TK cranks camera for Dazzling Mirage
AWARD winning filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, is back on location. The motion picturist, who just returned from Dubai, where he served on the jury of Dubai International Film Festival, is shooting a new feature, Dazzling Mirage. The shoot is expected to run side-by-side filming of some missing scenes in Ma’ami, the touring film starring star actress, Funke Akindele and Wole Ojo. Ma’ami, which has toured cinema and festival circuits in Nigeria and abroad including the Edinburg Film Festival, Scotland, the African Film Festival, Glasgow and New York African Film Festival, has enjoyed rave reviews. Undaunted by the ravaging piracy and lack of fund and infrastructures that have stalled progress of work in Nollywood, the 2012 ZUMA Films Best Director said he is more than committed to continue. According to him, “the industry has been ravaged by continuous piracy and very slow development of infrastructures, which continue to pose great challenges for Nigerian filmmakers, but we are determined not to stop. In spite of all these adversities, the show must go on.” His next effort, Dazzling Mirage is a continuation of his literature to screen approach to filmmaking. Written by Olayinka Abimbola Egbokhare and adapted for screen by UK-based Ade Solanke, Dazzling Mirage, Kelani revealed, is a story that talks about sickle cell anaemia and the myths around it. He said, “it is an interesting love story, because all of us are connected directly or indirectly to the sufferers of this ailment. I am intrigued by the writer’s approach to weave a love story with it and that to me is the attraction. I have also had personal relationship with people suffering from this disorder and I consider it my responsibility to bring their story to the fore.” Egbokhare’s Dazzling Mirage, published by Loud Books, is a narrative about the adopted daughter of the Adebayos. It is a story of her travails and triumphs against the odds of physical pains and psychological trauma, which she experienced in her journey towards self-fulfillment. Egbokhare holds a Ph.D in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan, where she teaches writing skills. Like all projects by Kelani, Dazzling Mirage will be a capacity building project that will involve aspiring filmmakers. Kelani revealed that a new set of equipment have been ordered to achieve hands-on experiences.
Champion Of Our Time now in DVD
THE award winning film by Mcnuel Productions, Champion Of Our Times, will be formally released on DVD this month. Chidi Nwokeabia, a scriptwriter and director in the company, disclosed that the movie with the signature of Mak Kusare, starring the child star Treasure Obasi, would, as from this month, be available at major DVD sales and distribution outlets across the country. Nwokeabia stated that having toured major festivals around the world, it was time for the movie, produced with support of the Lagos State government, which earned Nigeria a major prize at the 2011 edition of the Festival of Pan African Cinema- FESPACO and other awards, to be available for home consumption. Champion Of Our Times is the story of hope for the physically challenged. The story revolves round a studious, but physically challenged 13 year-old Sophia Eremosele (Treasure Obasi), who needs the support and encouragement of her single parent, Mrs. Ronnie Eremosele (Ngozi Ezeonu), to participate in a quiz contest organised by the France-based St. Flairs Foundation in conjunction with the Lagos State government. Sophia, just 13, and confined to the wheel chair secures her mother’s consent through the help of the family Doctor — Donald Falana (Segun Arinze) — but she is denied her right to participation because some staff of the foundation arrogated to themselves the responsibility of determining Sophia’s health condition (even without demanding her medical records). Mrs. Eremosele and Dr. Falana later put up a spirited fight that eventually opens the lid for Sophia to prove herself.
AMAA 2013 entries get January ending deadline
THE December 31 deadline for submission of entries for the 2013 edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has been extended. The organisers announced that entries would now close on January 31. The extension according to the executive secretary of the organisation, Mr. Tony Anih, is to give filmmakers and practitioners across Africa more time to submit their films. He added that this is the first time organisers have extended the deadline for entries in the last nine years. Giving reasons for the extension, Anih said: “We are extending our deadlines for two reasons. One, our website crashed, which means we could not retrieve some of the entries that were submitted and uploaded online. Some practitioners, too, cannot submit online and the most affected people are filmmakers from North Central and Southern Africa regions.” He also stated that the extension would allow entries coming by post to be delivered. “Some of them have had to send in their entries again via post and because of poor transportation infrastructure connecting Africa countries via roads and air some of the entries have not arrived Nigeria. Another reason is that many filmmakers asked for extensions, the board decided on a month extension,’’ he said. Anih, however, noted that the award rules have not changed and that the extension would not affect the AMAA calendar as the award would still hold in April 2013. He also stated that the extension would not affect other scheduled pre-event activities including the nomination party, which holds in March in one of the Southern Africa countries where some Nigerian, Ghanaian and other African actors and actresses are popular. “One or two countries have shown interest and we hope to conclude within the next few days on where we are going to have the nomination party,” he said.
