By Providence Ayanfeoluwa

The French Embassy started a business to business meeting with Nigerian film key stakeholders on November 4 to 6 in Lagos so as to put the Nigerian movie and creative industry on the world stage.

The meeting is taking place within the framework of the Africa International Film Festival, AFRIFF with which the French Embassy is collaborating to carry out a qualitative event allowing French and Nigerian expertise in the audiovisual sector to be endorsed within the most prominent Nollywood platform

According to a statement from the embassy, over ten French companies are participating in the three day meetings.

The embassy explained that the objective is to present and facilitate development and cooperation’s 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 statement revealed that the French companies would engage in six conferences, workshops and master classes.

“Their knowledge will also be activated 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 is present in the selection of major international festivals, like Cannes. 

“Altogether, the presence of this French delegation at AFRIFF is part of an overall action plan of the French Embassy in Nigeria, with the general objective of strengthening the Nigerian and French collaboration in the audio-visual sector and develop co-productions.

“The French Embassy’s actions, scattered throughout the year, encompass workshops, networking moments, delegations visits to France or welcoming French representatives to Nigeria.”