Genevieve Nnaji Appointed As Ambassador For Toronto International Film Festival 2020

Genevieve Nnaji has continued to raise the bar for others to follow with her international achievements and recognition.

The Nollywood actress has been unveiled as one of this year’s Toronto Film Festival ambassadors and will join globally recognized filmmakers including Priyanka Chopra, Tatiana Maslany, Shamier Anderson among others for the festival which is scheduled to kick start virtually from September, 10 to September 19, 2020.

The move to hold the first of its kind festival comes in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.

According to the festival, many of the ambassadors will engage with audiences through interactive digital experiences and events. For instance, filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter Cianfrance will lead a dialogue session and actor-producer, David Oyelowo will be a guest speaker as part of the TIFF Rising Stars program, Deadline reports.

This news comes a month after she made the list of Academy members.

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