The Ga Mantse, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, has confirmed his participation in the second edition of the Africa Cinema Summit.
The three-day event, starting from 7th to 10th October 2024 at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel, aimed at bringing stakeholders from the cinema industry value chain across the world to Africa.
The National Film Authority (NFA), the organisers of the summit on Thursday, September 5, 2024, paid a courtesy call to the King to officially invite him to the event, to which he joyfully agreed.
Accepting the invitation, King Tackie Teiko Tsuru II, a lover of arts and pioneer in the creative industry, acknowledged the role of film in culture preservation and the need to encourage the production of films that tell the Ghanaian story.
He further pledged his support to the cause spearheaded by the National Film Authority.
The summit is the first of its kind to be held in Africa and it focuses on the peculiarities in the African cinema space as well as the challenges and the numerous opportunities the industry offers.
This is a result-oriented summit, skewed towards creating a compelling and conducive avenue for participants to network, foster partnerships, generate leads and possibly close deals during the event and thereafter.
The maiden edition in 2023 brought together various filmmakers from 20 African countries to Ghana for varied conversations on growing cinema on the continent.
This year’s edition aims to further consolidate the progress made in the African cinema industry, fostering collaboration, innovation and sustainable growth.
The 2024 summit will focus on the growth in quality of local content production and consumption driving the case for increased cinema investment.
The delegation was led by the Executive Secretary of the National Film Authority (NFA), Juliet Yaa Asantewaa Asante, comprised of other NFA officials such as Gyasiwa Ansah, Head of Production and Daniel Amoateng, Head of Film Classification.
The Africa Cinema Summit, organised by the National Film Authority, is in partnership with Filmhouse Group (Nigeria), Silverbird Cinema (Ghana), Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria, Century Cinemax (Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda), and Canal Olympia, among others.