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Saturday, September 04, 2010
For the next couple of weeks I will be bringing you interviews with cast and crew of the up coming movie Sinking Sands which has the support of the Film and Video Workshop Column of Nigeria Films Today I bring you excerpts of my phone conversation with the movies director A woman I am very proud to call friend The African Movie Academy Award Nominated World Fest Platinum Award winning and Savannah College of Art Artistic Honors Recognition Recipient Miss Leila Jewel Djansi Good mor
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Tuesday, August 17, 2010
I get truly upset when I hear my sisters and brothers in Nigeria say that they taught GhanaianS how to make movies I am here to present certain facts Nigeria did not teach Ghana how to make movies That is a big bold historical lie one of the first Ghanaian movies I watched was Hamile the Ghanaian version of Hamlet the Shakespeare play directed by Terry Bishop and produced by the them Ghana Film Industry Corporation now called GAMA Films That movie was made in The came Kwaw A
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Sunday, August 15, 2010
Nigerian Taiwo Taiwo of Tywo Tywo Enterprises is one of the International Film Festival Summit s IFFS Graduating Class for the Certified Film Festival Professional Programme CFFP This Programme is a two day course that provides an in depth training curriculum covering the most important elements involved in film festival work The IFFS is the largest international organisation representing the film festival industry Its mission is to promote and strengthen the global film festival
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Saturday, August 14, 2010
Despite the drama currently ensuing in the Ghana Nigeria industry of filmmaking some filmmakers have ignored that and are forging on with making great relationships New one is the big news of Yemi Blaq starring in the volcanic filmmaker Leila Djansis new bound to be mega hit Sinkng Sands The ultimately fine Yemi Blaq plays a prominent role of Dr Zach Mathews a British African MD who becomes an anchor in the failing marriage of a Pabi and Jimah played by Ama Abebrese and Jimmy Jean Lo
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Wednesday, August 11, 2010
The Africa International Film Festival AFRIFF released a star studded promotional video to promote the festival and its theme Africa Unites The video features guest appearances by Jude Idada Screenwriter Producer Rita Dominic Nollywood actress D banj MTV award winning musician Daryl Hannah Hollywood actress Hon Marcus Nle Ejii Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Rivers State Nigeria Giancarlo Esposito Hollywood Actor Director Celine Loader AFRIFF Communications Con
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Sunday, August 08, 2010
Kwara State University invites resource persons in Nigeria and beyond to join it in reshaping Nollywood The newly established Kwara State University KWASU located at Malete in Moro Local Government Area appears to be leaving no stone unturned to be the first citadel of learning to establish a world class Film Village In pursuit of this goal what has been tagged The KWASU Conferences Workshops series that would take place at regular intervals have been put in place The idea accord
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Saturday, July 31, 2010
Any time from now pretty actress cum super model Lilian Bach must be one of the happiest ladies in town now Fact is that she will be moving to location alongside Bakky Adeoye soon on the set of a new Nollywood home video film in Yoruba language The title of the movie is Eletan It would be recalled that Lilian was declared the best supporting actress in Nollywood at the Terracotta Awards event which took place in Lagos recently The actress best known as the Face of Delta Soap befo
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
I ve just spent two weeks giving lectures and workshops in five cities and three countries Some were ones I d planned for months like the TED talk Others were more off the cuff And then there was our workshop on ICT and the film industry in Lagos last week In discussing this workshop with our Nigerian partner we d proposed a round table conversation between three ICT and development scholars and a dozen participants from the Nigerian film industry Our goal was to learn more about how N
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
A caustic tongue specializes in slicing dicing running down the personality actions plans goals of others Destructive and not constructive criticism is the hall mark of such an individual who possesses such tongue Its been argued that caustic tongues are more evident in the females perhaps because of their natural tendencies to love gossiping back biting feasting on details rather than the brief straight to the point attitude of their male counterparts However despite the brevity for
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Sunday, July 18, 2010
Africa Movie Academy Award nominee Leila Djansi has replaced actor Eamonn Walker with Nigerian actor Yemi Blaq in her latest psychological drama Sinking Sands Yemi is a popular Nollywood actor best known for his roles in Entanglement movie series and Total Control and Total Control He is a graduate of University of Benin with a Bachelors of Arts in Theater Arts Most recently he won season two of Celebrity Takes Nigeria s version of popular reality show Dancing With The
