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From The Set Of ‘Backfire’
Monday, 25 July 2011 12:44
Gambia's leading International Film maker, Bubacarr Sankanu, gives a taste of his new movie(JollofNews) - Set on location in Cologne, Germany, with an international multicultural cast and crew, “Backfire” tells the story of Genny an emancipated woman who believes her husband Mr. Malolo cheats on her. She devises a mean plan to catch him red-handed but the plan rudely backfires on her!
Written, directed and produced by Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu, ‘’Backfire’’ is a provocative universal romantic social commentary on the effects of
exaggerated jealousy and poor communication in modern marriages and other intimate relationships. Prince Sankanu also carries the funny supporting role of Abdulai the janitor who sleeps with the wife of his boss on the simple bed of the housemaid. Sankanu who usually works behind the scenes as Executive Producer (financier), Talent Coach, Brand Adviser and Strategy Consultant in the Pan African Film Industries do make exceptions by taking operational functions as either Director or Actor in his own projects or as commissioned cast and crew member of other filmmakers. “I am not interested in being in the limelight but if the plot of a film is dramatically first class and the lead female actresses classy hot, I would not like to miss the opportunity of performing in front of the cameras. Then in how many professions can one openly have taboo-free fun with hot ladies and get paid for it without the hypocritical morality police arresting you?” Sankanu laughs. The last major film “Adah: The Last Circumcision in Africa” on the problems of Female Genital Mutilations, FGM, (Nigeria 2008) has Prince Sankanu as Executive Producer and in the lead male role of Emeka. The next major projects that will have Prince Sankanu as Producer, Director and Actor are “Meet Me In Dubai©” to be shot on locations in UAE in 2012, “King Dunga©” to be shot in Nigeria in 2012, “Desperate Husbands©” to be shot in The Gambia (location subject to change should Brother President Jammeh's NIA, NDEA, Prosecutors, Green Boys or Girls & company try to waste Prince Sankanu's time for whatsoever) between 2013 and 2014, “Kumbi Siya©” epic film on the Ancient Ghana Empire to be shot in the border region of Senegal, Mali and Mauritania in 2015 and a biopic on Captain Thomas Sankara of Burkina Faso (Sankara: Live And Die Upright©) currently being scripted.
It is not the quantity of films one makes that counts but the quality matters the most. Sankanu says “I am no part of the be-rich-quick system of flooding the markets with rushed home movies. I belong to the Sembène Ousmane school of thought that believes in making the best out of the creative arts form called filmmaking with passion, creative freedom and professional nobility. One project a time.” He continues “I first went to film school to study professional filmmaking and not mediocre video production. You can earn more money and respect from one top quality film than from hundreds of junk movies.”
Meanwhile here are some key facts and set pictures of the film “Backfire.”
Production Schedule: July1 to 5 and July 12 to 28, 2011
Location, Production Country and Year: Cologne, Germany, 2011
Post Production and Finishing: August and September 2011
World and Regional Premiers: As of Summer 2012 at selected film festivals
Classification: General
Original Language: English
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Length 112 minutes
Format: Full High Definition
Cameras Used: Synchronized Full High Definition with Canon EOS 7D (also used for the U.S. Hit Series „24“), Panasonic HVX 200 (P2), Sony PMW-EX 3 and Sony PMW-EX1 for the first, second, third and fourth units respectively.
Applications: Celtx, NeoOffice, Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer 5, Shake, Colour, Autodesk Maya, Adobe After Effects CS5 Extended, Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended, Pro Tools,etc.
Budget and Funding: 400,000 Euros (four hundred thousand Euros). Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu (300,000 Euros) and West African Cinema, Related Arts and Cultural Industries Development Fund (WACRACID FUND)® LTD (100,000 Euros).
Production Company: RSPS - The Royal Sankanura Principality Studios®, Germany, Nigeria, Ghana & South Africa
Distribution Company: Afromedia Film & TV International Group B.S. e.k., Germany & Nigeria
Location, Production Country and Year: Cologne, Germany, 2011
Post Production and Finishing: August and September 2011
World and Regional Premiers: As of Summer 2012 at selected film festivals
Classification: General
Original Language: English
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Length 112 minutes
Format: Full High Definition
Cameras Used: Synchronized Full High Definition with Canon EOS 7D (also used for the U.S. Hit Series „24“), Panasonic HVX 200 (P2), Sony PMW-EX 3 and Sony PMW-EX1 for the first, second, third and fourth units respectively.Applications: Celtx, NeoOffice, Final Cut Pro, Avid Media Composer 5, Shake, Colour, Autodesk Maya, Adobe After Effects CS5 Extended, Adobe Photoshop CS5 Extended, Pro Tools,etc.
Budget and Funding: 400,000 Euros (four hundred thousand Euros). Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu (300,000 Euros) and West African Cinema, Related Arts and Cultural Industries Development Fund (WACRACID FUND)® LTD (100,000 Euros).
Production Company: RSPS - The Royal Sankanura Principality Studios®, Germany, Nigeria, Ghana & South Africa
Distribution Company: Afromedia Film & TV International Group B.S. e.k., Germany & Nigeria
Cast: Nancy Uhlmann of Swiss-Nigerian parentage and MA Theatre Arts as Genny the emancipated woman (lead actress); Tiyezye Banda, Zimbabwean, LLB Law with Taxation as Omobola the housemaid (supporting female actress), Wittus Ngangui Cameroonian-German, BA Film Making as Malolo (lead male actor), Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu, Gambian-German, BA Film Making and LLM Intellectual Property Law as Abdulai the janitor (supporting male role) and, many other talents.
Crew: Screenplay, Producer and Director, Prince Bubacarr Aminata Sankanu; Production Manager and Post Production Coordinator, Kemal Kilicli (Turkish-German); First Unit Camera, Wittus Ngangui of Kupesfilms (German-Cameroonian); Second Unit Camera, Menasse “Eye” Gebregzi of Natural Funk I & Eye Productions (German-Eritrean); Third Unit Camera, Frank Cieslik (German-Polish); Fourth Unit Camera, Manuel Cercek (Spanish); Assistant To Director Prince Sankanu, Sandra Kemper (German); Lights, Oliver Erbe (German) Script/Continuity, Birgit Rebhandl (Austrian) and Mandy Karlowski (German); Sound Recording, Dan Gutjahr (German), Till Schaarschmidt (German) and Joseph “Kuzzi” Chenjerai (Zimbabwean); Composers, Jonathan Saatzen (Belgian) and Joseph “Kuzzi” Chenjerai, Lights and Camera Assistant, Puneet Chalal (Indian), Catering, Christine's Taste of Africa; the list goes on.
World Sales and General enquiries:
HSH Prince Bubacarr A. Sankanu
Chairman and Chief Executive Producer
RSPS - THE ROYAL SANKANURA PRINCIPALITY STUDIOS/
AFROMEDIA FILM & TELEVISION INTERNATIONAL GROUP B.S.e.K.
Deliverers of Highest Quality Programmes from Africa
Postfach 800144, D-51001 Cologne, Germany
Tel.: 00491774842957 (Cell)
Fax: 004922146780440
Emails: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ,
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Skype: princebasankanu
Tax/VAT ID: 218/5030/2061
Company No: HRA 25199
Amtsgericht Köln. Local Court of Cologne City, Germany
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The depth of work he commits to for Africa is astounding.
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