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The Honourable Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa-Musawa, will launch the Nigeria screening at the Cannes Film Festival through Nigeria’s cultural and tourism promotion brand, Nigeria Everywhere.
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Screen Nigeria is a platform dedicated to celebrating and promoting Nigeria’s vibrant film, television and audiovisual industry.
Focused on empowering creators and showcasing Nollywood’s global impact, Screen Nigeria fosters collaboration, innovation, and storytelling that highlights the richness of Nigerian culture and talent.
From spotlighting the latest productions to fostering discussions on industry trends, Screen Nigeria serves as the voice of a vibrant, evolving industry that continues to reach global audiences.
Screen Nigeria is a brand of Nigeria’s official cultural and Tourism Brand, “Nigeria EveryWhere”.It will coordinate the national representation at international markets and festivals, showcasing Nigerian films, television, and animation.
Barrister Musa Musawa stated, “Cinema holds a special place in any nation’s cultural and artistic landscape. Its ability to cut across boundaries and connect diverse people while giving them the voice to tell their stories has made it a mainstay of human existence for decades. With Screen Nigeria, we are looking to turbocharge the growth experienced in recent years by our audiovisual sector, elevating it to be globally competitive while also opening up new frontiers, such as animation, for the local market.”
Screen Nigeria will leverage the audiovisual industry and its value chains as a catalyst to achieve the headline Destination 2030 objectives of job creation and increased GDP contribution. Currently, Destination 2030 aims to create 2 million jobs and contribute $100 billion to Nigeria’s GDP by 2030.
In Summary
Whilst Screen Nigeria will launch at Marche du Film/Cannes International Film Festival, Cannes, the platform is being proposed to have a presence at – Toronto International Film Festival, Toronto, African International Film Festival, Lagos, Zuma International Film Festival, Abuja and the Red Sea Film Festival, Jeddah
One of its major aims will be promoting Nigeria as a destination for outsourced audiovisual work (postproduction, animation and game creation)