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Saturday, July 17, 2010
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria MCSN and the bailiff of the court with the assistance of a Police officer not below the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police to enter into the offices of Entertainment Highway Limited HITV in Ebute Meta and Ikeja both in Lagos State to impound copies and plates of musical recordings equipment machines and appliances used for the infringement of the plaintiff s copyright material by HITV
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Friday, July 09, 2010
Benson Akintola Akindeju is the Chief Executive Officer of AK Media Concepts producer of popular TV serials Face Face Family Ties and Nowhere To Be Found In this interview he speaks about his success challenges and other issues You have been in the film industry for many years now how has it been The industry is moving on although the challenges are there Your soap operas Family Ties Face Face and Mission To Nowhere are doing well in the market how did you come this far
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Tuesday, July 06, 2010
Besides allowing you the chance to get out of the city and see the rest of our beautiful beautiful country road trips are great for idle thinking and relaxation except on public transportation Taking a bus in Ghana be it Intercity STC Metro MT or a simple trotro you may be allowed to think for all of five minutes Then one of a few things will happen the driver will turn on a radio station Loudly a preacher will start preaching to the already converted I just don t get
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Friday, July 02, 2010
Aside a great plot enlivened pictures and engaging pictures in movies spectacular sound design is the jolt that accelerates the heartbeat and keeps the audience on the edge of their seats Whether complimenting stunt sequences or providing fill ins from one scene to another sound design is a major in every film production Immense effort is invested to design and write sounds and songs respectively before a successful movie is produced and seen In Hollywood where global film standards are
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Wednesday, June 30, 2010
The Director General of the Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board Mr Emeka Mba has the burning passion to sanitise the local film industry as well as the market despite the handicaps While attending the television content market and exhibition in Cannes France recently he spoke to ROLAND OGBONNAYA on the board s vision to reposition the film industry in the country and other issues There are many who serve not because they make a living from the job they do but because they love to perf
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Monday, June 21, 2010
In Africa typecasting gets turned on its head In Nigeria white people get the bit parts playing robbery victims and the third guy on the left Part of My first acting role in Nollywood behind me I looked forward to gaining more experience and with any luck acting in a larger budget Nigerian film Eventually I get a call from a director who wants me to play the victim of a robbery a classic white man role I don t want to contribute to the perpetuation of this humiliating stere
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Thursday, June 17, 2010
The regional audiovisual Attaché of the French Embassy Mr Jean Pierre Bey has awarded two scholarships at the PETFI Film Institute The first scholarship was given to Ms Bukola Kolade to study French at the Alliance Francaise while the other was for another student to study Film making at LINA a film school in France Jean Pierre Bey who announced these awards during his visit to the institute commended the management for the professional hands on training in the various film traini
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Wednesday, June 16, 2010
The African Women s Development Fund AWDF and the Lufodo Academy of Performing Arts LAPA recently held a press conference for the upcoming Women in Film Forum The forum scheduled for June and is themed Women and the Dynamics of Representation According to a statement released by the Fund This activity is a crucial component of AWDF s Popular Culture project which is supported by the MDG Fund Speaking at the press conference Executive Director of the AWDF Bisi Ade
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Saturday, June 12, 2010
After several years of planning researching and fine tuning arrangements leading female producer in Nollywood Emem Isong has finally opened her long awaited acting school Known as Royal Arts Academy the Surulere Lagos based institute according to Isong will seek to continually provide education through the arts It is also a training academy that offers courses on various aspects of the film industry with emphasis on script writing acting directing dance and children theatre Spea
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Wednesday, June 09, 2010
In the early s when Nollywood was less than a decade old I had in a three part study characterised it as providing instant fame for the girl and boy next door and instant fortune for a hybrid of producers Nollywood was a phenomenon which in its development had minimal links technically professionally and ethically with the older Nigerian Television and Celluloid film industries It set its own standards which sadly were based on the business ethics of its principal financiers electro
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