National Film Authority awards €90,000 grants to three film projects

As part of providing financial support to filmmakers in Ghana, the National Film Authority has lent a hand to three film production companies.

This is aimed at encouraging collaboration and presenting financial aid to people who have come together to co-produce film projects.

The initiative championed by the National Film Authority is in collaboration with the French Embassy, Creation Africa and Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie (OIF).

This announcement was made at the office of the National Film Authority at the Accra Tourist Information Centre in Accra on June 25, 2024.

The latest recipients of the OIF Grant are Driving Park Limited who received €80,000 for their project ‘A Dream to Die For which tackles illegal mining; Adjoa Films winning €5,000 for their film ‘Regulated Minds, a film which explores the vulnerability of men and mental health; and Midnight Run Productions also taking €5,000 for their project titled ‘Tantra, a horror film about nightlife in Accra.

Speaking to Joy FM, the Executive Secretary of the National Film Authority said this is part of their resolve to set up Ghana as a production hub and also to encourage co-productions.“…as we step up to set out Ghana as a shooting location and destination, to work at building cinema infrastructure, it is critically important that we put a lot of attention on local productions, upping the quality skill of local productions,” she noted.

Juliet indicated that one of the ways of doing this is through co-productions.

“Co-productions help in skills transfer. When we work with our neighbours, and then collaborate, there is skills transfer. It also helps us expand our market,” she further noted.Explained how the three film projects were selected Juliet said “We put out a call after we thought that we had enough to start and a lot of productions came through. But we were looking at specific things and the key among them was co-productions.”