Nollywood Foundation Convention 2009
Hotel Palomar Los Angeles-Westwood
June 19-21

The theme of the Nollywood Foundation Convention 2009 is: Monetizing Nollywood Media: Making the Most of Exisisting Content. Its goal is to foster initiatives on how best to market existing Nollywood media within the growing global market for media content. The convention brings together Nollywood filmmakers, academics, and media industry specialists to discuss how to add value to existing Nollywood media and extend its capability for use as a global resource for educational content on Nigerian and African film.

The Nigerian film industry has grown rapidly to become one of the largest film producing industries in the world. The Nollywood Foundation, Inc. (NF), a 501(c)(3) organization, aims to bring Nigerian films and culture to an international audience, to serve as a forum for new ideas and contexts, and to encourage Nigerian cultural development projects in film and new media. The Nollywood Foundation is a collaborating partner of Film Independent, organizers of the Los Angeles Film Festival (LAFF), for the 2009 Nollywood Foundation Convention in Los Angeles.