{"id":67817,"date":"2023-12-04T01:15:40","date_gmt":"2023-12-04T01:15:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=67817"},"modified":"2023-12-04T01:15:40","modified_gmt":"2023-12-04T01:15:40","slug":"obaseki-edo-intl-film-festival-initiated-to-create-marketplace-for-films-movies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/?p=67817","title":{"rendered":"Obaseki: Edo Int\u2019l film festival initiated to create marketplace for films, movies"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal  \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div class=\"elided-text\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said the Edo State International Film Festival (ESIFF) was initiated by his administration to create a marketplace for films and movies.<\/p>\n<p>The governor made the remarks at the 2024 ESIFF Grand Finale &amp; Awards Night, held at the Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub, in Benin City.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that his administration created the festival to serve as a platform to bring stakeholders in the entertainment industry together to transact business in the creative sector.<\/p>\n<p>Obaseki noted: \u201cThis event is to help create a marketplace for films and movies. We know a lot of you, particularly young people in the creative industry in this part of the country, have done a lot of work and your products and production are not seen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo we felt as a government, we should support the creative industry, ensuring that festivals like this are held where we bring together youths with creative talents and people that will help you distribute your production across the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The governor commended the sponsors of the festival, noting, \u201cI thank our sponsors who have worked with us over the years to improve the quality we see here today and need them to help sustain the festival. This is a government initiative to help launch ideas and can only be sustained by the creative industry.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis international film festival belongs to the industry and from next year it will be run by the Trust made up of a spectrum of players and people from the creative industry while we will support from the sidelines and hope that our sponsors and all of you interested and those that would benefit from it take it up from there.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_67816\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-67816\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-67816\" src=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0911-300x240.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0911-300x240.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0911-1024x819.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0911-768x614.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0911-1536x1229.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0911-696x557.jpeg 696w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0911-1068x854.jpeg 1068w, https:\/\/everyday.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/DSC_0911.jpeg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-67816\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gov. Obaseki at Edo film festival<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki has said the Edo State International Film Festival (ESIFF) was initiated by his administration to create a marketplace for films and movies. The governor made the remarks at the 2024 ESIFF Grand Finale &amp; Awards Night, held at the Victor Uwaifo Creative Hub, in Benin City. 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