The panel sessions and masterclasses are also useful peeks into the business of the industry and how everyone exists in the ecosystem.
Since my first time at AFRIFF in 2018, it’s become my number one comfort event of the year, the one I marked on my calendar in January and anticipated for months as it happens towards the end of the year.
My social battery often can’t take too much of meeting new people in public settings, but I charge it up just a little bit more for AFRIFF, to enjoy the buzz of film-loving people all in one place to share a mutual love for stories coming alive on the big screen.
