Film Premiere: African Metropolis at Nigerian Film Corporation, November 29, 3 PM

Goethe Institut Nigeria hosts the film premiere of African Metropolis, a compliation of six short films shot in six different major African cities. The films from Abidjan, Cairo, Dakar, Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi tell urban tales about life in African metropolises. Over fifty percent of the continent’s total population now live in cities and vital urban cultures are forming and transforming – fast, and with growing complexity. In African cinema, the shift is towards urban stories, with less focus on the traditional, rural Africa that dominated in the past.

The African Metropolis Short Film Project is an initiative of the Goethe-Institut South Africa and executive producer Steven Markovitz, with support from Guaranty Trust Bank and the Hubert Bals Fund of International FilmFestival Rotterdam. The Lagos Premiere is in continuation of the monthly film screenings held in collaboration with the Lagos Film Society and the Nigerian Film Corporation, Lagos. This event is free and open to the public.

Date: November 29, 2014, 3 PM

Address: Old Film Unit, Nigerian Film Corporation, Ikoyi Road Obalende, Lagos