KAFF Awards Show

3:00 PM – 5:30 PM

3rd Annual KHEM ANIMATION FILM FESTIVAL AWARDS CEREMONY 

Main Stage  

Featuring 50 films from 15 different countries. 

Feature Animated Film: The Best of KAFF 2020 Select

Town Crier (10:50) Nominated for Best Animated Film (Short) 2020

Majek is the founder of news station Town Crier, one of the most popular networks in Bafana city (a fictional city very similar to Lagos) popular for dishing out the controversial and wacky version of the news. After his company was acquired by the obnoxious Madam Kofo, everything goes to Mad Town… and stays there.

Join him, his dysfunctional colleagues and family as they redefine the African dream. (Nigeria) 

Somto Ajuluchukwu (Director)

Orange City (8:29) Nominated for Best Animated Film (Short) 2020  

Welcome to the city of Lagos and into the life of Neto Eze-Roberts a talented Afro-beat musician better known by his artist name Wahala, after a divine “Shady” intervention investment by his uncle Chief Obadike into his indie record label “Orange City Records” to kick start his music career, Wahala learns alongside his misfit dysfunctional friends /colleagues that the road to stardom isn’t as imagined but littered with fake celebrity lifestyles, thirsty psychopathic groupies, crooked policemen, shady entertainment executives and causal hit men turning up at your doorstep. What is the price of fame? What is the price of true happiness? (Nigeria)

Somto Ajuluchukwu (Director)

KAFF Judges: Dayveonne S. Bussey, Vonetta Reeves and Abdurraheem AbdulHakeem

Awards and Prizes for the following categories: Best Animated Short,  Best Film, 2D (Short), Best Film, 3D (Short), Best Student Film: High School/College (Short), Best Story, Best Sound, Best Music and Best Design.   

Special Performance by: 

Gail Campbell, a Elizabeth, NJ native, has released a highly anticipated debut album, “BLOODY WATERS.” Produced by Stanley Ipkiss.

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