Nollywood Surpasses Hollywood As Worlds 2nd Largest Film Producer

Icadon · May 7, 2009

Swali langu hizi movie zinalipa in terms of mauzo?

Lagos (Nigeria) - The Nigerian film industry has overtaken Hollywood and closed the gap on India, the global leader in the number of movies produced each year, according to a new United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report released today.

According to the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) survey, Bollywood - as the Mumbai-based film industry is known - produced 1,091 feature-length films in 2006. In comparison, Nigerias moviemakers, commonly known as Nollywood, came out with 872 productions - all in video format - while the United States produced 485 major films.

Film and video production are shining examples of how cultural industries, as vehicles of identity, values and meanings, can open the door to dialogue and understanding between peoples, but also to economic growth and development, said UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura.

This new data on film and video production provides yet more proof of the need to rethink the place of culture on the international political agenda, he added.

The three cinema heavyweights were followed by eight countries that produced more than 100 films: Japan (417), China (330), France (203), Germany (174), Spain (150), Italy (116), South Korea (110) and the United Kingdom (104).

Key to Nollywoods explosive success is Nigerian filmmakers reliance on video instead of film, reducing production costs, and, as the survey points out, the West African country has virtually no formal cinemas, with about 99 per cent of screenings in informal settings, such as home theatres.

The survey also revealed that about 56 per cent of Nollywood films are made in local languages, while English remains a prominent language, accounting for 44 per cent, which may contribute to Nigerias success in exporting its films.

According to the study, US movies continue to dominate cinema admissions around the world, and all of the top ten films seen in Australia, Bulgaria Canada, Costa Rica, Namibia, Romania, and Slovenia were US made.

For more information on Nollywood films visit Nollywood.com | African Movies.

Bluray · May 7, 2009

Big Up,

Tunataka quality na market penetration on the internation scene iongezeke pia, siyo namba tu.

Killuminati · May 7, 2009

.....Du movie zao zenyewe mostly ni milipuo na kuvaa full makanga tu, quality wise mtanisaidia!! Chache sana ni makini.

Nyani Ngabu · May 9, 2009

Mimi wala huwa sihangaiki kuziangalia movie za Kinaija

Kana-Ka-Nsungu · May 9, 2009

Jamani first lady wangu ananiboa sana kwa kupenda kuangalia hizi movie za wapopo, basi akianza tu mimi napata sababu ya kwenda pub! Quality ni mbovu sana, yani nyingine utadhani ni zile video za ubarikio watu wanazochukua majumbani mwao, afu ukiona moja ndo kama ushaona zote kwa kuwa zime base kwenye theme kuu tatu- mapenzi, dini, uchawi!

Icadon · May 10, 2009

Kana-Ka-Nsungu said:
Jamani first lady wangu ananiboa sana kwa kupenda kuangalia hizi movie za wapopo, basi akianza tu mimi napata sababu ya kwenda pub! Quality ni mbovu sana, yani nyingine utadhani ni zile video za ubarikio watu wanazochukua majumbani mwao, afu ukiona moja ndo kama ushaona zote kwa kuwa zime base kwenye theme kuu tatu- mapenzi, dini, uchawi!

Si wanashoot directly kwenye videos. Ila hizi movie mimi ndio zilishanishinda najua NN cuppy wako anazipenda(speculating) lol kama just like every other bongonian chick.

FairPlayer · May 11, 2009

Kwakweli wanawake wengi wasioenda shule ndo wanapenda picha za kinaija. Sio wote, ila wengi washabiki ukichunguza sana utakuta shule ni mgogoro au ya kuunga unga!

Mcheck my waifu wako utagundua!

Hizi picha za kinaija kibaya zaidi wabongo wanaigiza, basi gari inaanza kutoka kwenye ofisi posta mpya mpaka ubungo inaonyeshwa...mpaka anaingia ndani kwake. 5 minutes unaangalia gari tu.

Halafu SAUTI. Angalau wanaija wameshaanza kumudu sauti ya waigizaji, sasa ngoma ipo kwenye sound track!!! DUH!!!

Tatizo la wabongo kwenye kuiga ni kuwa hapa bongo, movie makers wengi hawana ujuzi na hizo movie au wala hawakuwa wapenzi wa movie, na WENGI wa waigizaji ni wale waliokosa kazi mmbadala ya kufanya!.

The whole industry in Bongo is a mess!!! LOW budgets, siku nne movie imeisha!

I love bongo

FP

magneto · May 11, 2009

sibishi zinapedwa sana na wanawake uswahilini,sijui labda sababu hata kama huelewi lugha unaweza kisia kinachoendelea

Nampula · May 15, 2009

tz tupo level gani kwenye hii industry?

Kana-Ka-Nsungu · May 15, 2009

FairPlayer said:
Kwakweli wanawake wengi wasioenda shule ndo wanapenda picha za kinaija. Sio wote, ila wengi washabiki ukichunguza sana utakuta shule ni mgogoro au ya kuunga unga!
Mcheck my waifu wako utagundua!

This can never be true coz mke wangu amevuta shule ya nguvu kuliko hata mi mwenyew na sio yeye tu ndo anapenda kuwatch hizi movie, hapa UK nyumba nyingi za wabongo nikiingia nakuta wanawake wana subscribe kwenye Nolywood TV na wengi ni wasomi,wengine wanasomea PHd! nahisi hizi movie za kinigeria zina mambo mengi ambayo wanawake wanayapenda, its nothing to do with their shule. Na si kwamba wakiangalia hizimovie hawaangalii za kizungu, wanaangalia zote zote.

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