A big moment for the award winning International Film Producer and Screenwriter. The film he wrote and produced in Nigeria, “Dangerous Silence”, won 3 awards at the Accolade short film competition in La Jolla, California. One of them is the Best Script/ Writer for Ariel Lavi. The film won at the festival Best Film Short, and Best Dramatic Impact.
The film won 21 awards at film festivals so far.
It was screened at Golden State Film Festival and Silicon Beach Film Festival at TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, one of the most iconic theaters in the world. It was nominated Best Nigerian Short Film at 19th Abuja International Film Festival- one of the famous film festivals in Nigeria.
The film tells about Lila, a 18 year old that is sexually exploited by Chuimbo and Gathee while having sex for a fee . Gathee afraid to come against Chuimbo . Eventually Gathee will overcome the fear and fight but it will be too late.
Accolade Short Film Competition is a famous and the industry leader of film competitions. Attractions films all over the world. Their awards winners won Oscars and Emmy.
“It’s amazing to win best script / writer, but it isn’t enough, we need to win more”, Lavi said.
Ariel won screenwriters and producers all over the world toward the award .His films won 131 awards at film festivals. This film proves how high quality he is . The film won, was nominated and was screened all over the world.