The Ghana National Film Authority announced the lineup for its opening Top Cinema Africa in Accra, hosted in partnership with Filmhouse Group (Nigeria) and Silverbird Cinema (Ghana).
Details
The summit is set to take place at Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel and Silverbird Cinema in Ghana’s capital November 14-16.
Official summit partners include; Warner Bros, The Nigerian Cinema Exhibitors Association, Century Cinemax, Ster-Kinekor, Icon Mann, Unesco, Entertainment Solution Services, Delta Airlines, Locations Africa, and Qube Wir.
Speaker line
Speakers heading to Accra include; John Michael Schreinersenior vice president of theatrical development, Imax Corp, Europe, Middle East and Africa;
She will be with him Juliet Yaa Asantewaa Asante, CEO of the Ghana National Film Authority and convener of the summit. Asante was previously the chairman of the board of the National Film and Television Institute of Ghana and founding chairman of the Black Star International Film Institute, organizers of the Black Star International Film Festival.
Moses Babatopeco-founder and deputy managing director of the Filmhouse Group, and Funmi Onuma, country manager of Silverbird Cinema, Ghana, will also be present.
Other notable speakers include:
- Ope Ajayidistributor at Cinemax and president of the Nigerian Cinema Exhibitors Association.
- Rob Arthurco-founder and director of Entertainment Solution Services Ltd and Paguro Ideas Ltd (formerly Digital Cinema Solutions Ltd);
- Marie Lora-Mungai, investor, strategic consultant and entrepreneur specializing in Africa’s creative industries and sports businesses. and Chief Alhassan Andani, its founder and executive chairman LVSafrica Limited.
- Funmi Onuma – country manager of Silverbird Cinema, Ghana (SBCG). Under her leadership, SBCG set the record for the highest grossing cinema in the whole of West Africa for ‘Black Panther’ in 2018 and the second highest grossing cinema in Africa. Funmi has been recognized as one of the 50 Best Women in World Cinema by Celluloid Junkie for three consecutive years.
- John Michael Schreiner – Senior Vice President, Theater Development, IMAX Corporation, Europe, Middle East and Africa.
- Marie Laura-Mungay –investor, strategic consultant and entrepreneur specializing in African Creative Industries and Sports Businesses, with 18 years of experience in 27 countries on the continent. Her consultancy Restless Global provides solutions to international companies, foundations and investors seeking to expand into Africa and has worked for clients such as Warner Bros., UNESCO, Twitter Films, TRACE, FilmOne Entertainment, Rainbow Sports Global, Olympia Le Tan, Galeries Lafayette, the governments of France and Nigeria and the development banks IFC, AFD, Proparco, AfDB and Afreximbank.
- Ope Ajayi – distributor at CINEMAS and President of the Nigerian Cinema Exhibitors Association. Senior executive with over 20 years experience covering Finance, Hospitality, Film & Entertainment.
- Rob Arthur – Co-founder and Director of Entertainment Solution Services Ltd ‘ESS’ and Paguro Ideas Ltd (formerly Digital Cinema Solutions Ltd) established in 2012. Rob has worked in UK and international cinema for over 30 years with companies such as Vue Entertainment, SBC International Cinemas; Warner Village Cinemas and UCI.
- Jotham Micah –Marketing Director, East Africa, at Century Pictures Limited with years of experience in the Cinema ecosystem in Africa.
- Ojoma Ochai– co-founder and Managing Partner of the Creative Economy Practice at CcHUB, which focuses on developing the creative economy in Africa through investment and supporting creative entrepreneurs through investment readiness, ecosystem development and research programs.
- Motheo Matsau – Ster-Kinekor in 2016 as Chief Marketing and Sales Officer after a successful career as a marketer in organizations such as Unilever, Standard Bank and MultiChoice among others. In September 2019 Motheo was promoted to the role of Deputy CEO. In his new role, Motheo retained oversight of Ster-Kinekor’s marketing and sales functions, while taking on additional leadership responsibilities, including local and pan-African content and audience development.
- Irene Kaggwa Sewankambo – A Ugandan Corporate Executive who has served as the Deputy Chief Executive of the Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) since February 10, 2020.
- Chief Alhassan Adani – Founder and Executive Chairman of LVSafrica Limited. He has over twenty (20) years of Executive Experience, including fourteen (14) years as CEO of Stanbic Bank Ghana. He was also Deputy Managing Director and Executive Director of Barclays Bank Ghana.
What they say
“There are critical issues in the African cinema landscape that need to be properly discussed», Juliet Yaa Asantewaa Asantesaid the CEO of the Ghana National Film Authority.
“We are thrilled to have such a great line-up of speakers for the Africa Film Summit. The summit is results oriented and the critical success indicator is increasing the number of screens as many Ghanaians and Africans by extension demand the cinema experience.”
Source: Deadline
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