Nigeria’s CJ ‘Fiery’ Obasi has been selected alongside five other African film talents for the 2022 Realness African Screenwriters’ Residency.
This was made known in a recent statement released by the Realness institute during the week.
According to the statement, Obasi and the five for this 6th edition, which takes place from 3 August to 24 September 2022, are Ahmad Mahmoud from Sudan, Jabu Newman from South Africa, Lara Sousa from Mozambique, Sandulela Asanda from South Africa, and Youssef Michraf from Morocco.
For 2022, Realness has partnered with Locarno Film Festival in Switzerland. The filmmakers will attend the creative incubation programme “Basecamp” (from August 3 to August 13, 2022). The scriptwriters then take up residence at Nirox and Farmhouse 58, for six weeks, in The Cradle of Humankind, South Africa – a calm and nurturing environment to focus on their work -and also get mentored by story consultants, Ayanda Halimana and Mmabatho Kau, and Creative Producer, Cait Pansegrouw.
Following the Residency, the promising projects will be awarded participation in the prestigious La Fabrique des Cinémas du Monde in Cannes, receive an EAVE Producers’ Workshop partial Scholarship, and an invitation to TorinoFilmLab Meetings Event and Locarno Filmmakers Academy.