PAVILLON AFRIQUES
Unlimited access to the African and Black cinema industry at the Festival de Cannes
OUR ADVISORY BOARD
LEADERSHIP
Karine Barclais
Founder and Organizer
Kbey Business Services
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Founder and General Director of Kbey Business Services, Karine Barclais has been working for many years in the global event industry. Namely, she has been the Promotion Director for France and french speaking countries for prestigious events.
Karine holds a post-graduate degree in International Business (Toulouse University, France), a Diploma in Economics and English Studies (Portsmouth Polytechnic, England). Karine also studied entrepreneurship at HEC. What drives this polyglot (she speaks 5 languages) is to open new opportunities for companies, governments and institutions who would feel shy to go on their own on the global markets.
Pavillon Afriques at Cannes Film Festival is the latest initiative launched by Kbey Business Services to give more visibility to african talents on the global scene and allow the continent to take a better share of the multi-billon dollars film industry.
Bola Atta
Executive Producer
REDTV
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Bola Atta is presently the Group Director for Corporate communications for UBA (the United Bank for Africa) as well as the UBA Foundation CEO. She is also the Executive Producer of REDTV through which she sponsored PA 2022.
Bola Atta was nominated as the Best Marketing professional in West Africa in 2017. She was also on the list of the 40 top Nigerians under 40 in 2008 and celebrated as one of the 100 most influential women in Nigeria in 2015.
In 2001, Atta proposed to the Board of M-Net (Electronic Media Network), that a channel be dedicated solely to the broadcast of African movies - specifically Nollywood movies. She worked on the concept, development and programming of this channel which she successfully launched in 2003. Today, The Africa Magic channel is the most watched channel on the African continent. In 2005, Bola became the first Nigerian director of one of the largest publishing conglomerates in Africa. She was appointed to the board of Media24 Nigeria, an affiliate of Media24.
Chike Nwoffiah is an award winning film producer and director and a member of the Screen Actors Guild - American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA). He is the recipient of many accolades, including a Certificate of Special Congressional Recognition by the US House of Congress and the Arts Leadership Award by the Arts Council Silicon Valley. Chike also teaches African History at Menlo College in Atherton, California.
Chike C. Nwoffiah
Founding director of the Silicon Valley African Film Festival (SVAFF),
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Lisa Osinloye
Executive Producer and Founder of Ten Ten Global Media Group
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Lisa Osinloye has been an executive producer and entertainment industry veteran for more than 25 years. She began her career in the music business as an artist, writer, manager and producer who secured her first record deal with Atlantic Records as just a teen. She worked with the Grammy Award-Winning group, Cameo at the tender age of 15 and was a songwriter in Multi-Grammy and Emmy Award Winning Producer, Narada Michael Walden’s camp, who has produced hit records for iconic artists such as Whitney Houston, Aretha Franklin, and Mariah Carey.
Lisa produced the TV Show Famous People for a major cable network and secured superstars such as Beyoncé, Eddie Murphy, Alicia Keys and several others. Lisa is also the co-founder of Fortune Girls, a multi-media brand that has reached over 7 million girls worldwide. The animated TV Series The Funky Fantastics, based on the Fortune Girls franchise goes into production in 2020. Lisa recently produced the feature film The Last Full Measure, starring 9 academy award winners and nominees, including Samuel Jackson, Christopher Plummer, Ed Harris and Sebastian Stan to name a few. Roadside Attractions/ Lionsgate is distributing the film which debuted in theatres in January 2020.
Lisa is currently producing Steven Spielberg’s next feature film that will be distributed by Paramount Pictures In addition, Lisa executive produced the feature film Her Only Choice on Netflix. Upcoming feature film projects star Golden Globe nominee Pierce Brosnan, Academy Award nominee James Caan, and Academy Award-Winner Nicholas Cage just to name a few. Lisa is the creator and executive producer of the TV Series The Dunk! which has been greenlit by a major distributor. Lisa is the co-founder of Ten Ten Global Media, who along with her business partner Simone White, is producing several upcoming feature film and television projects starring A list talent.
Nicholas Weinstock, President of Invention Studios
Nicholas is the Founder and President of Invention Studios, Los Angeles, an independent creative production company developing a wide range of features and television series for major American platforms such as HBO Max, CBS, Amazon, Amblin, Paramount, and Apple. The studio has established and developing film projects in Africa – including Nigeria and Kenya.
Invention Studios – powered by a first- look financing deal with Fremantle, focuses on a range of projects that span film, television, new media, and podcasts. The company is devoted to groundbreaking projects and bold storytelling that represent the widest and deepest possible human experience.
Nicholas's leading, influential roles across media and film include Head of Creative Development for Lionsgate/Debmar-Mercury; Founder of the Fox Writers Studio at 20th Century Fox; Executive Vice President at Chernin Entertainment and Vice President of Comedy Development at 20th Century Fox TV; Partnerships with Judd Apatow and Ben Stiller and many, many more.
He is also the Founder of Craft Services Network, an online support network and project incubator for more than 600 emerging screenwriters from across the world. Craft Services provides an unprecedented on-ramp for newcomers to the global entertainment business regardless of writers’ geography, economics, or previous connections or experience.
As a champion for diverse and innovative storytelling, Nicholas is dedicated to nurturing African talent to amplify their voices on an international platform.
Earlier this year, Nicholas opened a branch of Invention Studios in Nairobi, a first-of-its-kind partnership with the Kenyan government, to support and promote Kenya’s burgeoning, filmmaking talent.
In 2023, he was Head Juror at the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) in Lagos, Nigeria, and participated in the First Africa Cinema Summit in Accra, Ghana.