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New Nigerian Cinema or New Nigerian Cinema era (also known as New Wave [1] [2] or controversially as New Nollywood [3] [4]) is an emerging phase in Nigerian cinema, in which there became a major shift in the method of film production, from the video format, which came about during the video boom, back to the cinema method, which constituted the films produced in the Golden era of Nigerian ...
The Nigerian Film Institute, Jos was established by the Nigerian government in November 1995 to help develop young Nigerian talents in the art of filmmaking. [11] As at this time in 1995, 177 video films were recorded by the Nigerian Censors Board, a number which further increased to 233 in 1996.
The Nigerian film industry is the largest in Africa in terms of volume, number of annual films, revenue and popularity. [9] [10] [11] It is also the second largest film producer in the world. [12] In 2016, Nigeria's film industry contributed 2.3% to its gross domestic product (GDP). [12]
By 1954, mobile cinema vans played to at least 3.5 million people in Nigeria, and films being produced by the Nigerian Film Unit were screened for free at the 44 available cinemas. The first film entirely copyrighted to the Nigerian Film unit is Fincho (1957) by Sam Zebba; which is also the first Nigerian film to be shot in colour. [7]
This unit was a re-organized local unit, which united the broader term 'Nigerian Film Unit' which had been established in 1949; [2] the function of this film unit was to produce documentary films and newsreels on local events of great importance, leading to the dominance of educative films in Nigerian theatres in the late 1950s [15] As at 1954 ...
[12] [13] As of 1954, mobile cinema vans played to at least 3.5 million people in Nigeria, and films being produced by the Nigerian Film Unit were screened for free at the 44 available cinemas. The first film entirely copyrighted to the Nigerian Film Unit is Fincho (1957) by Sam Zebba; which is also the first Nigerian film to be shot in colour ...
It is a part of the larger Nigerian cinema, known as Nollywood, which includes other production centres producing films in many other Nigerian languages. The name "Kannywood" is a portmanteau derived from the city name of Kan o and Holl ywood , the center of the American film industry .
Mainframe Films and Television Productions (usually known as Mainframe Studios or Mainframe Films) was a film production company founded in 1991 by Nigerian cinematographer and film producer Tunde Kelani. [1] [2] Since its establishment in 1991, the production company had produced several notable Nigerian films. [3] [4] [5]