British Council Lagos, on the 3rd of August 2016, Femi Odugbemi who was a guest facilitator told participants that their projects were a reflection of who they are. Mr….