As part of efforts to put the Nigerian movie and creative industry on the world stage, the French Embassy in Nigeria recently held business-to-business meetings between French and Nigerian film key stakeholders. The meeting which held in Lagos, between November 4 and 6, took place within the framework of the ongoing Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) with which the French Embassy is collaborating to carry out a qualitative event allowing French and Nigerian expertise and excellence in the audiovisual sector to be endorsed within the most prominent Nollywood platform. Over 10 French companies participated in the three day meetings, which the French Embassy said the objective was to present and facilitate development and partnership possibilities in Nigeria and to promote quality French content to Nigerian producers and distributors and the various tools made available to them to co-produce with France.
The companies engaged in up to six conferences, workshops and masterclasses. Their knowledge was also shared during the meetings to help identify and offer opportunities to the Nigerian talents of tomorrow. “Indeed, the new generation of Nollywood is sensitive to the possibilities of international co-productions, the search for new audiences and the opportunity to one day be present in the selection of major international festivals, like Cannes, the embassy said.
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