Nollywood has been making it’s presence known in a lot of
places around the world. This time around it is going to the other side of the
world. Australasian Nollywood Festival Limited, based in Wellington, New
Zealand has announced that it will be hosting a Nollywood film festival later
in the year.
This will be the first time Nigerian movies will be taking
prominence in the oceanic countries. “We are hosting the first edition of a
festival of Nollywood movies in New Zealand and Australia in September and
October 2014. Australasian Nollywood Festival 2014 will feature a diverse
selection of Nollywood productions. Already we have asked Nigerian producers to
submit their works to be screened at this festival, said AdeTayo Agunlejika,
one of the directors of the festival.
“Good initiative. Let the show go on. Hopefully this will
help in the construction of a new and positive narrative on Nigeria in NZ and
the Pacific region in general. Two thumbs up,” Ambassador Ayo Olukanni; Nigeria
High Commission in Canberra, Australia was quoted as saying in a press release.
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