Nile International Film Festival Being Held

Wednesday, 07 November 2012 21:19 Meron The 'Colors of the Nile International Film Festival', organized by the collaboration of the Ethiopian Film Makers Association and the Blue Nile Film and Television Academy is being held in Ethiopia between the 7th and the 11th of November.The festival is going to include a range of activities and training opportunities according to Abraham Haile, President of the Festival. A range of workshops designed to develop the talents of Ethiopian filmmakers will also be part of the festival he said.It is expected that 28 African countries will be represented in the 58 selected movies that will be a part of the festival. The festival was opened by the Alan Gomez film ‘Tey’ which has already won different awards at several international festivals.The festival will place films in competition in different categories such ‘Documentary’, ‘long Story’ and ‘Short Story’ said Abraham.The Ethiopian film ‘Yelomi Shita’ is one of the films nominated in the ‘Long Story’ category. ‘Yeberew Wileta’ and Psychology 101 are other films nominated in different categories. The biggest award offered by the festival ‘The Great Nile Award’ will be presented to directors. Amongst the nominees selected for this award are Abdulaziz Sesin and Andrew Dosunmu. Source: Ethiopian Press Agency