was the CAMIFF and FIAFA entirely a slay? yeah or ney?

This year 2016 has been the most promising as far as the entertainment industry is concerned. We are just half way into the year and a lot has happened. The CAMIFF AND THE FIAFA are two shows that stood out powerfully as far as success is concerned. If u don’t know yet, CAMIFF is the Cameroon International Film Festival that held last month ending and hosted both the National and International Movie stars. It is important to note that it was the first of its kind. The FIAFA was another show on it’s on. FIAFA is an annual Fashion show that brings together national and international designers to showcase what they got as far as Fashion is concerned. Both shows held in Buea and sailed through successfully.

Despite the success they both enjoyed there are some things Karawa’s Diary had to point out after observing and listening to KD readers.  Let us start by looking a little into the very first event that took place, FIAFA. According to the flyer of the event, FIAFA was allocated for commencing at 5pm. Did it start at 5pm? No it did not. The event started approximately above 5hrs of already allocated time. The question I could not and cannot still answer is “was the audience responsible for the late commencement or the organizers of the event?”

Did the late start affect the program in anyway? Well, some people might say no, but I will tell you that for sure it did. Before the closing remarks for the event was made like half of the hall was empty as many people had left. Yes, they left because it was getting so late into the night and they could not stick around any longer. Some left because they came as early as said by the flyer but patiently waited and could not hold to the finish of the event. Maybe some people will say audiences at major events in Cameroon are disrespectful as they always leave before the close of the events but I think the event organizers play a major role in that attitude.

Looking at the CAMIFF, it was not an issue of time though the timing problem was not completely absent. But let us focus on the major thing that got people reacting angrily. If an event as big as CAMIFF sends invitations to guests on the day of event is that a major issue? Yes it is an issue so big to be addressed. What were the event organizers doing the whole time that they had to send the invitations at a very late hour?  This issue of late invitation weighed so much on other people as they were so embarrassed at the entry door where they had to show their invitations. The CEO of The Urban Jamz Awards Mr. Atia Valery who was a victim of this took on Facebook to express his disappointment.

 

 If we need to build a firm relationship with every other sector of the entertainment industry then we need to make each other feel the sense of respect by respecting little things such as sending invitations on time.

It is very true that we cannot have a perfect show but we can minimize the hitches. Were this all the hitches? Definitely not but we chose to talk about it.You know how they say, “take care of those little foxes that spoil the vine yard?” For the industry to grow we need to sit back and reconsider the little foxes that spoil our vine yard then the big issues will follow in place.

However ,congratulations to the two initiatives. We only hope that we experience progression and not regression.