As it is in Ehizoya Golden
Entertainment e.V culture, the team presented this year Nollywood Film Festival Germany, NFFG and
Nollywood Europe Golden Awards, NEGA, projects to the new Consul General at the consulate of
the Fed Republic of Nigeria in Frankfurt, Germany during a courtesy
call to His Excellency CG Mr. D. O Falowo
Briefing His Excellency about the
upcoming Nollywood – NFFG and NEGA events in general, which is
meant purely to promote Nigeria image and integration values in
particular in this part of the world via Nollywood movies he produces
in Germany, the president of Ehizoya golden entertainment Mr. Isaac
Izoya – Cultural Ambassador, appealed to His Excellency CG Mr. D. O
Falowo to continue supporting the Nollywood projects by fully
participating both in the planning process and the execution of the
events programme. He urged His Excellency to endeavour in attending
both the movies screening and to personally extend invitations to
other diplomatic corps to also attend both the screening and the NEGA
gala-night like his predecessors, which will go down a long way in
lifting the image of Nigeria to a greater height in Germany.
The financial burden of this project is
enormous Mr Izoya, the event director reiterate and we will
appreciate if His Excellency could use his good office to relieve us
that burden by assisting us financially - directly or indirectly for
the continuity of this viable project, he requested.
This year gala-night is special because
we are expecting several diplomatic corps VIPs from Abuja, Ghana, UK
and USA and His Excellency involvement to make these guests feel at
home cannot be over emphasized.
Izoya requested the Consul General
to particularly help him thanks members of his team that came with
him whom are Engr Iyamu – The president of Nigeria Community in
Hessen state, Ms Heidi Ivangs-Kariuki our reliable translator and Mr.
Edward Jokolo our well officer and to others that are not here today
due to tight schedules. Without them, the success so far would’ve
been mission impossible. He concluded.
Responding, His Excellency Consul
General, D. O Falowo said “I can't wait to witness the events”
because I heard so much about it when I was still in my last POST in
America before coming to Germany. I was aware when Her Excellency
Senator Danzilla James from Atlanta Georgia and Queen Blessing Itua
came to receive their awards respectively some years back. They came
back then singing praises of the event generally. You could then
imagine how I felt when I was posted down to Frankfurt. We are here
to support viable projects of this magnitude which is very good for
our country image. Nigerians are making waves in different fields of
human endeavours but we lack powerful media platforms like CNN and
BBC broadcasting outlets to blow our trumpets which is one of the
advantages the West have over us. Thank God to Nollywood which is
also serving as our local voice to portray the good image of our
country and thanks to Ehizoya Golden Entertainment e.V for these your
noble projects via Nollywood telling our original stories in this
part of the world.
It's our duty to support such project
and we’ll support you morally but sadly, not with finance because
we are financially handicapped.
Kindly keep us posted regularly and
we’ll surely be there for your organization in our little capacity.
It’s a promise, he added.
Thank God you’re here with some of
your formidable team members like Engr Iyamu whom I want to
particularly beg to help me organize a meeting within me and the Edo
people in this city. I love to meet with them to exchange ideas
affecting the image of our beloved country especially, to discuss a
hot subject, human trafficking. We must fight to stamp it out
collectively. Meeting with Edo community is my top priority, he
emphasized.
“I am the president of Nigeria
community not Edo community. I don’t represent a section of Nigeria
because I believe in one Nigeria though I am a typical Edo man.
Nevertheless, I promise to help arrange a meeting as requested”,
Engr Iyamu concluded.
Ehizoya Golden Entertainment e.V is the
organizers of Nollywood film festival Germany – NFFG, a viable
platform designed for Nollywood (Nigerian/African) film makers to
showcase their movies to Europeans and Nollywood fans in the Diaspora
– (a confirmed educational tools of learning African culture by
African children in the Diaspora) and Nollywood Europe Golden Awards
- NEGA, designed to honour Nollywood stakeholders, stars, comedians,
musicians (both in Africa and in the Diaspora) which has also been
expanded to recognize the artistic bias of outstanding diplomatic
corps, politicians and businessmen and women both in Africa and
beyond but whose actions in the area of culture and tourism sector,
have directly or indirectly impacted upon Africans and other
continent outside the scope of Africa countries.
The Nollywood Events (NFFG & NEGA)
are organized by a consortium of renowned Europe based African
entertainment promotion outfit, Ehizoya Golden Entertainment e.V, in
alliance with Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in
Frankfurt Am Main, Germany. Stadt Frankfurt Kulturamt (Ministry of
Art/Culture - Frankfurt), Hessen State Filmforum Höchst
VHS-Frankfurt Am Main, The Office for Multicultural Affairs (Amt für
multikulturelle Angelegenheiten – AmkA), Ethiopian Airlines and the
Nigeria community e.V, Frankfurt, Germany.
This year event is scheduled for 8th –
9th September, 2017 in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
FESTIVAL FEATURE
1) Opening night cocktail attended by
Nollywood directors, actors, Germans/Nigerians film makers,
Diplomatic Corps, journalists and experts. (Venue; Filmforum Höchst,
Emmerich-Josef-Strasse 46a 65929 Frankfurt am Main)
Two movies scheduled for premiere this
year are;
8th September, 2017; 5.30pm: MOVIES
Premiere / opening ceremony
6PM; Premiere of - DIPLOMATIC STRINGS
(Isaac Izoya) shot in Frankfurt and Lagos and produced by Isaac Izoya
AFTER PREMIERE - PARTY
"NOLLYWOOD SINGLES NIGHT"
Date. 08/09/2017
TIME 10 PM Till Dawn.
Venue. NOLLYWOOD EVENTS CENTER
BORSIGALLE 35 60388 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
DJ Don Jokolo & DJ Gagar
2) 9th September, 2017; 2pm prompt:
Premier of - DERANGED (Nadia Buari) shot in Ghana.
One of the outstanding movie to watch
out for this year during the festival is CANDLE IN THE WIND by (Abdul
Salam Mumuni) shot in Ghana among others.
9th September, 2017: 9PM Till Dawn!
NOLLYWOOD EUROPE GOLDEN AWARDS - NEGA
GALA-NIGHT
NEGA GALA - NIGHT AFTER PARTY with live
stage performances by Nigerian best comedian KENNY BLAQ and Hip Hop
star ZEEZ also from Lagos, Nigeria. Also expected are local based
artists Tu-Brain and Shaba among others.
Music; DJ Stone and DJ Gagar
(VENUE; FRIESSTRASS 20 60388 FRANKFURT
AM MAIN)
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