Actors Guild of Nigeria hosts international film festival in US in November

<p>A line-up of over 70 Nollywood stars are expected to attend the festival.</p>, <span>Nancy Isime is one of the hosts of the festival Instagram/NancyIsime</span>, <h2>The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) says it plans to hold an international festival in Miami, Florida, to create network for Nollywood actors with their global colleagues.</h2>, <p>National President of AGN, Emeka Rollas, who disclosed this on Tuesday at a news conference in Lagos, said the festival would be done in partnership with the African Travel Film Festival.</p>, <p>According to him, the essence of the festival is to create networking platform for Nollywood actors with their global colleagues</p>, <p>"We will be touring the Telemundo studio in Miami; we will also be exploring the beaches of Miami in a boat cruise as well as get more knowledge through masterclasses on filmmaking," Rollas said.</p>, <p>He added that the festival would hold in Miami, Florida , from November 9 to November 11, to spur cross-cultural collaborations in filmmaking.</p>, <p>According to him, this is deliberately designed to further expose Nollywood actors to casting directors and producers across the globe which will breed cross cultural collaborations in filmmaking.</p>, <p>Rollas said that the collaboration would go a long way in benefiting the nation economically and further put Nigeria on the global stage.</p>, <p>Also speaking, Dr Alex Okoroji, Chairman, Organising Committee for the festival, said that the guild was excited to be hosting the festival in Miami.</p>, <p>According to her, this is because the city remains a vibrant cultural scene with a large population of Nigerian and African immigrants.</p>, <p>Okoroji said that the theme for the festival is The future of Nollywood Actors in the Global Economy.</p>, <p>"This festival will be a celebration of the brightest Nigerian film and television actors and it will feature a wide range of events.</p>, <p>"The events include a red carpet gala and awards, film screenings, panel discussions, city tours, workshops