African International Film Festival Saskatchewan to debut this fall

WATCH: A new film festival in Saskatchewan focused on African filmmaking is getting ready to launch.

A new film festival in Saskatchewan, focused on African filmmaking, is getting ready to launch.

The first African International Film Festival Saskatchewan (AIFF-S) is set to be held next month at the University of Regina campus – with a theme of “African stories as universal narratives.”

Organizers told CTV News that they feel it’s important to showcase these kind of stories -- to audiences in the Queen City.

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“We would always want to let people know about, not just our culture, but our art,” festival founder and director Babatunde Onikoyi explained.

“I feel like bringing a festival to Saskatchewan is a great opportunity for us to be able to tell our stories and also to share the cultural exchanges with the Saskatchewan community,” filmmaker Charles Umeh added.

A total of 25 films are in the running – with awards in 19 categories.

Twenty of those films will be screened over the four-day festival from September 10th to 15th.