Saturday, December 29, 2012

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In 2013, Cam Movies wishes to pride itself with greater successes. To ensure that we impact more in helping CFI grow bigger and bigger, we at Cam Movies have identified some areas we will wish to improve on in our activities in 2013. The list of to do list is not exhaustive as more suggestions and innovative ideas will be welcome along the line.

1. Building a website 

In 2013, the Cam movies website which is at its building phase will be completed. This website will carter for adverts, new movies, Celebrity news, celebrity profiles, Top 20 and an e-commence page where films can be bought or watched online. Voting for the Cam movies Merit Awards 2013 will also start by mid 2013 on our  website. More details on the outlook of our website will be publish with time.

2. Top 20 Celebrity Classification 

In 2013, Cam Movies will be classifying movie stars solely based on movies that are in stores. Movies which are not released will not be considered in our Top 20 Classification. Top 20 is not based solely on the number of movies acted but on the qualities of an actor or film maker. In 2013, our Top 20 classification will follow with pictures of the artist or logo of the promoter or production house. List of producers, directors, DOPs, will follow with movies they have done and their photos. List will be published on our website as well as on our blog, facebook page and on the websites of some of our partners and collaborators in Nollywood and Ghollywood.

3. General List of all Artist 

In 2013, we will be introducing a general list of all artist which will still be in a classified format according to the best, from 01 to what ever number. For example, actors may drop from the Top 20 list back to the general list where their performance have declined and an actor may also leave the general list to the top 20 list when their performance have improved. An actor may only act in one film and move from the general list to the Top 20 list.

4. Collaboration 
Cam Movies production intends getting into more collaboration work in 2013. Collaboration means co-production or sponsorship, depending on whether the project fits within Cam Movies internal policies.

5. Cam Movies Producers & Executive Producers
Cam Movies currently have 2 Producers and 3 Executive producers. In 2013 we will increase our number of producers to 5 and our number of executive producers to 5. Those interested in joining our production team will be requested to do so in writing and sent via email. We will also be in need of more production assistants in Cameroon.

6. Cam Movies Merit Awards

The CMMA will in 2013 be strictly based on submissions. No movies will be reviewed online. Submission for the 2013 CMMA has started and a couple of movies have already been submitted at Hotel Residence Carlos in Buea. Films must be in either English, Pigin or in French. The exact date of the CMMA 2013 will be announced in due course. The CMMA 2013 will have a nomination party as well as the Award nite itself.
Details of the CMMA 2013 will be announced in due course.

7. Cam Movies Equipment Hire
Cam Movies plan to set up a hiring and production house in Buea, where equipment such as lights, camera, projectors, costumes, Make up kits, props, etc can be hired. We have began purchasing some of the equipment for our own use as well as hiring. Equipment will be hired at very affordable prices but with strict undertaking of care.

8. Marketing
We are busing running our Cam Movie Marketing analysis and using one of Cam Movies Production "Troubled Kingdom" for the survey. As soon as we conclude our marketing survey, we will fully launch the marketing branch with all the tools of marketing and the staffing.

This are some of our major plans for 2013. We do have other minor plans not listed here but we believe we shall announce any new developments in due course.

Sincere Reagards,

Cam Movies
cameroonmoviestars@gmail.com 
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For Cam Movies;
Samson Tarh
Gwendoline Tatah
Charlette Panyi
Fred Keyanti
Mairo Sanda

Friday, December 21, 2012

Troubled Kingdom - Cam Movies Backstage (Cameroon)

Monday, December 3, 2012

FAB6 - The Actors Cult, Created in Buea

FAB 6 is the new branding of some of Cameroon's Top Celebrity and Award winning actors. The group Fab  6 was created some few days back in Buea. The Fab 6 as they are called drafted a memorandum of understanding among them. The Memo stipulates the terms and conditions of recruiting a member of the FAB 6 to act in a movie. The memo also stipulates conditions that must be obeyed by its members. The FAB 6 is made up of;

1. Epulle Jeffery
2. Nchifor Valery
3. Kang Quintus
4. Lynno Lovette
5. Desmond Wyte
6. Libota McDonald
FAB 6  From Left Quintus, Valery, Wyte, Jeffery, Lyno, & McDonald on the Eve of DAMA in Bamenda

We were told that the Godfather of the FAB 6 is called the FAB Father, Colonel Dickson, the proprietor of Hotel Residence Carlos in Muea - Buea is the FAB Father. Each of this actor is worth as a minimum price tag, 150,000CFA per day. We were also informed that the FAB Father has put them each on a monthly salary of 150,000frs each a month, whether they are acting or not. These move by the FAB father and the FAB 6 have made this actors the most selling actors now  in the Cameroon Film Industry. Why Producers are not too comfortable with the price tag, the group remain loyal to their memorandum of understanding.

