Nollywood Igbo Film Festival holds Nov. 13

By COLLINS IKENNA

Below is a statement sent to DAYLIGHT.NG by the organisers of the Nollywood Igbo Film Festivals nd Awards.

“The organisers of Nollywood Igbo Film Festival & Award(NIFA) is excited to announce that plans have been concluded and set for the successful hosting of 6th Igbo premier Film Festival, the hostoric gathering of film makers of Igbo extraction will take place on November 13,2016 at the prestigious Silverblaze Garden & Hotel, Eze Gbakagbaka road, Woji, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

NIFA is a platform craftly designed for the celebration of Igbo language movies and the  makers. An educative and informative festival for budding and established movie practitioners in Nigeria. Aside movie shows, entertainments and media frenzy,this year’s edition will witness creative discuss with special focus on “developing and expanding the distribution/markets for the Igbo film” . Also,  the keynote lecture “Igbo: the seatch for idenity in Nollywood”  will be delivered by Nollywood Veteran Film maker Mr Madu Chikwendu.

The epochal event will be graced by illustrious sons and daughters of Igbo land in celebration of the rebirth of Igbo film industry. Meanwhile, Ohaneze Ndigbo Nollywood have chosen the event to honour great supporters of the Igbo film festival whereas Mr.Tedi Eneh(a highly successful son of Late Veteran actor Pete Eneh) will be officially inducted and certified as “Outstanding Igbo Ambassador”  and Life Patron of Ohaneze Ndigbo Nollywood, His Excellency Dr. Ramas Asusu(Ezoba,Eze ofo Ndigbo has been nominated as the National Traditional Grand Patron  of Ohaneze Ndigbo Nollywood, and Live Patron Hrm Igwe Sunday Abariso(Ochinanwa) will be honoured by the Apex Igbo socio-cultural association in Nollywood. Other awards includes, best Igbo film maker, best Igbo film, and face of NIFA 2016.

We warmly, invite all industry practitioners,, lovers and supporters of Igbo film industry to join Hrh Eze Amb. Harris Chuma(Ogene Ndigbo) the CEO and chief host of the NOLLYWOOD IGBO FILM FESTIVAL AND AWARD as he serves yet another memory-lingering event, an assured quality time out with Nollywood Veterans and budding
Movie makers!

Issued by
Amb Martins Ejekwu
National Secretary
Ohaneze Ndigbo Nollywood (ONN)”