{"id":13273,"date":"2018-11-20T08:34:38","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T08:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=13273"},"modified":"2018-11-20T08:34:38","modified_gmt":"2018-11-20T08:34:38","slug":"wasteful-film-village-is-not-our-priority-movie-director-to-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=13273","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Wasteful\u2019 Film Village is not our priority \u2013 Movie Director to government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-13274\" src=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Richmond-Afrane.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"730\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Richmond-Afrane.jpg 730w, https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/Richmond-Afrane-410x242.jpg 410w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 730px) 100vw, 730px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ghanaian movie Director, Richmond Afrane has taken on the government over plans to build a film village for the creative art industry to boost their activities saying it is not a priority.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Richmond Afrane who is also an artiste Manager of Kumawood actress Ellen G White has said the government must build cinemas in the all regions of the country which he considers much important\u00a0 before it considers putting up a film village.<\/p>\n<p>According to\u00a0him, the major challenge in the industry currently is distribution and marketing of their products across the country and not a film village.<\/p>\n<p>He further noted that, with the cinemas in the various regions, individual producers can be assured of getting their returns after production because having a good launch or premiere of a movie pays a lot to industry players.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhere will producers premiere their movies after production? He quizzed.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you build a village for us to produce movies where I\u2019m I going to show the movie to get my money back\u201d he quizzed in an exclusive interview with MyNews.<\/p>\n<p>The Director\u2019s comment comes after the Finance minister during the presentation of the country\u2019s budget said the government has secured a 200-acre land for a film village.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Minister of Finance and Economic Planning, Ken Ofori Atta, the Government, in 2019, will pursue the passing of a Legislative Instrument to establish a Secretariat for the National Film Authority\u201d and will also facilitate the construction of an ultra-modern Film Production Studio to attract the international film community.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is not the first time government of Ghana has promised to uplift the face of the Creative Arts industry.<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, the Manama-led administration promised similar investments for the industry which never saw the light of day<\/p>\n<p>This has however generated a heated argument between people and filmmakers as to whether the state is indeed going to help the movie industry this time around.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Source: MyNewsGh.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian movie Director, Richmond Afrane has taken on the government over plans to build a film village for the creative art industry to boost their activities saying it is not a priority. 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