NEXT LEVEL #NOLLYWOOD: See the Big Picture of the Future!

-

NEXT LEVEL #NOLLYWOOD
See the Big Picture of the Future!

I am now focusing on helping local Nollywood filmmakers to go global by participations in international film festivals outside Africa. Where the directors of selected films get all expenses paid trips and opportunities for grants. And also to help them to break into Hollywood and Bollywood.

For over 30 years we have been producing home videos in Nigeria, but majority of the actors, actresses and directors are still fixated on local bragging rights and making noise in competition against themselves in Nollywood and #Kannywood, Nigeria is not among the top ten biggest film industries in the world. In fact, Nigerian film distributors have never bought or sold any single Nollywood movie for global theatrical distribution at any film market. Genevieve Nnaji's breakout directorial debut, "Lionheart" bought by #Netflix was through a foreign film distributor.


Film acquisitions at international film festivals and film markets are the global standards for the evaluations of film industries.


South African films, including Jahmil X.T. Qubeka's "Sew the Winter to My Skin" was acquired by Elizabeth Sheldon's Juno Films for theatrical release in North America from sales group Rushlake Media and the similar "Five Fingers for Marseilles" by Michael Matthews was sold by Reel Suspects to The Jokers for France, Non Stop Entertainment for Scandinavia and the Baltic States, the Klockworx Co. for Japan and Astro for South East Asian pay TV distribution. But no contemporary Nollywood or Kannywood movie has been acquired for international theatrical release. Netflix did not mention any theatrical release of Genevieve Nnaji's "Lionheart"
Until movies by Nigerian filmmakers in Nollywood and Kannywood get acquired or sold for theatrical distribution in international territories, Nigerian film industry remains underdeveloped.
Breaking into the mainstream global film market is by making a global standard film production and making the global connection by the qualification for the official competitions in the major international film festivals where films attract the attention of international film distributors.


~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Publisher/Editor
247 Nigeria @247nigeria
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series
Welcome To Nollywood column on
Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi | IndieWire
http://www.indiewire.com/author/michael-chima-ekenyerengozi
https://www.amazon.com/author/ekenyerengozimichaelchima

Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima's Books On Amazon







Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

The Rosman Sisters of Nollywood

-
Image
The Rosman Sisters of Nollywood Meet the most beautiful sisters in Nollywood They are like the three sisters, Graces of the classical Greek mythology, gddesses of Charm, Beauty, Nature, Human creativity, goodwill, and fertility, together known as the Charites: Aglaea ("Shining"), Euphrosyne ("Joy"), and Thalia ("Blooming"). Nwandiuto Cassandra Rosman, Sunshine Rosman and Honeybell Rosman who have taken up the mantle of legacy of their father, Giovanni Rosman, a famous Canadian born actor in Nollywood, the phenomenal indie film industry in Africa that is ranked the second largest film industry in the world after Bollywood of India in the annual quantity of movies produced worldwide.  Rosman studied at the University of Victoria and worked at the British Columbia Ferries before relocating to Nigeria and got married to a Nigerian Igbo woman, a humanitarian worker..   The most popular of the sisters is Uto Rosman, who is also a singer, model and social
Read more

Zenith International Film Festival: Guided Tours of Locations of Popular Nollywood Movies

-
Image
Zenith International Film Festival: Guided Tours of Locations of Popular Nollywood Movies There are many exotic and romantic movie locations in Nigeria that millions have seen in the Nollywood movies and Kannywood movies. And many of them in Nigeria and other countries will like to visit these movie locations for film tourism. Zenith International Film Festival (ZIFF) will soon start guided tours of these locations in Nigeria. They include the top five locations I selected for the famous Emma Forest whose directorial debut, "Untogether" premièred at 2018 Tribeca Film Festival. See the locations published in the Wings in-flight magazine of Arik Airlines on Sets And The City http://www.arikwings.com/5434-2/ . Zenith International Film Festival is a duly registered international film festival founded and owned by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, The Founder/CEO of the International Digital Post Network Limited and the Publisher/Editor of NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series, the first
Read more

Global Media and Entertainment Market is Expected To Reach US$2.3 Trillion by 2022

-
Image
The Media and Entertainment Market is Currently Pegged at ~USD 1.6 Trillion, and is Expected to Touch USD 2.3 Trillion by 2022  Zinnov (PRNewsfoto/Zinnov Management Consulting) BENGALURU, June 20, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- - The Media & Entertainment (M&E) space is divided into eight major segments -Broadcasting, Entertainment, Publishing, Information Services, Gaming, Marketing & Advertising, New Media, and Education - The overall market is expected to witness a growth of 6.5% to 7.5% through 2022 - Broadcasting is the largest M&E market segment, and stands at USD 420 to 440 billion, accounting for more than one-fourth of the overall market - New Media is expected to grow at 16.5% to 17.5% for the next 5 years and touch USD 450 to 470 billion and account for one-fifth of the market by 2022 Click here to read more . TOP TOPIC Zenith International Film Festival's Tour Guide for Movie Locations in Nigeria .
Read more