EXCLUSIVE: The National Film Authority of Ghana has re-teamed with regional operator Silverbird Cinemas to mount the Africa Cinema Summit in the nation’s capital, Accra.
This year marks the event’s second edition. The summit will run October 7-10 at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel in Accra and the theme will be “The Relevance of Cinema in African Communities.” Last year’s inaugural summit featured representatives from 20 African countries with discussion focused on exploring and tailoring cinematic opportunities to suit the unique characteristics of each geographic location across the continent.
The meeting was the source of multiple strategic gains for the regional industry. Ghana’s president Nana Akufo-Addo pledged to approve a film tax incentive for the Ghanaian film industry.
The credit was officially passed a few months later as a 20% tax rebate. Following the event, Nigerian operator Filmhouse Group also committed to distributing Ghanaian films across Nigeria and other partner nations.
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