AFRIFF Jury Profiles
Stephen 'Dr' Love
Stephen Love is an award-winning producer in film and advertising, starting as a young salesman on his grandfather's South Carolina farm. A Morehouse College and USC graduate, he produced films like THE LAND, THEY CLONED TYRONE, and SHADOW FORCE. His projects, including ASSISTED LIVING, earned him a spot on The Hollywood Reporter's 35 Under 35 list. Love also produced acclaimed ads, including P&G’s Emmy-winning “The Talk,” and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Mekala.
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Ego Boyo
Nwakaego Boyo is a renowned Actor and Filmmaker, famous for her role as Ann Haat in *Checkmate*. As Founder of Temple Productions, she has produced classic Nigerian films for nearly 30 years.
She established Temp Media Advocacy Foundation to support women's education and safety. Nwakaego serves on various boards and is involved with the Eastern Nigeria Film Festival, promoting Nigerian culture and empowering women.
Dennis Ruh
Dennis Ruh is the former director of the European Film Market at the Berlinale and currently a member of the Board of Directors of Seriesly Berlin. Dennis's experience in films was built around distribution. He has an outstanding knowledge of the national and international film, streaming, and TV industry, and an extensive network with distributors, festival delegates, institutions, producers, distribution and sales companies, and press representatives.
Victor Okhai
Victor Okhai is a producer, scriptwriter, director, cinematographer Fixer, Freelance journalist and logistics provider for major international Film companies and TV networks including BBC, Aljazeera, CNN etc. Co-founder of the Directors' Guild of Nigeria.
Cynthia Okoye
Cynthia Okoyo is an agent who joined Curtis Brown in 2008 having graduated from the University of Nottingham with a Law degree. She concentrates on building a list of exciting writers and directors for film and television, so I am always keen to track new talent. Cynthia previously worked with Amanda Davis representing an amazing list of both new and established writing and directing talent across drama, comedy and documentary.
Wafa’a is a Lebanese/French actress, writer, and filmmaker who began acting at 5. She joined Maqamat in 2001, performed internationally, and holds degrees in Communication Arts and Film. Wafa’a has directed shorts, starred in a recent Amazon feature, and taught film at LAU while directing the Film Festival.
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Yolanda Mogatusi
Yolanda Mogatusi is a South African storyteller with over 12 years in the film industry. Her films have been screened all around the world and her current projects include the award-winning animated projects “Rapulani” and “Lula's Gift from the ocean” and comedy series “The 'B' team”.
Lanre Olupona
Lanre Olupona is a skilled digital filmmaker with over a decade of experience in live-action and animated videos. He directed MNET’s ‘Brethren’ in 2019 and was the Director of Photography for ‘Battleground’ in 2017. He also directed 'Movement: Japa' in 2021 and led the creative team for ‘Covenant’ in 2022.