The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) has announced that it will be joining its counterpart in the United Kingdom and the USA to mark the ‘National Cinema Day’. The day, marked every September 2, is a global day that aims to reward cinemagoers and encourage cinemagoing by offering customers discounted ticket prices.

CEAN announced that they will welcome moviegoers to celebrate a day at the movies with discounted tickets of N1000 to kick off the first National Cinema Day on Saturday, September 2, 2023.

Chairman of CEAN, Ope Ajayi disclosed that the one-day event will be held at more than 50 Cinema locations with over 100 screens. “We believe this will bring together audiences of all ages to enjoy a day at the movies and to see any movie of their choice at a discounted ticket price of N1,000.”

Ope added that the CEAN decided to join in marking the day as a way of thanking moviegoers and promoting the cinema-going culture as well as remind audiences about the magic of cinema.

Films that the audience will see at the discounted price of N1000 include ‘Kesari,’ ‘Mission Impossible,’ ‘Orisa’ and ‘The adventure for the family,’ by Anthill Studios ‘Mikolo.’