Organizers of the Rivers State International Film Festival say 2,230 submissions from 172 countries have been received for this year’s event.
Founder of the festival, Kate Ezeigbo disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Port Harcourt.
According to her, the development explains the possible socio-cultural relationship that can exist between Rivers State by extension Nigeria and all of these countries.
“Last year, we received 582 films from 82 countries. This year, we are proud to announce that we have about 2,230 submissions from 172 countries, including major entries from the United States and India.”
“It was difficult to select movies to contest in the forth coming festival taking place between October 24 and-27, because they were too many beautiful and competitive movies,”
The film festival is to run from October 24 to 27 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
