Barely a week after Practitioners in the film industry picketed at the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture to demand the establishment of a board for the National Film Authority and the appointment of an executive secretary.
The move has yielded the needed result as President Akufo Addo inaugurates a 14-member governing board for the National Film Authority today.
Members of the governing board include actor, David Dontoh as Chairman and Juliet Asante as Executive Secretary.
Other members include Madam Yaa Attafua, Mrs. Dora Darkwa- Mebsah, Dr. Samuel Anyetei Nai, Mr. Samuel Fiscian, Mr. Zakaria Abdulai, Mr. Koffi Nartey, Madam Akorfa Ejeani, Mr. Kofi Ohemeng Owusu, Mrs. Rukiyaty Ankrah, Mr. Samuel Gyandoh and Mr. Ernest Boateng from Film groups, Copyright, Communication and Attorney General.
The 14-member board, when inaugurated, will pursue the following objectives;
- Evolve a dynamic, economically self-sustaining and culturally conscious film industry in the country in the national interest;
- Promote the creation of a conducive environment for the local production, distribution, exhibition and marketing of films;
- Encourage the use of films to project the identity and image of the Republic and its people within and outside the country;
- Promote and facilitate co-production between local and foreign producers; and
- Regulate foreign participation in the Ghanaian film industry to ensure its benefit to Ghanaian film practitioner.
The formation of the National Film Authority is in accordance with Section 4 (1), (2) of the Development and Classification of Film, 2016 (Act 935).
