| Location: | Lagos |
| Country: | Nigeria |
| Established: | 2011 |
| Founders: | Ugoma Adegoke |
Lights, Camera, Africa! is a film festival which has been held annually in Lagos since 2011.
The festival was established by Ugoma Adegoke.[1] Hosted by The Life House, the inaugural Lights, Camera, Africa! was supported by New York's African Film Festival, Inc. and ran for three days, from 30 September – 2 October 2011.[2]
| Edition | Dates | Venue | Theme | Films shown | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 30 September – 2 October 2011[3] | The Life House | A History of Independence; AVA; Burning in the Sun; Clouds Over Conakry; ; Epilogue; One Small Step; One Way Touareg; Pumzi; Sex, Okra and Salted Butter; Soul Boy; The Lunatic; White Wedding; Ousmane | ||
| 2nd | 28 September – 1 October 2012[4] | British Council, Southern Sun Hotel and Freedom Park | Shine Your Eye | Big Man; Call Me Kuchu; Dr. Cruel; Driving With Fanon; Man on Ground; Stadium Hotel; Yoolé; Where Do I Stand; Saworoide; Our Beloved Sudan; NAIJ, A History of Nigeria | |
| 3rd | 28 September – 1 October 2013[5] | Wheatbaker, British Council, Southern Sun Hotel, and Freedom Park | Great Migrations | Alaskaland; Black Africa White Marble; Confusion Na Wa; Congolese Dreams; Creation in Exile: Five filmmakers in conversation; Fela! in Lagos; Fincho; Footprints of my Other; Fuelling Poverty; Koukan Kourcia / The Cry of the Turtledoves; La Pirogue; The Marriage Factor; Microphone; Mugabe: Villain or Hero?; Olu Amoda: A Metallic Journey; An Oversimplification of Her Beauty; The Pilot and the Passenger; Pokou Ashanti Princess; RasTa | A Soul's Journey; Rolling Dollar: a Legend Unplugged; The Stuart Hall Project |
| 4th | 26 September – 1 October 2014[6] [7] | Federal Palace Hotel | Legacy | Over 30 movies from 14 countries, including: Oya, the Rise of the Orisha; The Supreme Prize; Beleh; Boneshaker; Ududeagu; Legends of Madagascar; Kwaku Ananse; Onunaekwuluora: The Legacy of Professor Thurstan Shaw; B for Boy; Sexy Money; Aya of Yop City; Coz Ov Moni 2; October 1. | |
| 5th | 30 September – 4 October 2015[8] | Federal Palace Hotel | Future Forward | The Art of Ama Aida Aidoo; Beasts of the Southern Wild; Black Africa White Marble; Beat Girls; The Curse of Medea; Eighteam; Faaji Agba; Finding Fela; Gone Too Far; Horn Free Day; Head Gone; Henna; The Legacy of Rubies; Mr Adams; Nollywood; Olu Amoda: A Metallic Journey; Once; Prey; Saworoide; Sex, Okra and Salted Butter; The Sim; Sobukwe: A Great Soul; Soko Sanko / The Market King; Timbuktu; White Wedding | |
| 6th | 30 September – 2 October 2016[9] [10] | Federal Palace Hotel | Music Makes the People | Akounak Tedalat Taha Tazoughi; Anton; Biodun Olaku: Nigerian Painter; Cholo; Destino; Gidi Blues; House Of Nwapa; I Shot Bi Kidude; In the Eye of the Spiral; Intore / The Chosen; Lagos: The Birth Of A City Of Style; Miniyamba / Walking Blues; No Good Turn; New York I Love You; Olive; Too Black to be French?; Towards Tenderness; The Amazing Nina Simone; The Other Side of the Atlantic; The Return; The Sense of Touch; Tunde | |
| 7th | 29 September – 1 October 2017[11] | Federal Palace Hotel | Reset | 80; Afia Attack; The Aftermath of the Inauguration of the Public Toilet at Kilometer 375; Akatakpo! | The Legend of Tony Odili; Bad Market; Bariga Sugar; Borders; A Hotel Called Memory; I Heard it Through The Grapevine; Kalushi; Kanye Kanye; Madama Esther; Omode Meta Nsere; An Opera of the World; A Place for Myself; Shadeism: Digging Deeper; Vaya |
| 8th | 28–30 September 2018[12] [13] [14] | Muson Centre | Who Do You Think You Are? | Agwaetiti Obiuto; Asmat; Baby Mamas; Cafe of Dreams; The Delivery Boy; Granma; Hidden Treasures; Ignorance of Blood; Iko Ndu; Kasala!; Lagos: The birth of a city of style 1861-1967; Negritude: A Dialogue Between Wole Soyinka and Senghor; The Lost Cafe; Lucky; Our Africa; Sidi Ilujinie; Town Crier; U ME I; Zerzura | |
| 9th | 27–29 September 2019[15] [16] | Muson Centre | Tales By Moonlight | About Love; Call Me By My Name; Company Yaya; Daughters of Chibok; A Gender; A Kalabanda Ate My Homework; Land of Gods; My Friend Fela; Ogbu-Oja Eze; Orange City; Ordinary Fellows; The Lost Okoroshi; Wall Flower; Wrong Con; Awon Boyz; Damas Nwoko; |