Nollywood Film Festival Germany visits, presents projects to ambassador Falomo in Frankfurt

R-L: Izoya and Falomo at the presentation ceremony

As it is in Ehizoya Golden Entertainment e.V culture, the team presented this year NFFG & NEGA awards projects to the new Consul General at the consulate of the Fed Reb 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.

Mr 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.

In response, 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 8^th – 9^th 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;

8^th 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) 9^th 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.

9^th 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)

As hallmarked since its inception, may we reassure our Nollywood fans and followers that their presence at this year NFFG & NEGA awards ceremonies will be in company of distinguished personalities in all fields of human endeavour from Nigeria, Africa, UK, USA and beyond, are invited to grace the occasions.

Nollywoods personalities nominated for 2017 special edition are Hon, Barrister Solomon Dalong, Minister for Youth and Sport, His Excellency Amb, Abdul Bin Rimdap retd, His Excellency Ambassador Habib Baba Habu, Hon Barr Rita Orji – Committee on Diaspora Affairs, Emeka Ike – CEO of Nollywood Television Abuja and the President of the Actor Guild of Nigeria (AGN), Holland based The Voice magazine chief editor Mr Elvis Iruh, Ghana movies icon Nadia Buari, Ghana based producers, Sunshine Olawore and Abdul Salam Mumuni, Mr. Abidemi Dairo – Channels Television broadcaster – Lagos, Nigerian best comedian – Kenny Blaq, Nigerian Hip Hop star DJ Zeez and to be hosted by a Nigerian, Denmark based broadcaster – Miss Ete Vivian.

We are pleased to inform you that they‘ve all agreed to join us in Frankfurt, in a beautiful and colourful ceremony with special musical performances by Nigerian Hip Hop star DJ Zeez and Kenny Blaq – stand-up comedian among other side attractions by Tu-Brain and Shaba etc.

If history is anything to go by, this year event is a must attend event one cannot afford to miss. It’s going to be fun unlimited that will light up the city of Frankfurt once again with African culture in the name of Nollywood.

See you when you get there because – “The Show Must Go On!”

EHIZOYA GOLDEN ENTERTAINMENT e.V”