.2BABA, EDO BOY TO THRILL GUESTS AT THE GALA NITE IN FRANKFURT
Africa’s leading music star, 2face Idibia, also known as 2 Baba, will be the main attraction at this year’s Nollywood Film Festival Germany, NFFG, and Nollywood Europe Golden Awards, NEGA, holding at Frankfurt.
NFFG, founded by cultural ambassador, Isaac Izoya is a viable platform designed for Nollywood (Nigerian/African) film makers to showcase their movies to Europeans and Nollywood fans in the Diaspora, while the NEGA awards is the arm of the event designed to honour Nollywood stakeholders, stars, comedians, musicians.
The NEGA Awards has also been expanded to recognise the artistic bias of outstanding politicians and business men whose actions have directly or indirectly impacted upon the industry, thereby shaping what it has grown to become today.
The event which has been holding since 2014 in Frankfurt, Germany in alliance with Hessen State Ministry of Arts and Culture-(Städt Frankfurt Kulturamt), The Ministry of Multicultural Affairs (Amt für multikulturelle Angelegenheiten, AMKA), Nigeria Embassy, Berlin, Germany, the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Nigeria – Frankfurt, Germany and of course, the Nigeria Community Frankfurt Am Main e.V among others, will see Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen’s film, “Wede” opening the premiere on 30th August 2019 at the Filmforum Höchst VHS Cinema, Emmerich-Joselstr, Frankfurt am Main, Germany.
“Wede” exposes the obnoxious and debilitating negative effect of female genital mutilation which is still very much rampant among rural dwellers in the Midwestern part of Nigeria. A young lady gets determined to take the bull by the horn and led other women to a revolt that saw an age long tradition abolished.
Other films to be screened are: “Ne Cres Rien” by Thierry Ntamack and “Joba” produced by Biodun Stephen among others.
The festival will climax on August 31st 2019 with the Nollywood Europe Golden Awards and Gala-night/After-Party where 2 Baba will thrill the audience to a musical experience. Other artistes that will perform at the event, include Zeal of VVIP Ghana (the Afrobeat star that has already done a collabo with 2 Baba), Edo Guy and Don VS.
Also in the lineup are DJ Stone and DJ Dee. At the event, several industry big wigs are expected to win awards for their contribution to Nollywood in 2019. Also listed for a special award is Alhaji Bola Adenekan, a Heidelberg Germany based philanthropist that has single handedly equipped and transformed several hospitals in Nigeria as well as offered free medicalsfor high risk treatment with European doctors without borders.
One of the supporters of the event this year is the Lindner Congress Hotel, Bolongarostr, Frankfurt am Main which is offering guests fantastic discounts on their lodgings.
