Hilarious Moments From The AFRIFF Globe Awards
After a week-long period of activities, the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) came to a close with the Globe Awards at the plush Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lekki Lagos. Filmmakers and festival faithful gathered for a night to celebrate excellence in filmmaking and storytelling.
The annual film festival was sponsored by ICT powerhouse MTN Nigeria as part of its strategy to support the growth of local digital content creation and distribution and the mobile telecommunications company apart from providing VR/gaming stations for guests at the festival, also live-streamed the award night so fans could be part of the exclusive awards ceremony from any part of the world.
The night was not without some drama of course and in this piece, we take a look at some of the top moments from the showcase:
Yinka Davies’s Opening Piece: It was a night to celebrate filmmaking and breathtaking performances and veteran thespian Yinka Davies did not disappoint as she opened with a stellar performance of the Nigerian national anthem accompanied by an exuberant dance sequence from a troupe.
Nonso Bassey’s rendition of Purple Rain: When Actor/Singer, Nonso Bassey climbed upstage and asked the audience to do a singalong of the famous Super Story theme song, most people thought that was all his performance was all about. But then the La Femme Anjola star switched things up when he performed the cult classic Purple Rain to the surprise and admiration of fans.
Deyemi & Kate Henshaw Kissing on Stage: For all we know, these two were probably rehearsing for a reprise of their roles in Blood Sisters wherein Kate Henshaw shared an unsettling kiss with her son Deyemi Okanlawon. As Bovi said though, they are both professionals so nothing to see here… or is there?
Jude Idada Copping the Biggest Award of the Night: First-time director Jude Idada did not hide his excitement as his feature film Kofa won the prized Best Feature film award. The prolific author could not stop thanking his cast and crew as his film picked up three awards in total including Best Screenplay and Best Actor for Daniel Etim-Effiong.
MI’s Closing Act: MI’s brilliance as an artiste has never been in doubt and when the Anoti rapper got on stage to close things at the Globe Awards, he reminded fans once again why he is called Mr Incredible. We see what you did there MI, Action film was the perfect song to wrap up a film festival.
You can watch the entire award ceremony here on the Youtube page of AFRIFF’s sponsor, MTN Nigeria
