Nollywood Shines at the Toronto Film Festival: Nigerian Film makers, Producers and Actors Showcase t
- SitiTalBlog
- Sep 19, 2016
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Aljazeera Reports: “Nollywood: Nigeria stands out at Toronto film festival. Spreading its audience scope, the Nigerian film industry lights the screen at the Toronto International Film Festival.”
Eight Nigerian features are being screened at the Toronto film festival, including Omoli Oboli’s film which is “among eight Nigerian features being screened as part of the festival's annual City-to-City programme, which shines a light on filmmaking in cities around the world.”
"In addition to the very commercial films that have been coming out of Lagos for many years, there's a new generation that has a new Nollywood cinema that is working at higher budget levels, taking more time with their productions, greater technical quality and also just greater artistic ambition," says Cameron Bailey, the film festival's artistic director.
"We're beginning to see new kinds of films come out that I think can work very well on the festival circuit and in the rest of the film industry, so that's why I wanted to do it now."
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