Founder of TIFF

the founder of the renown Trans Africa international film festival along side other industry professionals at the first northern filmmakers summit in Kano state north western Nigeria. where key issues affecting filmmaking in Northen Nigeria were discussed and SMART solutions were deliberated. key problems identified during the two days event included Low access to funding, inadequate technical know-how , insufficient capacity strength, low collaborations amongst filmmakers and inadequate active Cinema halls in the 19 northern states. at the summit, participants contributed their quoters by bvoicing the possible solutions to the problems which included increase capacity building, employing recent technologies, accessing financial institutions. TAIFF founder in person of Nixon Wayas stressed the for generational sustainability plans where younger filmmakers will have access to platforms that supports growth and innovations in storytelling in respect to the norms and cultures of the northern Nigeria. the summit was organized by Afri starr productions and Kaduna international film festival.