…… say filmmakers is a games changers The French Embassy PISCCA Programme, in partnership with Girls Voices Initiative (GVI), on Tuesday, seeks more women in the film industry to develop the entertainment sector. The groups recalled that women in the Nigerian movie industry tell the best of stories and made contributions to more of the fields. Creative Director of GVI, Mrs Carolyn Seaman, disclosure this in Abuja, at the National Female Filmmakers’ Congress (NFFC), organized by Girls Voices Initiative and supported by the French Embassy to Nigeria and other partners, to mark the International Day of the Girl and the International Mental. She said: “We are very tired to see women as actors, makeup artists and production managers because we manage the money properly. We want to do more of handling the camera, record sound and others. “We know that women can do this, but the journey actually starts from educating women with the skills, giving them the tools that empower them to be able to do this job as excellently as anybody in the sector”. Carolyn, however, said that women made contributions to Nigerian film acting, but have consistently been underrepresented in sectors. In her remarks, the Ambassador of France to Nigeria, Mrs Emmanuelle Blatmann, urged women to champion advocacy for rights and use films to share their stories that would inspire other girls and women in Nigeria. Blatmann was represented by its Program Officer, Ms Camille Oren, said: “Through its PISCCA programme, the French Embassy is proud to support GV since 2019 in promoting girls and women’s rights. “Indeed, gender equality is a priority of the French government, which spearheads this commitment through its feminist foreign policy. “France is advocating gender equality in international forums and here, in Nigeria, the Embassy of France is implementing the PISCCA programme which stands for innovative projects from civil societies and coalitions of actors and aims at supporting innovative projects from local civil society to promote women’s rights”. Also speaking, an Author and Creative Entrepreneur, Chinyere Obi-Obasi, called on the GVI group to increase knowledge of young girls in filmmaking to address challenges facing girl children in Nigeria.
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