琳达·克拉森（Linda Klaassen）
米拉·伊布拉欣莫娃（Mila Ibrahimova）
联合国教科文组织
当下，新技术得到广泛使用，数字电影设备走向廉价亲民，网络平台逐步兴起，诸多有利条件，让新一代的非洲电影制片人得以崭露头角。联合国教科文组织于2021年10月5日发布报告《非洲电影产业：发展趋势、挑战和机遇》（The African Film Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth），反映了非洲电影在数字技术推动下焕发的生机与活力。
人称“诺莱坞”的尼日利亚电影产业每年大约能制作2500部电影，是非洲电影发展的典型代表，在当地催生了一个具有自身经济模式的制作和发行行业。真正扭转大局的因素是当前的数字革命，它早在大约20年前就已出现，而新型冠状病毒肺炎（Covid-19）疫情又使其加速发展。
然而，在非洲大陆的大多数国家，电影和视听行业的经济潜能在很大程度上未得到开发，电影产业仍然面临资金短缺、发展不足和价值被低估的结构性问题。泛非电影制片人联合会（FEPACI）的资料显示，非洲电影产业潜在年收入为200亿美元，而实际年收入仅为50亿美元。
此外，性别平等和言论自由等领域仍然存在重重挑战。联合国教科文组织的上述研究报告显示，87%的受访者称，可以上映或播放的内容均有明确的或自行设定的限制。
资料来源：《非洲电影产业：发展趋势、挑战和机遇》，联合国教科文组织，2021年。
African film: A booming industry
Linda Klaassen and Mila Ibrahimova
UNESCO
The widespread use of new technologies, the affordability of digital film equipment, and the rise of online platforms are enabling a new generation of African filmmakers to emerge. The UNESCO report, The African Film Industry: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities for Growth, released on 5 October 2021, reflects the vitality of African cinema, driven by digital technologies.
Also known as “Nollywood”, the Nigerian film industry – which produces around 2,500 films a year – is emblematic of this growth. It has enabled the emergence of a local production and distribution industry with its own economic model. The real game-changer is the ongoing digital revolution, which started some twenty years ago and was accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Across most of the continent, however, the economic potential of the film and audiovisual sectors remains largely untapped, with the film industry continuing to be structurally underfunded, underdeveloped and undervalued. According to the Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI), the industry generates $5 billion in annual revenue out of a potential $20 billion.
There are also challenges that persist in areas such as gender equality and freedom of expression. According to the UNESCO study, eighty-seven per cent of respondents said that there are explicit or self-imposed limitations to what can be shown or addressed on-screen.
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