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    Fidelis Duker

    Nigerian filmmaker

    Fidelis Duker

    Duker in Calabar 2022

    NationalityNigerian
    Occupations
    • Film director
    • film producer
    • media mogul
    Years active1988–present
    WorksLondon Blues

    Fidelis Duker is a Nigerian filmmaker and film festival organiser.[1]

    Career

    Duker started his career in the year 1988 writing dramas for NTA, Nigeria's public broadcast television network.[citation needed]

    In 2003, Duker birthed the idea of the Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF),[2] one of Africa's biggest and longest-running film festivals held yearly in Abuja of Nigeria, for which he sits on the board as the Founder of the event holding for its 18th time in 2021.[3]

    Nominations and recognitions

    In 2016, Duker won a 'Lifetime Achievement Award,'[4] at the Best of Nollywood Award (BON) held in Aba.

    In March 2023, Duker was named as one of the members of jury for the Pan African Film