NEIHIS Coordinator, Mr. Seun Apara will be speaking at the session tagged Project Nollywood meant to sensitise the international community about the privately designed Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme (NEIHIS) and the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Trust Fund.
Nollywood Alert is an Information platform for the film industry on health and development and is for all registered Industry participants. It will take place at Film House Cinemas, Marina Resort, Calabar.
The festival, which will hold from November 9 to 16, will run the industry sessions for five week days, beginning from today Monday November 7.
Actors, filmmakers, film marketers, distribution houses and various professional guilds in the entertainment industry will gather at different venues, discussing issues of benefits, while charting a new course for African cinema. Film students and filmmakers alike will also engage in trainings, as part of the capacity building initiative of the festival.
Festival manager, AFRIFF, Ikenna Ezenyirioha, revealed that the industry sessions are an integral part of the festival that cannot be ignored, adding that professionals in different fields will be on hand to host different classes.
According to him, the sessions are the artistic and business sides of showbiz, which are essential to the development of the creative non-oil sector of the economy. He noted that this will bring forth the right skills and attitude as well as open up business deals, networking and possible collaborations among the filmmakers that will be attending the festival.
Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme (NEIHIS) is a private health insurance scheme with customized plans specifically designed for the entertainment industry. It is an initiative of Nigerian Entertainment Industry Lecture Series (NEILS) in partnership with National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS).
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