CANNES 2012 RED CARPET
The Cannes film festival is the biggest film festival in the world today. I have been privileged to have been accredited as a journalist in 2009,2010,2011, and 2012 edition of this great film event.My first was very exciting because I was privileged to meet the screen goddess Angelina Jolie when her beau Brit came for the premiering of the movie he features,THE INGLORIOUS BASTARD.
I am from Nigeria and no film from Nigeria have met the standard to go into competition at the Cannes film festival.The reasons are so obvious, those that the Federal government of Nigeria have appointed to oversee the film business are clueless of how to project the Nollywood industry to the rest of the world.
In 2012 South African Government sent 134 delegates to the great event but Nigerian film corporation MD went with his secretary and one other worker,nexim bank was there on there own.Nigeria will always pay for the pavilion that end up being empty.Nigeria don't have a place at the world film market where film director from many countries buy and sale their films.Nigeria odes not have a bi annual compendium of the films that have been produce from Nigeria for industry professionals can get handy to know what is going on in the Nigeria film industry .
South Africa has been there with their film, including Egypt and our neighboring country Cameron including Chad.Why Can Nigeria film qualify for Cannes, that is a big question still unanswered
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