iREP Executive Director Odugbemi at Munchen Conference on Docu films

Femi Odugbemi is fourth from left

The Executive Director of iREP International Documentary Film Festival Femi Odugbemi was a panelist at the just held Munchen International Conference on Documentary Filmmaking. The Conference attracted documentary filmmakers from all over the world and it provided an opportunity for Odugbemi who has made several award winning documentaries to brief the conference participants on the progress so far made to encourage documentary filmmaking in the continent.
The i-Represent International Documentary Film Festival is easily one of Africa's most successful Documentary film. It has grown to become an annual film festival dedicated to promoting awareness about the power of documentary films to serve as a means of deepening and sharing social and cultural education as well as encouraging participatory democracy in our societies. The maiden edition held in January 2011, in Lagos, Nigeria and since then it has continued to bring together a pool of veteran filmmakers, film scholars, critics, Arts enthusiasts, and students from different parts of the World. No doubt, the festival has provided completely invaluable opportunities for all participants to appraise cogent issues that are germane to the future of filmmaking in Africa, and indeed, the World. Activities at the festival have been carefully designed to cover a wide spectrum of knowledge areas and interest, and it includes paper presentations, Training and Workshops, Interactive panel discussions, film screenings, and Networking. Details on the festival can be sourced at www.irepfilmfestival.com