AWARD winning filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, is back on location. The motion picturist, who just returned from Dubai, where he served on the jury of Dubai International Film Festival, is shooting a new feature, Dazzling Mirage. The shoot is expected to run side-by-side filming of some missing scenes in Ma’ami, the touring film starring star actress, Funke Akindele and Wole Ojo. Ma’ami, which has toured cinema and festival circuits in Nigeria and abroad including the Edinburg Film Festival, Scotland, the African Film Festival, Glasgow and New York African Film Festival, has enjoyed rave reviews. Undaunted by the ravaging piracy and lack of fund and infrastructures that have stalled progress of work in Nollywood, the 2012 ZUMA Films Best Director said he is more than committed to continue. According to him, “the industry has been ravaged by continuous piracy and very slow development of infrastructures, which continue to pose great challenges for Nigerian filmmakers, but we are determined not to stop. In spite of all these adversities, the show must go on.” His next effort, Dazzling Mirage is a continuation of his literature to screen approach to filmmaking. Written by Olayinka Abimbola Egbokhare and adapted for screen by UK-based Ade Solanke, Dazzling Mirage, Kelani revealed, is a story that talks about sickle cell anaemia and the myths around it. He said, “it is an interesting love story, because all of us are connected directly or indirectly to the sufferers of this ailment. I am intrigued by the writer’s approach to weave a love story with it and that to me is the attraction. I have also had personal relationship with people suffering from this disorder and I consider it my responsibility to bring their story to the fore.” Egbokhare’s Dazzling Mirage, published by Loud Books, is a narrative about the adopted daughter of the Adebayos. It is a story of her travails and triumphs against the odds of physical pains and psychological trauma, which she experienced in her journey towards self-fulfillment. Egbokhare holds a Ph.D in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan, where she teaches writing skills. Like all projects by Kelani, Dazzling Mirage will be a capacity building project that will involve aspiring filmmakers. Kelani revealed that a new set of equipment have been ordered to achieve hands-on experiences.
Champion Of Our Time now in DVD
THE award winning film by Mcnuel Productions, Champion Of Our Times, will be formally released on DVD this month. Chidi Nwokeabia, a scriptwriter and director in the company, disclosed that the movie with the signature of Mak Kusare, starring the child star Treasure Obasi, would, as from this month, be available at major DVD sales and distribution outlets across the country. Nwokeabia stated that having toured major festivals around the world, it was time for the movie, produced with support of the Lagos State government, which earned Nigeria a major prize at the 2011 edition of the Festival of Pan African Cinema- FESPACO and other awards, to be available for home consumption. Champion Of Our Times is the story of hope for the physically challenged. The story revolves round a studious, but physically challenged 13 year-old Sophia Eremosele (Treasure Obasi), who needs the support and encouragement of her single parent, Mrs. Ronnie Eremosele (Ngozi Ezeonu), to participate in a quiz contest organised by the France-based St. Flairs Foundation in conjunction with the Lagos State government. Sophia, just 13, and confined to the wheel chair secures her mother’s consent through the help of the family Doctor — Donald Falana (Segun Arinze) — but she is denied her right to participation because some staff of the foundation arrogated to themselves the responsibility of determining Sophia’s health condition (even without demanding her medical records). Mrs. Eremosele and Dr. Falana later put up a spirited fight that eventually opens the lid for Sophia to prove herself.
AMAA 2013 entries get January ending deadline
THE December 31 deadline for submission of entries for the 2013 edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has been extended. The organisers announced that entries would now close on January 31. The extension according to the executive secretary of the organisation, Mr. Tony Anih, is to give filmmakers and practitioners across Africa more time to submit their films. He added that this is the first time organisers have extended the deadline for entries in the last nine years. Giving reasons for the extension, Anih said: “We are extending our deadlines for two reasons. One, our website crashed, which means we could not retrieve some of the entries that were submitted and uploaded online. Some practitioners, too, cannot submit online and the most affected people are filmmakers from North Central and Southern Africa regions.” He also stated that the extension would allow entries coming by post to be delivered. “Some of them have had to send in their entries again via post and because of poor transportation infrastructure connecting Africa countries via roads and air some of the entries have not arrived Nigeria. Another reason is that many filmmakers asked for extensions, the board decided on a month extension,’’ he said. Anih, however, noted that the award rules have not changed and that the extension would not affect the AMAA calendar as the award would still hold in April 2013. He also stated that the extension would not affect other scheduled pre-event activities including the nomination party, which holds in March in one of the Southern Africa countries where some Nigerian, Ghanaian and other African actors and actresses are popular. “One or two countries have shown interest and we hope to conclude within the next few days on where we are going to have the nomination party,” he said.
Curtain draws on Yoruba actress, Bsis Komolafe
TRAGEDY hit Nollywood and the Yoruba movie industry in particular, when on New Year eve; it lost one of its actresses, Bisi Komolafe. The actress reportedly died at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State. The star of Igboro Ti Daru, Akanmole, Alakada, Akun and others critically acclaimed Yoruba flicks was seriously ill for sometime, but finally gave up the ghost on New Year eve. The leadership of the Association of Theatre-Arts Practitioners (ANTP) has confirmed the untimely demise of the actress, who sources say, may have died of complications resulting from the pregnancy she lost months back. Her was interred on Friday at Ibadan.
TRAGEDY hit Nollywood and the Yoruba movie industry in particular, when on New Year eve; it lost one of its actresses, Bisi Komolafe. The actress reportedly died at University College Hospital, Ibadan, Oyo State. The star of Igboro Ti Daru, Akanmole, Alakada, Akun and others critically acclaimed Yoruba flicks was seriously ill for sometime, but finally gave up the ghost on New Year eve. The leadership of the Association of Theatre-Arts Practitioners (ANTP) has confirmed the untimely demise of the actress, who sources say, may have died of complications resulting from the pregnancy she lost months back. Her was interred on Friday at Ibadan.
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