The Director of the National Film and Video Censors Board, NFVCB, Alhaji Adedayo and major stakeholders in the Nigerian film industry paid a courtesy visit to the German Consulate in Lagos to discuss international distributions of Nigerian movies.
Adedayo commended the German Consular General, Ingo Herbert for the existing cordial relationship between the embassy and the Board, especially in the promotion of our cultural heritage, also solicited collaboration between the Board and the Embassy in the areas of capacity building, co-production treaties, exchange platforms and most importantly, international distribution of Nigerian movies in Germany.
The Adedayo during the visit advocated for more collaborations Germany as exemplified through the German owned Gothe institute, and welcomed the screening of a Nigerian movie, Shehu Musa, at the 2017 Berlin Film Festival.
Ingo, who described the Censors Board as the watch dog of the film industry in Nigeria, stated that the embassy has managed program exchanges for filmmakers, and will continue to support film festivals in Nigeria. He described the Nigerian Film industry as vibrant assuring the board of his continual encouragement for commercialized exchange programs.
