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A MESSAGE FROM THE 2018 RTF PRODUCER

Ronya Mangertzman, #RTF2018 Producer

IT'S #RTF2018

RTF 2018 promises to be exceptional!

I specially look forward to the REALTIME FILM CHALLENGE that would witness filmmakers from around the world, working within a limited time frame to produce a short film that MUST have good PICTURE, AUDIO and OVERALL PRODUCTION VALUE

Did i forget to mention that the Films must be Artistic?
To participate in the REALTIME FILM CHALLENGE, follow the link below:
REALTIME FILM CHALLENGE REGISTRATION

Ronya Man is the initiator of ‘Actingout’ - A Platform for showcasing talent, learning and networking, designed for
actors, producers and directors, operating in Lagos and beyond.
Her passion leads her to act in all fields of performing arts as a mentor and as director and producer.
She is an actress, director, singer-songwriter, acting coach
and vocal trainer educated in all fields and with an
experience of over a decade in theatre arts.

A MESSAGE FROM THE 2018 RTF ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

STANLEE OHIKHUARE - #RTF2018 Artistic Director

RTF 2018 promises to be exceptional!

As a trained Fine Artist, nothing delights me more than to have the opportunity to interweave the Fine and Creative Arts into the schedule of #rtf2018.
This year, in partnership with the Society of Nigerian Artists, Nike Art Gallery, Yaba College of Technology and the Comic Republic; we are excited to announce that RTF 2018 will be the "Most Artistic" experience in an African Film Festival ever!
Brace Up!

To participate in the ART EXHIBITION, ART STAMPEDE and FASHION SHOW during #rtf2018 follow the link below:

REALTIME ART STORM REGISTRATION

STANLEE OHIKHUARE

Stanlee Ohikhuare is an Artistic Filmmaker. He is a SURREALIST and his works exude audacious fantasy with a measurable degree of artistic juxtaposition.
Stanlee has won over 40 Local and International Awards for his movies so far.

GET TO MEET SOME OF THE FILMMAKERS ATTENDING #RTF2018

WATCH THE RTF VIDEO OVERVIEW BELOW

Welcome to the 3rd edition of the Realtime International Film Festival (RTF)

Our Festival Catalogue Theme for 2018 is "STORIES THAT TOUCH" while the Festival Program theme is "BASELINE"

Our goal is “to build a truly International, all - inclusive and remotely accessible Film Festival”.
Our corporate VISION is “to become the biggest and most acclaimed technology – driven, remotely accessible Festival in Africa with a keen interest in Cultural & Creative Arts".
Our MISSION is to champion an Artistic baseline where equity and openness is enhanced among Creative Artists, Filmmakers & Film Enthusiasts; in other words, a platform "Where everyone feels equal"

'Our LANGUAGE is "ART", our MEDIUM is "TECHNOLOGY" and we celebrate the "HUMAN TALENTS" responsible for churning out "ARTISTIC FILMS"

The Festival accepts entries from filmmakers across the world without discrimination. We also offer waivers for submission fees to filmmakers from countries like Iran, Pakistan and others who can't pay for submissions due to limitations caused by sanctions imposed on their countries.
We celebrate the FILMS and their MAKERS. We also celebrate and expose current TECHNOLOGIES that affect the art of film making. That's our focus hence, we do not seek to be the most glamorous Festival, but rather, our desire is to be known for being the Most Innovative, Eco friendly and Technology attentive Festival in Africa that attracts the world!
During our inaugural edition, we had over 800 submissions from 80 countries out of which 60 films from 25 countries were screened. Our Festival Catalogue Theme for 2016 was "EMOTIONS" while our Festival Program Theme was "INNOVATIVE TECHNICAL CONVERSATIONS"
Our Festival Catalogue Theme for 2017 was "HUMANITY" while our Festival Program Theme was “EXTENSIVE PRODUCTION CONVERSATIONS”

Submissions for the 2018 edition are being processed at the moment and the Festival Catalogue Theme for 2018 is "STORIES THAT TOUCH" while the Festival Program theme is "BASELINE"

2018 OFFICIAL SELECTIONS

See the full list of SELECTED FILMS for the 2018 edition here

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THE RTF 2018 HEADS OF SELECTION

