LBx Africa Producer Ivy Kiru recently moderated an interesting webinar conversation on ‘The State of the African film industry’ organized by Afreative. The dope panel included;
- Award-winning Producer and Screen Writer - Njoki Muhoho
- Director, Producer, Actor, Screen Writer - Nick Njache
- Producer, Lecturer - Wanjiru Kinyanjui
- Director, Writer, Editor - Samuel Kizito and
- Director, Producer, Screenwriter - John Riber
The webinar explored a variety of topics including insight of how far the industry has grown through the decades, the evolution of storytelling in Africa, insights for upcoming filmmakers in various fields such as editing, directing, how the panelists have overcome specific challenges such as fundraising and getting valuable collaborations, exploring training and mentorship opportunities available for actors and filmmakers and so much more.
Afreative have more opportunities like this one that you can take advantage of as an upcoming filmmaker to learn and network from the more experienced people in the industry.