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– Presents Certificates to Graduands
LAGOS – Trino Motion Pictures, a Nigerian film production and distribution company, has unveiled its content and acquisition & sales division, aimed at supporting young and upcoming creative entrepreneurs in the business of content creation for TV or online platforms and film production.
The new platform is also a strategic move designed to empower the young and independent producers across the continent by giving them an avenue to showcase their talents globally.
Mr. Uche Okocha, the Managing Director of Trino Motion Pictures, disclosed this earlier in the week in Lagos during a cocktail party in partnership with the Nigerian International Film Summit (NIFS).
According to Okocha, the company stood on the edge of a new chapter—not just for business, but for the entire ecosystem that powers the TV content industry, Nollywood and African cinema.
Okocha regretted that African stories are not only underrepresented globally; they are also undervalued, underestimated and without the due recognition they deserved.
He believed that the coming of the new content and acquisition & sales division, would change the narrative for the young talents not only in Nigeria, but in Africa as a whole.
Okocha who described the new initiative as a bold new step in its journey, said that this new content acquisition and sales operations, was dedicated to representing independent producers across the continent of Africa in major international markets for film and TV content.
He added that the company also intended to support the film and TV ecosystem by investing in international sales by providing the needed structure for selling and marketing its content globally.
He added: “Meanwhile, we—those of us who know our stories, our talent, and our potential—are sitting on a cultural goldmine.
“Our producers are creating magic. Every day. With grit, grace, and passion. But many of them lack the bridge between powerful content and global visibility. That’s where we come in—not as competitors in the distribution space—but as collaborators in the same purpose. We are here to amplify, not to replace. To support, not to supersede. To extend the reach, not to restrict it.
“We’re building a dedicated engine to source content from indie voices, from rising talents, from those who may not have access to the existing infrastructure—and we’re ensuring that this content gets into the right hands, onto the right platforms, and into the hearts of global audiences.”
He assured its distribution partners that the initiative was not to reinvent the wheel, but to widen the opportunities in the sector.
He also challenged the storytellers, producers, unseen artists crafting cinematic gems in silence to tap into the opportunities offered by the company.
Okocha also charged its partners around the world to assist it in selling the African continent—not as a product, but as a powerhouse of culture, creativity, and cinematic excellence.
The highlight of the event was the presentation of certificates to the 12 graduands of its maiden edition of the International Sales and Distribution Executives (ISDE) programme, in conjunction with NIFS.
The programme aimed to address the sales and distribution gaps of the film industry, which has been unprofessionally conducted in the past years.
Sales and distributions, the organisers said are the critical aspects of the film industry, hoping that the graduates would address the obvious lacuna in the system.
Commending the initiative, Daleshawn Butler, one of the participants, described the platform as one of the best in the country.
Butler said: “We appreciate the entire process of the training and we say thank you.”
Also, Ms. Ijeoma Onah, Founder of NIFS, underscored the importance of investing in capacity building in the entertainment industry.
She urged intending participants to look out for the next edition of the training, which would be announced soon.
“We do hope that our interactions yield measurable outcomes. We really need to invest in capacity to improve Africans’ skill set in the entertainment industry,” she said.