Idris Elba to Headline Africa Cinema Summit in Ghana.
Idris Elba is set to headline the second annual Africa Cinema Summit organized by the National Film Authority of Ghana, taking place from October 7 to 10 in Accra. The summit will be held at the Movenpick Ambassador Hotel and will focus on the theme “The Relevance of Cinema in African Communities.”Elba, a Golden Globe winner and chairman of the IE7 and The Akuna Group, will be joined by Fiona Lamptey, a former Netflix executive and co-founder of Juno Studios, and Andrew Kofi Egyapa Mercer, Ghana’s Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture.The summit aims to discuss the rise of local content production and consumption, explore methods for advocating cinema investment, and reimagine cinema experiences for underserved lower-income audiences. Representatives from several African nations, including Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Rwanda, and Angola, will participate, along with executives from the African diaspora and […]
