Cinema
business in Nigeria is about to experience a quantum leap as cinema specialist,
Kene Mkparu, MD and founder of Filmhouse announces plans to open four cinema
in Nigeria.
The favoured cities that will experience the
cinema touch from Filmhouse are Surulere in Lagos , Ibadan, Asaba and Calabar. The launch of the four
cinemas is a first step in Filmhouse’s plan to have 25 cinemas in six years.
According to Mrs Ade Mogaji,
a former employee at United Kingdom’s biggest cinema who recently joined
Filmhouse, “Filmhouse Surulere is at The Leisure mall, Adeniran Ogunsanya
street, Surulere, Lagos. Its features include Digital 3D, iScream cafe brand,
soul food brand, luxury seating and surround sound. The Marina Resort cinema is
a Filmhouse partner cinema with the Cross River State Tourism Bureau. This will
be the first cinema in Calabar and its exquisitely sited sea-view cinema with
an iScream café view of the Marina, soul food, luxury seating and surround
sound. Filmhouse Ibadan is the show piece of The Heritage mall, Cocoa place,
Dugbe, Ibadan (first cinema in Ibadan) with iScream café, soul food brands,
luxury seating and surround sound. Filmhouse Asaba 1st Avenue is on
Okpanam road, part of a mix-use leisure shopping mall(first in Asaba) and is a
full Gold class VVIP cinema with automatic reclining five star seats ?(as if in
a first class cabin on a plane), Gold class lounge, iScream café, soul food
brands, Digital 3D, luxury seating and surround sound”
In a
statement signed by Bigsam Media, Mr. Kene Mparu, the Chief
Executive Officer of Filmhouse and a well-known name in the industry explains
that Filmhouse is out to set standards for others to follow. He said, “what we created
a few years ago was only a prelude. Filmhouse Cinemas is now about to raise the
bar and set new standards for modern cinemas in Nigeria. Surulere, Calabar,
Ibadan and Asaba will never be the same again.”
In the persuasive enthusiastic spirit that envelops the
Filmhouse team, Mrs Ozy Sammie-Okposo, HR Manager, explained that “Filmhouse
management and development teams have over 100 years combined experience in
cinema operations and cinema design & build, gained from the United
Kingdom, Spain, Italy, USA, Nigeria. This experience stands us heads and
shoulders above any other cinema operator in Nigeria.
Supporting her, Mr Kene Okwusa, Deputy Managing Director
of Filmhouse believes that “there is enough space in Nigeria today for many
cinema players. After all there’re over 150 million potential cinemagoers to
satisfy. Nevertheless, we’re setting new standards that our competitors can
only attempt in vain to follow. Our cinema guests will not only experience the
difference, they will experience that the difference is clear.
Filmhouse
is a beneficiary of Bank of Industry’s $200 million US Dollars
Creative and Entertainment Industry Intervention Fund.
Website: www.filmhouseng.com
Facebook: Filmhouse Cinemas Nigeria
Twitter: FilmhouseCinemas
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