The inaugural edition of the Lekki International Film Festival which concluded over the weekend with a gala/award ceremony saw leading Nigerian cinematographers Tade Ogidan and Lancelot Imasuen and three other film makers taking home the award plaques.

The other film makers are Cameroon’s Jude Fokwang a professor in Denver, USA, Balaraba Ramat Yakubu of Kano, also a younger sister of the late Nigerian Head of State Murtala Ramat Mohammed and Okhomina Joseph a film school student.

Imasuen’s new and yet to be released film 'Family First' made by graduates of Benin Film Academy received the 'Best Film Award' while Tade Ogidan’s film now running in the cinemas 'Gold Statue' won the Best Feature Film Award.

In another masterstroke, Benin Film Academy (BFA) production 'Depression', a short film Produced, directed and screened by all BFA graduates won the best short film.

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