Festivals

Redeemer’s International Christian Film Festival Opens Submissions for 2026 Edition

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7 months ago

March 5, 2026

RCCG announces submissions for the Redeemer’s International Christian Film Festival 2026. Deadline is March 21, with screenings, masterclasses, and awards planned

The Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) has opened submissions for the maiden edition of the Redeemer’s International Christian Film Festival (RICFF), set to hold from April 30 to May 1, 2026, in Nigeria.

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Organised by RCCG’s Creative Christian Content Department, the festival will take place at the Redemption City of God along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and will coincide with the department’s global conference, scheduled from April 27 to May 1.

Filmmaker Olufemi Bolorunde, a member of the organising committee, stated that the submission deadline for entries is March 21, 2026.

“The festival will feature film screenings, masterclasses, panel discussions, networking sessions, and an awards ceremony,” Bolorunde said.

Entries are open for a variety of categories, including feature films, short films, documentaries, animation, musical videos, series, student films, and recorded stage drama.

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The festival aims to celebrate and promote Christian filmmaking while providing networking and learning opportunities for participants.

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Culture

OLOJO….Ile Ife’s September Gift To Culture

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16 hours ago

October 5, 2026

Mariam Balogun

By Halima Adaba,

It was a featubal if the people. It was for the anciebt town of Ile Ife, which the Yoruba race refards as the Source.

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And ut was a festivsl for the King, Arole Oduduwa, Oonirisa, Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II.

And so between September 24 and 28th 2026, the annual featuval dazzjed in all its white glory.

Tge Monarch paid the traditional ancestral homage and offered propitiation as part of the sacred rites of the Olojo Festival.
It was a powerful expression of Yoruba heritage, spirituality, and enduring tradition.

Call it a collection of beautiful moments, faces, colours and cultural expressions.

Every frame tells a story.

Every face carries the energy.

Every moment keeps the heritage alive.

Undoubtedly one of the most sacred cultural celebrations in Ilé-Ifẹ̀. It marked a day associated with creation, thanksgiving, ancestral heritage, and the sacred appearance of the Ooni of Ife wearing the revered Aàrẹ crown.

There were also the devotees of the famed god of thunder – Sàngó who were hardly conspicuous at the festival.

Many other traditional groups came out with candor, showing a powerful expression of Yoruba cultural identity, spiritual devotion, and respect for the ancient traditions of Ilé-Ifẹ̀.

Devotees of Sàngó bekieved the ‘appearance’ of the god of thunder on Seotember 26th could be understood as a symbolic meeting of ancestral heritage, spiritual devotion, and the celebration of creation.

It was a moment when the sounds of drums, chants, and traditional praise poetry brought the history of the Yoruba people to life.

Although Olojo is closely associated with Ogun, the god of iron, and the sacred traditions of Ile-Ife, the presence of Sàngó devotees reflected the rich diversity of Yoruba spiritual heritage.

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As a participant enthused at the festival, “To witness Sàngó Olúkòso emerge on Olojo Festival day is to witness a living expression of history, identity, and ancestral pride.”