Moses Etonzor

Founder/Festival Director

Moses Etonzor is an award-winning Filmmaker, majored in Directing, Acting and Screenwriting. He is a graduate from the prestigious University of Calabar, Nigeria, where he studied Theatre and Media. It is on record that Moses Etonzor is the first directing student to direct a feature film as a student project in the department of theatre and Media Studies, University of Calabar and was honored with a Trailblazer award. He is also an alumnus of Toronto Film School and KAP film and Television Academy, founded by Nigerian renowned filmmaker Kunle Afolayan, where is studied Directing, Screenwriting, Editing, Sound, Cinematography, Film production and the Business of Film.

Moses Etonzor founded the Bayelsa International Film Festival (BIFF) in 2021, and today, BIFF is the most prestigious and most renowned international film festival in the south-south region of Nigeria which has attraction not less than 7,000 film submission from over 126 countries yearly.

Moses Etonzor has Directed films such Tears of Pain, Mirage, the cry of a Mother, Agony, Smiles in Heaven, the wise King, Never Wait and his recent film, The Cut.

Moses Etonzor is also a public speaker who uses his experience and knowledge to mentor and guide young persons to have a clear direction for their lives and living a purpose driven life.

Moses Etonzor is a member of the prestigious Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN), Association of Movie Producers (AMP), Screen Writers Guild of Nigeria (SWGN), Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), and Nigerian Film Festival Association (NFFA).

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