Artists, showbiz personalities welcome Kagame’s inauguration and see a brighter future

The New Times’ Leisure reporter Linda Mbabazi talked to a cross section of showbiz personalities on their take on President Paul Kagame’s inauguration slated today, September 6.

Monday, September 06, 2010
Pierre Kayitana

The New Times’ Leisure reporter Linda Mbabazi talked to a cross section of showbiz personalities on their take on President Paul Kagame’s inauguration slated today, September 6.

Pierre Kayitana, Director of Rwanda Cinema Centre/ Rwanda Film Festival

Rwanda is blessed to have a President who appreciates our trade. Further still, the Government has gone out of its way to attract investors into our budding film industry.
It has hosted the Fespad as a way of encouraging and inspiring the Rwandan youth to be more creative and, has variously given support to artists to pursue their careers.
In a personal show of support to the artists, President Kagame visited world cultural events such as the Tribeca Film Festival in an effort to market Rwanda as a favourable film location in Africa.
For the next seven years we are positive that Government support to our industry will move a notch higher.
We want to see the creation of a proper policy framework that supports, encourages and coordinates cultural activities.
Looking back in the previous 7 years, I must say that we have registered tremendous improvement in the entertainment sector. However, showbiz industry is still at infancy but the potential is huge especially within music and movies.

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