{"id":118481,"date":"2024-10-09T21:17:41","date_gmt":"2024-10-09T20:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/?p=118481"},"modified":"2024-10-09T21:17:41","modified_gmt":"2024-10-09T20:17:41","slug":"french-embassy-partners-nifs-to-sponsor-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/french-embassy-partners-nifs-to-sponsor-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"French Embassy Partners NIFS to Sponsor Nigeria Delegation to MIPCOM"},"content":{"rendered":"
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French Embassy Partners NIFS to Sponsor Nigeria Delegation to MIPCOM<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Sahara Weekly<\/strong><\/a> Reports That The French Embassy as part of its commitment to support industry development, has partnered with the Nigerian International Film and TV Summit (NIFS) to sponsor a Nigerian delegation, comprising about 20 companies with dedicated stands, at the Nigerian Pavilion at Cannes.<\/p>\n

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The Nigerian International Film and TV Summit (NIFS) is a leading platform dedicated to advancing the film and television industries in Nigeria, across Africa, and beyond. By providing opportunities for collaboration, knowledge exchange, and innovation, NIFS plays a pivotal role in driving the growth and global recognition of African content.<\/p>\n

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MIPCOM is renowned as the Mother of all Entertainment Content Markets Globally, with over 11,000 delegates, 3500 buyers, and over 100 countries represented with more than 320 stands.<\/p>\n

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Located at the heart of the Palais des Festivals\u2019 exhibition floor, this market combines a high-end conference setup with sessions on Connected TV Summit, Streamers Talk, MIP Global FAST & AVOD Summit as well as a networking lounge including a bar area, alongside a dedicated \u201cTech Demo zone\u201d.<\/p>\n

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Over the days, participants will engage in networking, knowledge sharing, and collaborative efforts aimed at pushing Nigerian content to the global forefront.<\/p>\n

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Industry professionals and Trightsalogue rights holders will come together to explore new opportunities and address the challenges facing the industry.<\/p>\n

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By accepting to join the Nigerian delegation to MIPCOM, participants reaffirm their commitment to highlighting and selling African stories that resonate not only on the continent but around the world.<\/p>\n

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Mr Laurent Favier, Consul General of France in Lagos stated that \u201cAfter supporting a stand for Nigerian Animation Studios at Animation Film International Market in Annecy for the past 3 years, the French Embassy in Nigeria will be providing Nigerian Industry professionals with an umbrella at Mthe IPCOM. Coordinated with NIFthe S platform, this stand will be hosting fourteen studios that sell tantheirvies, TV series, TV, and shows to international broadcasters, and platform support for the Nigerian Audiovisual Industry was made possible thanks to specific funds. This year again, the program called \u201cCreation Africa\u201d enables us to support entrepreneurship in the sector of cultural and Creative industries. This fund has bd to us for a period of 18 months by the French Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mrs Ijeoma ONAH, founder of NIFS added: \u201cIndeed we are excited with the level of support from the French Embassy in supporting film and TV professionals with a Nigerian Pavilion at the largest global content distribution market MIPCOM Cannes. Through this partnership, our resolve to continue to drive international business for local Nigerian companies has been reinforced, and with the Nigerian International Film and TV Summit, we remain committed to the huge ininternationalitieshrough lithe censing of local programs because this outcome will definitely elevate and transform the dynamics of international distribution for local companies in Nigeria.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Mrs Onah will lead the Nigerian delegation to Cannes along with Mr Christophe Pecot, Audiovisual Attach\u00e9 of the French Embassy in Nigeria.<\/p>\n

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French Embassy Partners NIFS to Sponsor Nigeria Delegation to MIPCOM         Sahara Weekly Reports That The French Embassy as part of its commitment to support industry development, has partnered with the Nigerian International Film and TV Summit (NIFS) to sponsor a Nigerian delegation, comprising about 20 companies with dedicated stands, at the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":118482,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_lock_modified_date":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[78,73],"tags":[1513,5834,5835],"class_list":["post-118481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-society","tag-featured","tag-french-embassy","tag-mipcom"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/IMG-20241009-WA0012.jpg?fit=1280%2C853&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6Suws-uOZ","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118481"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118481"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":118483,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118481\/revisions\/118483"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/118482"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saharaweeklyng.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}