Ekiti International Film Festival
EIFF 2027 · Inaugural Edition
Where Ekiti meetsthe world through cinema.
EIFF brings filmmakers, audiences, industry leaders, creative entrepreneurs, destinations, diaspora, brands and investors into one conversation — an international film and screen-industry platform headquartered in Ekiti, rooted here and open to the world.
- Inaugural
- Edition
- June 2027
- Planning window
- Ado-Ekiti
- Host city
Cinema
EIFF 2027
Legacy
Inaugural Edition
Our lane
Culture is fundamental to EIFF, but cinema is the gateway. Ekiti hosts and anchors the festival; EIFF exists to take Ekiti into the international film conversation.
Where do you belong in EIFF?
What EIFF is
An international cinema institution, headquartered in Ekiti.
EIFF is not another event happening in Ekiti. It is designed to connect screen culture with industry, destination, enterprise and investment — a festival, an industry market, a creative summit, a destination platform and an investment forum built to work together rather than as separate events that happen to share a week.
Ekiti State already has a broad arts-and-culture platform in EKIFEST. EIFF complements it rather than competing with it, occupying a more precise international film and screen-industry lane.
About EIFFTwo distinct lanes
- EKIFEST — broad lane
- Arts, traditional culture, heritage, performance and state cultural celebration. Cultural preservation and creative participation.
- EIFF — distinct lane
- International cinema, screen industry, film commerce and global exchange. Film market, industry networking, destination tourism and investment convening.
EKIFEST celebrates and preserves Ekiti's broader arts and cultural heritage. EIFF takes Ekiti into the international film conversation.
Industry & Film Market
The clearest thing that
separates us from a
cultural festival.
The industry side of EIFF is deliberately prominent. Not every function launches at full scale in year one — but the architecture is built so each can be activated without rebuilding the platform.
Explore the industry programmeFilm market
Buyers, distributors and platform participation.
Accreditation
Industry delegates, press and market badges.
Masterclasses
Craft and knowledge sessions led by practitioners.
Co-production
Partner conversations across borders.
Film finance
Financiers, funds and structured discussions.
Networking
Producer, director and distributor meetings.
EIFF ID
One identity, every role you hold
A stakeholder identity system rather than a decorative login. One EIFF ID is designed to carry whichever roles a person holds, so the institution never depends on disconnected spreadsheets and personal phones as it grows.
Filmmakers
Submissions, screener links and selection status against one profile.
Audiences
Passes and credentials once ticketing opens, held as a single QR identity.
Industry delegates
Accreditation, delegate directory and meeting requests.
Media & press
Accreditation, press materials and interview scheduling.
Speakers & volunteers
Summit participation, availability and call sheets.
Sponsors & investors
Partnership and Investment Forum participation, kept distinct.
Visit Ekiti
Experience Ekiti
The objective is not simply tourism information. EIFF exists partly to convert festival attendance into destination visitation and local economic activity.
Ikogosi Warm Springs
Nature · Ikogosi-Ekiti
Discover one of Ekiti’s best-known natural attractions, where warm and cold springs meet within a lush landscape — an enduring symbol of the state’s natural character.
Arinta Waterfalls
Nature · Ipole-Iloro
Set within the landscape of Ipole-Iloro, Arinta Waterfalls offers a striking encounter with cascading water, forest pathways and the natural beauty of Ekiti.
Olosunta Hill
Heritage · Ikere-Ekiti
Rising above Ikere-Ekiti, Olosunta Hill is a distinctive natural and cultural landmark offering dramatic scenery, local heritage and a different perspective on the landscape of Ekiti.
Ekiti Tourism & Investment Forum
The bridge between attention and opportunity
Not another conference page inside a film festival. The Forum turns the attention cinema creates into credible destination, business and investment conversations.
Sponsor and investor are not the same thing. Sponsoring EIFF does not mean investing in or owning EIFF.
About the Forum- Investor participation
- Registration pathway
- Diaspora
- Engagement and projects
- Tourism & hospitality
- Sector opportunities
- Deal room
- Meeting requests
EIFF Screen Stories
A year-round editorial platform
Between editions, EIFF publishes on filmmakers, film culture, Ekiti stories, African screen culture, locations and production. Nothing published here is an official selection until it has been through EIFF programming.
Editorial strand
Filmmaking conversations
Director notes, production diaries and craft conversations from working filmmakers.
Editorial strand
Ekiti on screen
Locations, landscapes, communities and the stories that belong to this state.
Editorial strand
African screen culture
The wider continental conversation EIFF is built to participate in.
Ekiti Creative Summit
A knowledge platform, not a set of panels
Speakers
Practitioners and institutional voices from across the screen industry.
Panels
Structured conversations on the creative economy.
Workshops
Working sessions for creatives, students and entrepreneurs.
Screen culture
Where cinema meets enterprise, policy and place.
Partners & Get Involved
Build this with us
- Corporate partnersBrand and commercial partnership
- InstitutionalCultural, academic and public bodies
- Media partnersBroadcast, print and digital
- VolunteersFestival delivery and community
EIFF ID
Join the EIFF community.
Create the identity now and it carries whatever roles you take on later — filmmaker, delegate, press, volunteer, speaker, partner or investor — as each part of EIFF opens.