In its official statement, the jury noted: “We’re pleased to give the SIFF New Directors Grand Jury Prize to Eyimofe (This Is My Desire). xIt has also garnered several festival awards, including ‘Winner, Best Fiction, New Filmmakers’ at the São Paulo International Film Festival (Brazil), and Winner, Achilles Valdosta Award at the Torino Film Festival (Italy). Since its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival last year, Eyimofe has been selected for different international festivals, including Indie Lisboa International Film Festival in Portugal, BFI London Film Festival in the UK, Mostra Sao Paolo International Film Festival in Brazil, Cinecitta International Film Festival (CIFF) in the Netherlands, Valladolid International Film Festival in Spain, The Viennale in Austria, GRAMNet Film Series in Scotland and Sharjah Film Platform Festival in UAE. Other festivals include Vancouver International Film Festival in Canada, AFI Film Festival in the USA, Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Greece, New Horizons International Film Festival in Poland, Torino Film Festival in Italy, Hainan Island International Film Festival (HIFF) in China, and Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF) in Egypt. With the recent festival selections, Eyimofe has now been exposed to festival audiences in over 20 countries – representing Nigeria everywhere it travels to.

Source: The Guardian April 19, 2021 03:45 UTC