We learned of the FAB 4, which is made up of 4 high profile actresses in Cameroon. We will disclose their names and more about the FAB 6 and FAB 4 in our next write up.


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Feedback: Cam Movies Merit Award (CMMA)


It was true when we announced  2 months ago that NOVEMBER 2012 was a turning point for the CFI. November saw the launch of the following movies;

"Rage" by Kang Quintus at Hotel residence Carlos
"Troubled Kingdom"by Fred Keyanti & Mairo Sanda at Hotel Residence Carlos
"Slave Dream" by Henry Obama at SOA

November 2012 was not just significant for the above movie launch, but it saw the birth of the Cam Movies Merit Award. The Cam Movies Merit Award  (CMMA) which was at its first edition, registered a great Success with over 1000 guest from all over the country.



The Red Carpet event which was held at Hotel Residence Carlos in Muea - Buea, brought in guest of honour, actors, actresses, producers, directors, editors, DOP, TV, Musicians, Comedians, Soccer legends, journalist, models, designers, businessmen etc from all over the national territory. TV channels present were; CRTV- Hello, Equinox TV, CNTV (USA), CMTV, HITV, Homebreeze ETC.  Newspapers and online media  were also very visible, among them were; TIPTOP STARS, TOPNOTCH, The Post and more.



A total of 21 trophy was handed out to those great people who worked so hard in the course of the year to put our industry on the road map to greater achievement. The winners and the nominees deserves our appreciation for the wonderful job they did in the course of 2011/2012.

On behalf of CAM MOVIES, Fred Keyanti, Mairo Sanda, Samson Tarh, Charlette Tiolong,Gwendoline Tatah, will like to thank every one that contributed to the successful organisation of the Hangout Party (Launch &CMMA). We will like to thank particularly the ATS Production in Douala, which took the contract to put up such a wonderful show. We will also like to thank Hotel Residence Carlos Buea for their support towards the successful realization of this event. We will like to also thank Tiptop Stars, Topnotch Mag, AGE Production, the Hostess and a host of others that added value to the event.

We want to thank veteran Indomitable Lion Goal Keeper Bell Joseph Antione for his presence, support and for believing in Cam Movies and forgoing his trip to Morocco just to attend this great event. We will like to thank Thiery, the great Cameroonian actor who traveled from Europe and accompanied Bell Joseph Antione to the CMMA.

We will like to encourage every one to send us their feedback as we prepare for the 2013 CMMA. We promise to use your ideas and suggestions to improve on the wonderful work we did in 2012.

We will also like to announce that submission for 2013 have started and it will close on the 31st of May 2013. For those in Cameroon, please submit your films at Hotel Residence Carlos in an enclosed A4 enveloped, addressed to the Cam Movies Merit Award, C/O Samson Tarh. For those in the USA, Submit your films to the Cam Movies Merit Award, C/O Mairo Sanda in Atlanta. For those in South Africa, Submit your films to the Cam Movies Merit Awards, C/O Charlette Tiolong, Cape Town South Africa. More submission points will be identified soon and the public will be notified. Where we have not yet identified a submission point, Films could be sent to the nearest submission point mention above.

Note that copies of films will not be returned and will only be used for screening by the Jury for the 2013 Cam Movies Merit Award. The cost of posting will be borne by the producer and Cam Movies shall not be responsible for any lost in transit. All producers sending in films by post must do so via registered mail.

We want to wish all our celebrities success in advance for all their activities in 2013. We shall stand by CFI till we beat Hollywood. Mean while, if you are a Cameroonian film maker, actor, actress etc home or abroad, please inbox us your profile for the TOP20 Celebrity monthly Classification through the email bellow.

Sincere Regards from the CAM MOVIE Team
Mairo Sanda
Samson Tarh
Charlette Tiolong
Fred Keyanti
Gwendoline Tatah

Cam Movies
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Cam Movies is a fully registered organisation with the Ministry of Culture in Cameroon and the Ministry of Trade and industry in South Africa.