Ahmad Alkanawy speaking on a panel at Abuja filmfest....last year

Kwankwasiya film festival debuts in Kano

The Kano State Executive Council has approved the institution of an annual film festival christened Kwankwasiya Film Festival. The festival is to be organized by the State Censorship Board. Director of the Festival Ahmad Alkanawy disclosed that the festival would make its debut on March 18 and would run through March 20. It will be held under the theme Connecting Nigerian People Through Films. Alkanawy also hinted that the festival, which will hold at the Muritala Muhammed Library Complex in Kano, would attract practitioners and festivalgoer’s from within and outside Kano state. It will feature screenings, workshops and panel discussion on the state of Kannywood. Kano state is acclaimed to be the hub of movie production up north and it is the operational base of the motion picture industry up north called Kannywood. The industry has been receiving tremendous attention from government since Governor Rabiu Isa Kwankwaso assumed office as Executive Governor of the state. The Kano state Censorship Board has been transformed while an academy for the development of talents and capacity for Kannywood was established. The Kwankwasiya festival is clearly one of Governor Kwankwaso contribution to the promotion and development of Kannywood.