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Nigeria's Cinematic Heritage

Preserving Nigeria's Cinematic Heritage for Future Generations

Recovering endangered films, restoring forgotten stories, documenting pioneers, and building Africa's most significant film preservation institution.

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Films Identified

Films Restored

Historical Assets Archived

Strategic Partnerships

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Who We Are

Guardians of a nation's moving-image memory

Heritage Film Ventures is a Nigerian nonprofit organisation dedicated to locating, recovering, restoring, preserving, documenting and promoting Nigerian and African films for future generations.

"A film that is lost is a memory that can never be recovered. We exist so that Nigeria never forgets its own story."

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What We Do

Six pillars of preservation

From the search for lost prints to the celebration of restored classics, our work spans the full life of a film's survival.

Film Recovery

Locating lost, forgotten and endangered Nigerian films held in private collections, vaults and archives at home and abroad.

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Film Restoration

Returning damaged and deteriorating films to their original brilliance through photochemical and digital restoration.

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Digitization

Creating high-resolution digital masters that safeguard films and make them accessible for generations to come.

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Research & Documentation

Building the definitive record of Nigerian cinema through scholarship, cataloguing and oral history.

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Education

Training the next generation of archivists and sharing Nigeria's film heritage with schools, universities and the public.

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Heritage Film Festival

Celebrating recovered and restored films through an annual festival honouring the pioneers of African cinema.

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Featured Projects

Work that safeguards a legacy

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Lost Nigerian Films Recovery Initiative

A nationwide effort to locate, recover and restore Nigeria's lost cinematic treasures before they vanish forever.

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Nollywood Heritage Documentation Project

Documenting the evolution of Nigerian cinema and the golden era of Nollywood through archives, interviews and scholarship.

Ongoing

Oral History Programme

Capturing the memories, testimonies and craft of Nigeria's film pioneers before they are lost to time.

Partnership

African Film Preservation Network

Building a united network of archives and institutions dedicated to film preservation across the African continent.

The Digital Archive

A museum of Nigeria's moving images

Explore recovered films, restored classics, historic posters, photographs and oral histories — catalogued and preserved for scholars and the public alike.