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The Festival
A curated showcase of new cinema and screen work from Nigeria, Africa and its diaspora — premieres, screenings and conversations rooted in our realities, open to the world.
“Rooted in our stories, open to the world.”
Prologue — The Word
Every story is a world we agree to enter.
ÌTÀN — The Screen Gathering & Awards is a new home for those worlds: a festival to watch them, a summit to build their business, and an award to honour their makers. The first edition is being crafted now.
ÌtÀn noun
/ì.tÀn/ — Yoruba
- 1 a story; a tale told.
- 2 history; that which is told and kept.
“Story lives in us.”
The Gatherings
One gathering, three movements.
Three movements of the same story — watched, worked and honoured — held together over a gathering of the industry’s storytellers, builders and audience.
Build
The Summit
The industry’s working days: keynotes, panels and deal rooms on funding, distribution, policy and technology — where the business of story gets done.
“Many stories, one humanity.”
Honour
The Awards
One night, one stage: the ÌTÀN statuette presented to the year’s finest craft and courage on screen — before the industry, its makers and its audience.
“Stories. People. Possibilities.”
Dates · Venue · Submissions — announced here first
The Award
A statuette for the keepers of story.
Cast in bronze and story: a figure rising from pattern into light, the way a face rises from a tale half-remembered. It is given to work that carries ÌtÀn forward — and it leaves the room with its own story attached.
The categories, jury and nomination windows for the first edition will be announced with the full programme.
Stories · People · PossibilitiesThe Film
Watch the announcement.
The ÌTÀN ident, as it was meant to be seen — with sound on.
ÌTÀN — announcementFull programme film premieres here
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