AFVI Film School

AFVI FILM SCHOOL

AFVI Ltd will partner with renowned film school[s] abroad in establishing a film school at the Film Village. The school will run regular degree programs, up to PH.D. Level, as well as film programs to develop talent at the secondary school level in the Abuja FCT. It will also take over our regular Workshops in all the skills areas of Filmmaking – Scriptwriting, Acting, Directing, Lighting, Sound Recording and Re-recording, Entertainment Law, Entertainment [Production] Business, Special Effects and Make-up, Costuming, etc.
Our curriculum in filmmaking training shall include computer skills acquisition.
IT knowledge has become very crucial in modern filmmaking, especially Digital Editing and Animation.

WORKSHOPS

The AFVI will use Workshops as an immediate tool, prior to the availability of the film production infrastructures, to help raise the standard of the Nigerian Film Industry [Nollywood] to international standard and thus make their products competitive in international markets where theater-going remains a major and cheapest form of mass entertainment.

Amongst the workshops we intend to conduct, using experts, in all areas of filmmaking, are: Screenwriting, Acting, Producing, Directing, Cinematography, Sound Recording/Re-recording, Editing, Special Effects, Entertainment Law, Still Photography, etc., to bring the Nigerian film industry to world class standard, such that they will be well-placed to bring into the world mainstream markets and earn foreign exchange from their films.

UNIQUE OFFERS

FREE – TRADE ZONE

The Film Village is planned as a Free-Trade Zone in Abuja. This will be an added incentive to invest in the Film Village. It will make all investors into the Village eligible for all the business incentives which the Federal Government of Nigeria has fine-tuned or is fine-tuning to make her 20-20-20 Vision a reality.

 

GREEN ZONE

Virgin areas and forests left untouched for filming and outdoor recreation for residents and patron of the Village.
The green area will be open to all FREE, just like the Millennium Park. The Film Village will be partly run with alternate source of energy such as Solar Energy and the Hydro Electric Power [HEP].

AFVI VILLAGE CONCEPT – NATURAL VILLAGE SETTINGS ALL IN ONE AREA

As a matter of both economic and humanitarian policy, the AFVI will not relocate the villages and villagers, thus saving the villagers the trauma of forceful relocation. 

The existing villages in the area offer wonderful opportunities for integrating them, their schools, places of worship, and other village facilities into our Village Concept. The AFVI will also build prototype villages representing architectural zones of Nigeria and Africa. These will serve as motels and film sets for tourists filmmakers respectively.

VALUE PROSPOSITION

PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP

The Abuja Film Village International [AFVI] Limited is seeking partners and investors in the development and implementation of its over 45 components which include: Film and Music Studios, Editing Suites, with state-of-the-art equipments; Film/TV/Radio Studios, Film/TV School, Computer Training in digital Filmmaking and Animation; Multipurpose theatres, Village squares, Amusement and Theme Park/Resort, Hospital, Hotels, Shopping Mall, Village Concept, Low, Medium, and High Density Housing, and large lakes/dams for water-based recreation and fishing. AFVI Ltd activities include skill workshops in all areas of filmmaking and production and co-production of feature length films and documentaries.

AFVI promises to be a fertile investment platform that holds a robust basket of businesses that are revenue driven and profit oriented. 

It is another business district for all sectors of the economy and will particularly afford banks and insurance companies to participate in the various financial activities that will evolve.

Tourism potential is unlimited and an avenue for corporate branding.

AFVI complements, rather than compete with other establishments in Nigeria or elsewhere in Africa whose components may be apparent at the AFVI.

Moreover, Nigeria is a nation of 140 million people, who will need to be well-served way into the future with several facilities for its ever expanding film industry.

PRIVATE SECTOR

We propose and envisage a robust Private Sector partnership in all aspects of our business with each module targeting the multi-faceted strata of investors both locally and internationally.

DOMESTIC INVESTORS

We require domestic private investors and explore the possibility of raising funds through the stock market.

 

INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS

We reach out to international investors and donors to participate in realizing various components of the AFVI Ltd.