Friday, January 18, 2013

DISCOVERING THE CAMEROONIAN FILM MAKERS IN EUROPE

DISCOVERING THE CAMEROONIAN FILM MAKERS IN EUROPE



FOUR EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WHERE CAMEROONIANS ARE FOUND IN EUROPE HAVE IMPACTED THE CAMEROON FILM INDUSTRY

THEY ARE GERMANY, HOLLAND, BELGIUM AND FRANCE.

IN GERMANY, TWO CAMEROONIAN FILM MAKERS RUNNING SEPARATE PRODUCTION HOUSES:



MONAIRAS PRODUCTION: CEO, TAHIRIH ATEM EBAKO.

SHE STARTED MAKING MOVIE SINCE 2007. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT HER MOVIE HAS BEEN SHOWN ON AFRICAN MAGIC. SHE MAKES USE OF NOT ONLY CAMEROONIAN CAST BUT AFRICANS AND EUROPEAN CAST AS WELL. TAHIRIH HAS MADE SIX MOVIES SINCE 2007. SHE IS PROUD TO SAY SHE IS ALSO A MOVIE AWARD WINNER. AT THE MOMENT SHE IS WORKING ON A MOVIE AND ALSO ORGANIZING AN EVENT FOR 2013 TO BRING TOGETHER AFRICAN FILM MAKERS IN EUROPE UNDER ONE ROOF IN SUMMER OF THIS YEAR.


SUZIFILMS

SUZIFILM IS ANOTHER PRODUCTION HOUSE IN GERMANY . UNLIKE MONAIRAS THAT PRODUCES ONLY FILMS, SUZIFILM OPERATES IN THE AREAS OF HOME MOVIES AND MUSIC VIDEO PRODUCTION AND EVENT COVERAGE. SUZIFILM HAS MADE TWO MOVIES AND WAS SHOOTING A MUSIC VIDEO IN CAMEROON LAST DECEMBER.

HOLLAND ALONE HAS TWO PRODUCTION HOUSES.


CHRONO ENTERTAINMENT: CEO, OBEN SLOW

CHRONO IS THE ONLY FILM PRODUCTION COMPANY IN EUROPE THAT OPERATES IN CAMEROON.CHRONO MADE THE FIRST CAMEROONIAN MOVIE IN HOLLAND CALLED WRONG TURN IN EUROPE IN 2010 AND IS WORKING ON ANOTHER PROJECT IN HOLLAND. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT CHRONO IS MORE ACTIVE IN CAMEROON THAN IN THE DIASPORA. CHRONO ENTERTAINMENT MOVIES ARE DIRECTED IN HOLLAND BY OBEN SLOW.


THE NEXT IN HOLLAND IS;

TIMAH VISION:  CEO, SIMON TIMAH

SIMON TIMAH IS FOUNDER OF TIMAH VISION. TIMAH VISION OPERATES IN THE ARES OF PHOTOGRAPHY  VIDEOGRAPHY, MUSIC VIDEO AND DOCUMENTARIES. HE STUDIED FILM MAKING IN SAE INSTITUTE OF DIGITAL FILM PRODUCTION ROTTERDAM, HOLLAND.

TIMAH SIMON DOES NOT ONLY MAKE MOVIES FOR HIS YOUNG COMPANY BUT HE IS ALSO BEING HIRED TO MAKE FOR OTHER PRODUCTION HOUSES. FROM 2009 SIMON TIMAH HAS WORKED ON NINE MOVIE PROJECTS IN HOLLAND AND BELGIUM FOR CAMEROONIAN AND NIGERIAN MOVIE PRODUCTION HOUSES, A DOCUMENTARY AND SIX SINGLE MUSIC VIDEOS AND A COMPLETE MUSIC VIDEO ALBUM. HE IS AN AWARD WINNING DIRECTOR.  HE DOUBLES AS A DIRECTOR AND DOP.
HIS AWARD WINNING MOVIE IS "" WILL YOU FORGIVE HER"
BELGIUM IS KNOWN AS A BOILING POT OF MOVIE MAKERS IN EUROPE. BELGIUM ALONE HAS FIVE PRODUCTION HOUSES WITH FOUR IN THE CITY OF ANTWERPEN.
THE FIRST AND WELL KNOWN PRODUCTION HOUSE IN BELGIUM IS:


GREAT BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL, CEO TITUS BANYOH
 IT IS UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF TITUS BANYOH A FOMER STAFF OF MAGIC FM AND ARIANE TV YAOUNDE WHILE HE WAS STILL IN CAMEROON. HIS FIRST VENTURE INTO MOVIES WAS IN 2005 WHEN HE WAS INVOVLE IN THE MAKING OF THE MOVIE BERLIN ICON SHOT IN GERMANY. SINCE THE CREATION OF GREAT BRIDGE INTERNATIONAL, TITUS HAS OVERSEEN THE PRODUCTION OF TWO MOVIES. G.B.I IS WORKING ON IT'S THIRD. NDAMNSA CHAPNJIE IS D.O.P AND EDITOR OF GREAT BRIDGE INT'L.


