AFRIFF 2023 UNVEILS STELLAR JURY FOR AN EXCEPTIONAL YEAR IN AFRICAN STORYTELLING

…They Cloned Tyrone producer, Stephen ‘Dr.’ Love to serve as jury president

Lagos, October 27, 2023 

The Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) has announced jury members for its 12th edition, scheduled for November 5 to 11, 2023 in Lagos, Nigeria. After receiving over 2,000 films from more than 100 countries across 5 continents during its call for submission, the jury has selected over 100 films, and are now tasked with issuing their choice of finalists for AFRIFF Globe Awards. The jury composition, a study in excellence in global filmmaking and expertise in the African film business is headlined by Stephen ‘Dr.’ Love, producer of one of Netflix most viewed movie of the year, They Cloned Tyrone, with Nigerian-British actor John Boyega in the lead, veteran US actor, Jamie Foxx (Ray, Django Unchained) and Juilliard-graduate, Teyonah Parris (Chi-Raq, Candyman).

Stephen ‘Dr.’ Love is joined by Emmy-nominated Nigerian-British writer-producer Abby Ajayi (How to get Away with Murder, Inventing Anna); Nigerian film producer Greg Otudayo; Zimbabwean award-winning author and winner of 2023 African Peace Prize, Tsitsi Dangarembga; and Lebanese-French actress and director Wafa’a Céline Halawi. Others include Geneva Wasserman, Entertainment and technology expert and SVP of Scripted Development at Dentsu, the Japanese media juggernaut, Cuban-American film producer and Afro-Latino voices in film mentor, Ranada Shepard; renowned Hollywood producer and Head of Inventions Studios, Nicholas Weinstock; multi-talented film acquisition expert and Head of content at MultiChoice, Busola Tejumola; Nollywood royalty and seasoned actress Kate Henshaw, and Nigerian economist and filmmaker Desmond Elliott.