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| Nze Harris Chuma, Founder |
Port-Harcourt, the capital city of
Rivers State is bound to reverberate this Sunday, as the 6th
edition of the annual Nollywood Igbo Film Festival and Award,NIFA,
holds there amid fun fare.
The event is billed to hold at the
prestigious Silverblaze Garden and Hotel, Eze Gbakagbaka road, Woji,
Port Harcourt.
NIFA, according to the organizers, is a
platform craftily 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 search for identity 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.
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