Africa Cinematography Festival holds in Lagos

NIGERIA will host the first-ever Africa cinematography festival of training, production enhancement, networking and technology expo in the last quarter of 2017.

To be held in Lagos, the one-week fiesta will feature contemporary issues in filmmaking, networking, business opportunities and the general film economy.

The project consultant, Sunnie Odafe, disclosed that the festival would provide a point of convergence for all stakeholders in the film industry with a view to creating specific platforms that will facilitate professional development for key players.

He said: “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 Africa Cinematography Festival 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 plagued film-making in the country through insightful knowledge sharing, bespoke workshop trainings, interaction with evolving film-making technologies and equipment and valuable network opportunities.”

Participants at the event which activities  will include conferences and workshops, exhibitions, film expo, film pitching, and film production funding, will consist of directors, producer, students,  filmmaking equipment manufacturers and exhibitors.