Young
and aspiring film makers across Africa, find it very difficult to raise funds
to produce their own feature films, they are also hardly given opportunities by
existing film production companies to work as directors or producers, as they
are often seen as green horns that need more years of experience before they
can be given the “opportunity” to work on film projects, many of them suffer in
their creative cocoons as their parents and society prefer they go after
regular nine to five jobs, they usually feel like fish out of water in other
industries and sometimes end up frustrated.
and aspiring film makers across Africa, find it very difficult to raise funds
to produce their own feature films, they are also hardly given opportunities by
existing film production companies to work as directors or producers, as they
are often seen as green horns that need more years of experience before they
can be given the “opportunity” to work on film projects, many of them suffer in
their creative cocoons as their parents and society prefer they go after
regular nine to five jobs, they usually feel like fish out of water in other
industries and sometimes end up frustrated.
Derwin
First Shot Initiative is an organization set up to give young men and women
their first shot at shooting their first “feature film”, by providing
the needed funding, professional guidance and support that is required for them
to shoot their feature films.
First Shot Initiative is an organization set up to give young men and women
their first shot at shooting their first “feature film”, by providing
the needed funding, professional guidance and support that is required for them
to shoot their feature films.
The
very first beneficiary of the Derwin first Shot Initiative is a young and
talented female film maker, Alexandra kura’ave Hul, a graduate of Economics
from the University of Abuja who has to her credit two short films that have
done very well in film festivals across Nigeria.
very first beneficiary of the Derwin first Shot Initiative is a young and
talented female film maker, Alexandra kura’ave Hul, a graduate of Economics
from the University of Abuja who has to her credit two short films that have
done very well in film festivals across Nigeria.
Under
the Derwin First Shot Initiative she has directed her first feature film,
titled “Mrs. & Mrs. Johnson” an urban drama with slight comic hues, which
journeys through the rude awakening that shakes the world of two women both
named Mrs. Johnson, under a very unusual circumstance.
the Derwin First Shot Initiative she has directed her first feature film,
titled “Mrs. & Mrs. Johnson” an urban drama with slight comic hues, which
journeys through the rude awakening that shakes the world of two women both
named Mrs. Johnson, under a very unusual circumstance.
Kiki
Omeili, Beverly Osu, Layole Oyatogun, Kunle Remi, Lord Frank, Tunbosun
Aiyedehin , & Mariam Lecky all star in
“Mrs. & Mrs. Johnson”. The film is produced by Grace Edwin-Okon and
the associate producers are Gbemiga Oladele and Akua Asiedua Boateng.
Omeili, Beverly Osu, Layole Oyatogun, Kunle Remi, Lord Frank, Tunbosun
Aiyedehin , & Mariam Lecky all star in
“Mrs. & Mrs. Johnson”. The film is produced by Grace Edwin-Okon and
the associate producers are Gbemiga Oladele and Akua Asiedua Boateng.
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