SUMITH PRODUCTIONS: CEO, KANG QUITUS
 KANG QUINTUS IS WELL KNOWN FOR HIS ACTING SKILLS AND HAS SEVERAL AWARDS TO HIS CREDIT. HE DIRECTS ALL SUMITH PRODUCTION MOVIES EXCEPT HIS LAST AND SHORT MOVIE RAGE, SHOT & DIRECTED IN THE USA BY AKIM MACAULEY. SINCE THE CREATION OF SUMITH PRODUCTION LAST YEAR, IT HAS PRODUCED TWO MOVIES AND ONE STILL IN POST PRODUCTION. KANG QUINTUS IS A MEMBER OF THE ACTORS BROTHERHOOD IN CAMEROON CALLED FAB6. HE HAS FEATURED IN DECODED, AND WHISPERS RECENTLY SHOT IN CAMEROON. HE IS THE 2012 WINNER OF BEST ACTOR AT THE +237 ELEGANCE MOVIE AWARD, BEST ACTOR IN THE 2012 CEA AWARDS, BEST DIASPORA ACTOR IN THE CAM MOVIES MERIT AWARDS.

CIFA PRODUCTIONS: CEO, AKAYAH GEORGE
BEING A YOUNG PRODUCTION, IT IS SILL TO PRODUCE IT'S FIRST MOVIE CALLED ULTIMATE ENCOUNTER WITH MR AKAYSH HIMSELF AS LEAD ACTOR DIRECTED BY KANG QUINTUS

SPIRE ENTERTAINMENT: CEO, ADDY NGONDE

ADDY NGONDE IS AN ACTRESS & SINGER. THIS SEXY & GORGEOUS LOOKING ACTRESS STARTED ACTING WAY BACK IN THE DAYS WHILE SHE WAS STILL IN CAMEROON AND TOOK PART IN A MOVIE SPONSORED BY CRTV. SHE ALSO STARED IN SOME COMEDY FILMS FOR STV. SHE HAS FEATURED IN  SIX MOVIES IN EUROPE TO WIT “CRITICAL POINT”DIRECTED BY KANG QUINTUS, “CONFUSED BACHELORS” DIRECTED BY SIMON TIMAH, “ULTIMATE ENCOUNTERS” BY GOERGE AKAYA, “CRUSH” BY MAIRO SANDA, “MY HUSBAND’S FRIEND” BY ADDY NGONDE, “IN THE CLOSET” BY JOHN NANJE . HER FIRST MOVIE AS A PRODUCER IS STILL AT POST PRODUCTION WHICH STARS SIMON TIMAH (AS LEAD ACTOR) HER MAJOR PROJECTS IN CAMEROON WAS WITH MFUH EBENEZER. ONE OF SUCH MOVIES IS “CYCLE OF TRAUMA” SHOT ON LOCATION IN BUEA (UB). SHE ALSO ACTED IN "BLUES KINGDOM" A FILM BY AGBOR GILBERT. ADDY NGONDE OF P.H SPIRE ENTERTAINMENT IS A BRAND NAME TO WATCH OUT FOR IN 2013. 




NANJE FILMS: CEO, NANJE JOHN

NANJE JOHN IS A PROFESSIONAL PAINTER WHO DECIDES TO ADD MOVIE MAKING TO PAINTING. NANJE COMES FROM KUMBA. HIS FIRST MOVIE “IN THE CLOSET” IS STILL AT POST PRODUCTION. NANJE IS ALSO A STAGE ENTERTAINER, WELL KNOWN FOR PERFORMING MICHAEL JACKSON IN BIG EVENTS.


AKO PRODUCTION: CEO, AKO FRED

THE FIRST PRODUCTION BY AKO PRODUCTION WILL BEGIN THIS YEAR. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT MR AKO FRED (BELGIUM) ALPHONES NDIKUM (France) AND TIMAH SIMON (Holland) ARE SOME OF THOSE OUTSTANDING MOVIE MAKERS THAT HAVE INVESTED THEIR TIME AND MONEY IN IMPROVING THEIR SKILLS BY LEARNING FILM MAKING IN SCHOOL IN EUROPE. THIS CAN BE REFLECTED IN THE QUALITY OF ANY PROJECT IN WHICH THEY ARE INVOLVE.



ALPHONES PRODUCTION: CEO, ALPHONES NDIKUM

 THIS FILM MAKER IS BASED IN FRANCE AND INVOLVES ITSELF IN DOCUMENTARY FILMS




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1 comment:

  1. I have the ambition to be a movie actor but i don't know to get in contact with any movie production in Cameroon. Please anybody help me out in this. Would be humbly grateful.Thanks

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