Unveiling The First of a kind film festival in the Middle-belt and Northern Region of Nigeria!
INTRODUCTION OF "TAHRIFF"
Taraba Human Rights Film Festival ‘TAHRIFF’ is poised to be the biggest, first of it kind human rights film festival ever hosted in the middlebelt Region of Nigeria-West Africa.
This event is slated to run from 23rd to 28th September 2025 in Jalingo, the capital city of Taraba State.
TAHRIFF promises to be a ground breaking and breath taking event offering the rare opportunity for unheard, unseen, unknown people, places and issues negatively affecting the human population across the region and beyond;
The festival aims to be a platform for young indigenous creative story tellers to showcase their acts and also an opportunity for indigenous voices to be heard and have their concern addressed.
The festival will also be a quorum where the government with it security apparatus, regulators and other agencies will meet with citizen for meaningful conversation with the aim of fostering understanding, unity, collaboration in working for just, inclusive and equitable society that will be beneficial for all.
This festival will be a brooding ground where creative talent and empowering them to create narrative that promote peace and development and promise future full of hope for humanity will ensue.
The organisers of this event will bring to the fore-front the issues affecting women, children, and other minority groups in the region with a view of finding a more sustainable solution that will secure their place within the community.... not just socially, but with the economic value they are capable of producing.
Weaving into the program is a mixture of experiences raging from cultural dances/performances, networking scenarios, workshops, award ceremonies and tours.....