Film Producers to ban film sales from July 1
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Socrates Sarfo, a member of FIPAG
Film producers and filmmakers in Ghana cannot sell their films to television stations starting from July 1, 2021 until further notice.
The move is part of measures to supposedly help save the movie industry from collapsing.
This was included in a joint statement by stakeholder bodies in the film industry including the Film Producers Association of Ghana, Film Crew Association of Ghana, Marketers & Distributors Association of Ghana and Ghana Academy of Film & Television Arts.
These bodies reached the agreement at the end of a three-day strategy session organised and sponsored by the Ghana Tourism Authority to understand the challenges and the reasons behind the collapse of the film industry and to enable the various stakeholders to put together solutions to revive the exhibition, marketing and sales of Ghanaian movies, which once was a model for film producers across the world.