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| Mike Ezuruonye |
Entertainment
In
what is looking like a confirmation of its top-end status as Africa’s leading
motion picture industry, Nigeria is set to play host to the first-ever Africa
Cinematography Festival of Training, Production enhancement,
Workshop Conference, Networking and Technology Expo.
The
week-long event which comes up in the last quarter of the year in Lagos,
Nigeria’s entertainment capital, will feature contemporary issues in filmmaking,
networking, business opportunities and the general film economy which have
impacted on the works of filmmakers, actors, film marketers, industry
professionals, investors, viewers, cinema/studio owners/managers, the organized
private sector, government agencies, art councils and funding agencies.
The
Festival, which is in its debut year, is a platform designed to provide an
overarching trajectory for relevant stakeholders in the filmmaking,
entertainment and arts industry, to converge for the optimization of the
inherent potentials and prospects through sharing of quality and insightful
information and enhanced exposure on contemporary trends in filmmaking,
networking for building of a more viable and competitive film business economy,
exhibition of latest technologies in filmmaking, promotion of patronage and
sustenance of cinemas and studios and driving a networking channel for the ease
of acquiring modern technology for audiovisual and still productions.
Speaking about the Festival, the Project Consultant,
Sunnie Odafe, disclosed that it is to provide a point of convergence for all
stakeholders in the film industry spectrum with a view to creating specific
platforms that will facilitate professional development for key players through
knowledge sharing of trending expertise by renowned and inspiring industry
leaders, enable hands-on workshop trainings and interaction with new
film-making technologies and promote pitching for film content buyers and media
brokers among others.
His
words: “The Nigerian film-making industry has made tremendous progress,
especially in the last decade. This is however a far cry from what is
obtainable in the developed climes. The AfricaCinematographyFestival is
designed to bridge this gap and make the industry comparatively competitive. It
is an all-encompassing attempt to reposition the Africa film economy by
promoting and providing support for professionalism and innovations while
addressing head-on the technical, regulatory and financial ills that have
plaqued film-making in the country through insightful knowledge sharing,
bespoke workshop trainings, interaction with evolving film-making technologies and
equipment and valuable network opportunities,” says Mr. who also is the COO of
Tasy Yact Media.
The
Festival will feature Conferences and workshops, exhibitions, open film expo,
networking opportunities, film pitching, auditions for film roles, film
unveiling and promotion, and film production funding.
Participants
at the event will include filmmaking industry players such as directors,
producer, students of Arts in Nigerian/African Universities, would-be young
entrepreneurs, industry regulators, funding partners and investors and
filmmaking equipment manufacturers and exhibitors.
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