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The two-day working visit by the IMAX Studio’s Vice President of Global Marketing for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Mr. Giovanni Dolci, on Monday July 15 to16, 2013 was preparatory to the decision to establish the first IMAX Cinema in Nigeria, to be located in Festac, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.
IMAX’s Nigerian partner, Mr. Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima who was with the visitor at the Bank of Industry (BoI), Amuwo Odofin LGA Secretariat and the CEO of Dvworx said “we building more than an ordinary cinema like the inadequate local ones in Nigeria, we are building the larger than life mega IMAX Cinemas not only in Lagos, but also in other states.”
Chima is optimistic that the cinema is a groundbreaking project that will boost the international distribution of Nigerian movies. He is also certain that with the production of Nigerian IMAX movies, the project will boost the Nigerian film industry.
Dolci was during his stay, taken around by Chima’s team, comprising his legal adviser Mr. Biola Ladipo, COO of Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema (SOOAC) and his associate Mr. Hope Obioma Opara, President of the annual Eko International Film Festival. At the Lagos office of BoI, the delegation had a meeting with Mrs. Cynthia Uche Nwuka, Mr. Okechukwu Madu and Mr. Lawrence A. Ewah.
It would be recalled that the Bank of Industry is investing millions of dollars in the sustainable development of the Nigerian film industry. One of the bank’s project is the co-funding of the film adaptation of award-winning novel “Half of A Yellow Sun” written by Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie. The film is due for release during the yuletide season. Dolci also met with other stakeholders in the Nigerian film industry, including Mr. Femi Odugbemi, CEO of Dvworx and Festival Director of the annual iRepresent International Documentary Forum and Patrick Lee, General Manager of Ozone Cinemas in Lagos. He also visited Ozone, Silverbird and Genesis Deluxe cinemas all located in Lagos and scheduled to also visit the Silverbird Cinemas in Accra, Ghana before returning to London.
“The first IMAX Cinema in Nigeria and likely also the first in West Africa will be built in Festac, one of the most urbanized towns in the Amuwo Odofin local government area of Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria and the most densely populated state in the country. Lagos has the biggest economy in West Africa and is the hub of the booming entertainment industry,” said Michael Chima at the preliminary meeting of Giovanni Dolci with Comrade Ayodele Adewale, the Executive Chairman of the Amuwo Odofin Local Government at the secretariat in Festac on Tuesday July 16, 2013.
The first IMAX Theater in Nigeria is going to cost $23 million and expected to be ready before next Valentine and projected to attract over 500, 000 people weekly from all the communities in the Amuwo Odofin local government area and nearby towns.
Dolci has been in charge of IMAX sales and business development, responsible for negotiations with exhibitors and distributors throughout EMEA to support the market’s transition to digital projection technology. He joined IMAX after 10 years at London-basedArts Alliance Media, which specializes in digital cinema technology and was also film finance executive, and executive producer with Beach Front Films, a New Zealand-based film production company , where he oversaw financing international co-production projects
Source: The Nation Online Nigeria
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The two-day working visit by the IMAX Studio’s Vice President of Global Marketing for Europe, Africa and the Middle East, Mr. Giovanni Dolci, on Monday July 15 to16, 2013 was preparatory to the decision to establish the first IMAX Cinema in Nigeria, to be located in Festac, in Amuwo Odofin Local Government Area of Lagos State.IMAX’s Nigerian partner, Mr. Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima who was with the visitor at the Bank of Industry (BoI), Amuwo Odofin LGA Secretariat and the CEO of Dvworx said “we building more than an ordinary cinema like the inadequate local ones in Nigeria, we are building the larger than life mega IMAX Cinemas not only in Lagos, but also in other states.”
Chima is optimistic that the cinema is a groundbreaking project that will boost the international distribution of Nigerian movies. He is also certain that with the production of Nigerian IMAX movies, the project will boost the Nigerian film industry.
Dolci was during his stay, taken around by Chima’s team, comprising his legal adviser Mr. Biola Ladipo, COO of Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema (SOOAC) and his associate Mr. Hope Obioma Opara, President of the annual Eko International Film Festival. At the Lagos office of BoI, the delegation had a meeting with Mrs. Cynthia Uche Nwuka, Mr. Okechukwu Madu and Mr. Lawrence A. Ewah.
It would be recalled that the Bank of Industry is investing millions of dollars in the sustainable development of the Nigerian film industry. One of the bank’s project is the co-funding of the film adaptation of award-winning novel “Half of A Yellow Sun” written by Chimamanda Ngozi-Adichie. The film is due for release during the yuletide season. Dolci also met with other stakeholders in the Nigerian film industry, including Mr. Femi Odugbemi, CEO of Dvworx and Festival Director of the annual iRepresent International Documentary Forum and Patrick Lee, General Manager of Ozone Cinemas in Lagos. He also visited Ozone, Silverbird and Genesis Deluxe cinemas all located in Lagos and scheduled to also visit the Silverbird Cinemas in Accra, Ghana before returning to London.
“The first IMAX Cinema in Nigeria and likely also the first in West Africa will be built in Festac, one of the most urbanized towns in the Amuwo Odofin local government area of Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria and the most densely populated state in the country. Lagos has the biggest economy in West Africa and is the hub of the booming entertainment industry,” said Michael Chima at the preliminary meeting of Giovanni Dolci with Comrade Ayodele Adewale, the Executive Chairman of the Amuwo Odofin Local Government at the secretariat in Festac on Tuesday July 16, 2013.
The first IMAX Theater in Nigeria is going to cost $23 million and expected to be ready before next Valentine and projected to attract over 500, 000 people weekly from all the communities in the Amuwo Odofin local government area and nearby towns.
Dolci has been in charge of IMAX sales and business development, responsible for negotiations with exhibitors and distributors throughout EMEA to support the market’s transition to digital projection technology. He joined IMAX after 10 years at London-based
Source: The Nation Online Nigeria
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