The National Film Authority of Ghana is pleased to announce a strategic partnership with FilmOne Group (Nigeria) and Silverbird Cinema (Ghana), to host the first Africa Cinema Summit (ACS), which is scheduled to take place from November 14th to the 16th at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel and Silverbird Cinema in Accra, Ghana.
The event is being organized by the National Film Authority of Ghana.
The Summit represents an important turning point in the annals of the African film industry’s long and illustrious past. The objective of the summit is to bring together players in the film industry from all over the world in order to promote growth, innovation, and collaboration. The summit will provide a forum for meaningful business conversations within the industry, as well as the exchange of opportunities and strategic collaborations.
The move to initiate. The event’s promoters claim that it is the first gathering of its kind to take place on the African continent and that its primary objective is to drive the ecosystem of African film to greater heights.
According to UNESCO, Africa is by far the most neglected continent in terms of cinema distribution. The organisation estimates that there are a total of 1,653 theatres across the continent servicing 1.3 billion people.
“By delving into the multifaceted dimensions of the African cinema landscape, attendees will witness in-depth panel discussions, keynote speeches, and presentations by experts and major decision makers in the industry. A major focus will be given to the current trends, unique challenges, and exceptional opportunities inherent to African cinema and other distribution networks.”
“The summit will offer the opportunity for knowledge exchange, networking, and forging strategic alliances with influential stakeholders, African film authorities and commissions, cinema developers, suppliers, distributors, real estate professionals, seasoned producers, cutting-edge technology providers and many more across the globe. This will create an unparalleled platform for fostering valuable connections and mutual growth,” the organisers added.
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About FilmOne
FilmOne Entertainment is an independent entertainment company based in Nigeria, West Africa, with a primary focus on the distribution as well as the production of filmed content for international audiences. They maintain strategic connections and contacts with international studios and distributors, in addition to producing and distributing a wide variety of mainstream and commercial motion pictures, as well as films from other countries and from their own indigenous communities.
The FilmOne team is made up of some of the most well-known film specialists in West African film distribution, production, marketing, and general consultancy. Collectively, their years of expertise in the film industry total over 50 years and were obtained in Nigeria, the United Kingdom, and the United States of America.
FilmOne is an independent film and entertainment firm that provides high-end services to clients all over the world, starting in West Africa. They are responsible for the distribution of premium Nollywood releases all over the world and provide a wide variety of production facilitation services. In addition to other mediums, the distribution network includes movie theatres, in-flight entertainment systems, online streaming services, and linear television networks. Filmone Entertainment is responsible for the distribution of all of the Top 10 Nollywood titles, which are based in West Africa.
At the moment, they are the sole theatrical licensees in Anglophone West Africa for The Walt Disney Company, Warner Brothers Discovery, Sony Pictures Entertainment, and Empire Entertainment. FilmOne also keeps strategic agreements and relationships with, which enables them to distribute a diverse selection of popular, commercial, and/or specialised material all over the world.
They also produce commercially filmed content, and their staff includes editors, writers, and teams specialising in content development. They have also collaborated in the creation of a number of critically acclaimed films in the Nollywood industry, and they have multi-picture production deals in place with major production houses all around Nigeria.
About Silverbird Group
The Silverbird Group is a diversified multi-media firm with its headquarters located in Lagos, Nigeria. The company has holdings in Radio, Television, Real Estate, and Cinemas. Silverbird Cinemas, as well as the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) and Mr. Nigeria pageants, are all properties that are owned by Ben Murray-Bruce’s business, which was created in 1980. Silverbird Cinemas is one of the company’s holdings. Silverbird Properties, Silverbird Film Distribution, Silverbird Communications, Silverbird Cinemas, Silverbird Production, and Dream Magic Studios are the companies that make up its many business divisions.
The business inked a financing contract with the African Export-Import Bank in November 2022 for the amount of $145 Million to develop the Ben Murray-Bruce Studios and Film Academy (BMB Studios and Film Academy) in Eko Atlantic City. This is said to be West Africa’s largest educational and film studio complex.