Coal City Film Festival

Coal City Film Festival celebrates the originality of African cinematic expressions in the city that arguably gave birth to Nollywood as we know it today. Enugu State Nigeria has played an integral role in hosting early filmmakers and provided locations in the beginning days of the largest film industry in Africa and has continued to do so; what other way to pay the state back, then assembling filmmakers from all over the world annually to this tourist city with so much historical and archeological significance to Nigeria and Africa as a whole.
The Festival is an Okike Media initiative with the goal of serving as the gateway to the heart of tourist potentials of South East Nigeria.
CCFF is proud to provide activities that foster an appreciation of the art of film as well as educate local and regional filmmakers, students of film, the broader arts community, and the general public. It’s an opportunity for independent filmmakers and the art community at large to celebrate the beauty of the art of cinema.
Film Screenings
The Festival strives to showcase the best of African films and some selected foreign films submitted each year to festival attendants and create a platform for independent filmmakers to show their skills to potential investors and collaborators. It targets films with rich cultural diversity themes and well told stories.
Beginning/Master Classes
There will be classes for both filmmakers that are beginners and master class for industry delegates. The beginners class will some selected talents empowered to make films and tell good stories through a collaborative efforts of the festival, the promoters, Okike Media and partners.
Tourism/Visitations
One of the core essences of the festival is to show the entire world the tourist potentials of coal city and all other states that surround it. Hence, during the programme, selected delegates will be taking on a tour session to visit some key tourist potentials of the host community and also pay visits to the leaders of the community hosting the festival.
Networking
Coal City Film Festival offers and opportunity for filmmakers from across Africa and beyond to network and share production ideas, thereby forging partnerships beyond the festival. The festival hopes to become the biggest platform for African art community to gather annually to network and share common values.
Awards
The festival will offer awards in the following categories: Best Feature Film, Best Short Film, Best Documentary, Best Student/Experimental Film, Best Animation Film, Overall Best Director, Overall Best Actor, Overall Best Actress, Overall Best Supporting Actor, Overall Best Supporting Actress, Nigeria Best Film
Party after Party
It is going to be a good time to party in the city that is otherwise called 042, a city that boosts of everything that makes party worthwhile. There will be fun as we are going to party after party.