ALESSANDRO JEDLOWSKI - Head of Jury

ALLESANDRO JEDLOWSKI

Alessandro Jedlowski is a Belgian Scientific Research Fund post-doctoral fellow in anthropology of media at the University of Liège (Belgium) and a member of the Centre for the Study of Contemporary Africa of the University of Naples "L'Orientale" (Italy). His main research interests include African cinema, contemporary African visual arts, media and migration, the economy and politics of cultural production in Africa, piracy and informality in African media industries. He conducted research projects in Nigeria, the Republic of Congo, Senegal, Ethiopia and Côte d'Ivoire. He worked as a lecturer at the University of Rome “La Sapienza” (Italy), the University of Liège (Belgium), and the University of Turin (Italy) and presented research papers in several universities across Europe, Africa and North America including the University of Oxford (UK), Columbia University (USA), King’s College (London, UK), the EHESS (Paris, France), the Swimburne Institute of Technology (Melbourne, Australia), the University of Lagos (Nigeria). READ MORE>>>

TODD BROWN - Selection Panel / Jury

TODD BROWN

Todd Brown is the founder and editor of ScreenAnarchy.com – formerly TwitchFilm.com – and an experienced festival programmer with more than a decade of experience.
He is currently the Head of International Acquisitions for international production and film sales company XYZ Films (www.xyzfilms.com) in Los Angeles, where he is responsible for scouting talent from around the world and developing projects for the international marketplace. In his time at XYZ Films Brown has worked on films selected to Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Venice, SXSW, Tribeca and numerous other film festivals and earned producing credits on titles such as The Raid, Timecrimes, Spring, XX and more. He is currently developing an adaptation of South African urban fantasy novel Apocalypse Now Now for the screen with the creative team behind South African western Five Fingers For Marseilles and the writer of District 9.

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Our goal is to explore the effective use of Current Technology as a medium to foster genuine human interactions in a bid to highlight prevalent socio-cultural trends and put them under objective scrutiny by the use of emotion laden story-telling presented in a professionally tailored medium - Film.
We believe that films must have the element of entertainment; we also believe that the functionality of the art of film making can be carefully embedded within the audio-visual experience to mold minds, start subjective conversations and gain access to the conscience of the viewers in an attempt to arrive at objective social patterns that will inevitable bring about social change through advocacy.

Films can have lasting effects on people. Beyond the charisma of clerics, the flamboyance of politicians and agitations of activists; a simple film by a filmmaker of inspiration can influence global behavioral patterns and cause lasting change.
Movies like Black Fish, The day after tomorrow, Rosetta, Cathy come Home, Philadelphia, Super Size me, End of the Line and Selma are listed on the website of the World Economic Forum as ''MOVIES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD''.

As a Festival, we have focused on the Art behind Film making and the Technology that brings the art to life and we intend to constantly throw requisite spotlight on the ever evolving technology that facilitates and dictates film making trends.
In our first edition, we explored practices that had not been adopted by other festivals worldwide - even the biggest of them.

One interesting innovation of ours is the encouragement of remote participation.
Unlike other festivals where filmmakers who are not able to travel to the physical location are unable to participate in the Q&A Session after their films are shown, we decided to make extensive use of Skye for our Q&A Sessions - for filmmakers who were absent.
It was an effective and Eco - friendly innovation. We are proud to say that we are a "GREEN", Technology driven Festival.
Our Festival is also the Only Festival in Africa so far, with a category for films "made by children".

Our 2017 edition had a category for "Best African Female Producer / Director" thereby celebrating the women in the business of Film making. To make it easier for female filmmakers to submit their works, the category is the ONLY competitive category without a submission fee.

Real Time International Film Festival also fosters co-productions and so far, we have two co-productions in Animation and four co-productions for live action films in the pipeline.
We celebrate the co-productions because they will help filmmakers from different parts of the world to break fresh grounds when their expertise is exhibited and celebrated in other countries / regions.
We offer free master classes in Directing, Cinematography, Photography, Acting and The use of social media in executing effective P&A (Publicity & Advertising) for movies.