Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), has announced the return of a heritage film festival ‘Decacia’ to Lagos for its 2025 edition scheduled for July 27 to July 30.
Nuhu, who is also the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of NFC, made this announcement in a statement by NFC’s Director of Public Affairs, Brian Etuk on Thursday in Abuja.
Newsextra24 reports that the return of ‘Decasia’ to Lagos is a collaborative initiative between the Nigerian Film Corporation (NNFC), the Lagos Film Society and partners from Germany namely Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Arts (Berlin, Germany).
NAN also reports that others were Deutsche Filminstitut and Filmmuseum (Frankfurt Germany), Goethe University-Frankfurt, DAAD (Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst) and Goethe Institut.
According to Nuhu, the heritage film festival will be a landmark gathering of filmmakers, archivists, historians, scholars, and culture enthusiasts, dedicated to the rediscovery, preservation and creative re-imagination of Africa’s cinematic heritage.
The Chief Executive Officer of NFC assured expected participants of exciting moments of the film festival.
He added the exciting moment include; the screenings of rare archival films, panel discussions woven around strategies, archiving, preservation challenges and national development in support of the draft National Film Archive Policy.
”The networking sessions designed to spotlight the importance of cultural memory in shaping Nigeria’s creative future.
“Objectives of ‘Decasia’ is to sustain global conversations, including the impact of digital technologies, as well as the relationship between archives and film festivals.
“Decasia provides a veritable platform to harness great creative opportunities inherent in archival materials, as weapons for sustainable human existence and development.
The first edition took place in 2019 October 24 to 27 in Lagos, with the title “1st Berlin – Lagos Archival Film Festival”.
While the 2020 edition took place in Berlin Germany themed “Reclaiming History, Unveiling Memory”.
