EXCLUSIVE: Ghana’s Black Star International Film Festival (BSIFF) has locked a unique distribution partnership with Majestic Cinemas , the Ivory Coast’s largest cinema chain, to expand the distribution of feature films between francophone and anglophone West Africa.
The deal also includes the cooperation of CINEKITA, one of the region’s top dubbing and subtitling houses, and the Nigerian studio Nile Group, led by Moses Babatope.
As part of the deal, all three institutions will aid in the distribution of English-language African films to Francophone territories, while also reversing the flow by introducing French-language African films to English-speaking regions. The pact will work as a four-step process: The coalition of companies will be given a first look at all official selectio