DCS Events, organisers of the Emerging Cinema Markets Conference at
the Grand Tarabya Hotel in Istanbul (19th – 21st
November) have announced further details of the dedicated Africa sessions and
speakers at the conference.
Africa is the world's second
largest and second most-populous continent. It covers 6% of Earth's total
surface area and 20% of its land area. With 1.3 billion people and a median age
of 19.7 years as of 9th October 2019 (and set to double by 2050), it
accounts for 16.72% of the world's human population, but currently a nominal
amount of the global box office:
- Africa
is the last major landmass on earth where significant growth in cinema box
office sales is achievable
- Africa
is 3x bigger and has 4 x more population than US
- However there
are only 1,414 Screens on African Continent vs 40,759 US screens
- By 2050
as much as 40 per cent of the population in the world could be African, and the continent already has the
second largest population on earth.
- The Big
Picture have focused on twenty of the fifty-four African countries with
significant prospects for growth and a current population of 961m people
- 421
million of these are English speaking; 193 million French; 188 million are
Arabic and 60 million speak Portuguese.
- There is
only 1 screen per 1 million people Africa currently
- Just 1
IMAX screen per 93 million people
- There is
potential for 1billion admissions annually
- 8,000 new screens,
projectors and sound systems with 1 million new seats in
- 1,825 cinemas
- To
Generate US$4.7bn Box Office annually
With 70% of worldwide economic growth is
forecast in Emerging Markets, ECM2019 will explore opportunities, the
challenges (including technical and political) and how cinema suppliers,
operators and producers can grow their businesses across the continent.
Rob Arthur, Founder and Director of DCS
Events and Senior Consultant at The Big Picture says, “Cinema in Africa is the
new frontier. It is critically important that the industry stakeholders work as
a team to best manage the growth opportunities cross the continent.
#ECMIstanbul and the community of Emerging Market
Pioneers – exhibitors, distributors and suppliers - will be in Istanbul working
with each other in order to learn about the latest developments within the
industry and improve management skills in order to provide the structures
required to manage international class cinemas successfully”.
Rob Arthur continued, “Transparency,
Integrity, Trust and Compliance are key areas which will enable the development
of cinemas in Emerging Markets”
The Emerging Market Pioneers recognise the
extent of the challenges as well as the opportunities, such as government policies,
piracy, technology standards, theatrical release practices, international trade
practices and the lack of highly valued relationships within the industry at
large – Challenges which are shared by counterparts across other Emerging
Markets.
Keynote
speaker, Arturo Guillén, SVP & Global Managing Director, Comscore Movies says,
“Movie going keeps growing year after year globally. But this growth is even
more so internationally. The Emerging Cinema Markets is a perfect opportunity
to focus in places with untapped audiences and great appetite to enjoy the
cinema experience, sometimes for the first time.”
Moses
Babatope, Co-Founder, Group ED/MD FilmOne FilmHouse Cinemas and FilmOne
Distribution and Production, Nigeria added, “"As a key
player in one of the most dynamic emerging cinema markets, we always look
forward to sharing our insights. The Nigerian (West African) market is growing
rapidly from a very small base, so we believe that there is still huge
potential for expansion and opportunities for filmmakers, exhibitors and other
players across the industry. The Emerging Cinema Market conference gives us a
great platform to articulate this potential to interested parties."
ECM2019 is a platform for the Emerging Cinema
Markets to meet the International Stakeholders who are able to share in depth their
knowledge and experience and key speakers on the Africa programme include:
- Hon. (Sen) Monica Mutsvangwa, Minister of
Information, Publicity and Broadcasting Services of Zimbabwe
- Olayemi
Anyanechi, Managing Partner, Sefton Fross
- Moses Babatope, Co-Founder,
Group CEO, Filmhouse Cinemas
- Susanna Hermida Barbato, Executive Director,
NOS Audiovisuais
- Alessandra Pavan Bernacchi,
Sr. Manager, Theater Development, Europe and Africa, IMAX Corporation
- Olivier Dock, International Film Adviser
- Jean-Marie Dura, NXNW
Management & Conseils
- Paul Higginson, Consultant
(former EVP Twentieth Century Fox EMEA)
- SVP & Global Managing Director, Comscore
Movies
- Lucy Jones Executive Director ComScore, Inc.
- Sarah Lewthwaite, Managing Director &
Senior Vice President, EMEA, Movio
- Kene Mkparu, Group
President/Chief Executive Officer, KOMWORLD
- Luis
Roberedo Mota, Director, NOS Lusomundo Cinemas, Moçambique and Portugal
- Jared Murray-Bruce,
Executive Director, Silverbird Group
- Patrick
von Sychowski, Editor, Celluloid Junkie
ABOUT ECM19This event is being organised by Digital
Cinema Solutions Events (DCS Events) - an independent events company to the
cinema industry. The event will be held at the Grand Tarabya Hotel in Istanbul
on 19
th – 21
st November 2019. Industry professionals Rob Arthur,
Julie Harriss and Dan Harriss formed DCS Events in 2018. Full conference
details and tickets are available at www.ecm19.com
