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Ghana’s ‘Keteke’ Nominated Along With Films From 15 African Countries For 2019 FESPACO Awards

Award-winning Ghanaian movie, ‘Keteke’ continues to put Ghana on the map after sweeping several awards, both nationally and internationally.

The short film, which is a Peter Sedufia production has once again bag a nomination for the category of  Yennenga Gold Standard of the 2019 Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO).

The organizing committee of the Pan-African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) revealed on January 15, 2019, at the international press conference in Paris, France, the list of feature-length feature films selected for the 26th edition.

The selection involves a total of 20 films from 16 countries: Mali, Burkina Faso, Tunisia, Tanzania, Egypt, Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Mozambique, Morocco, Sudan, Rwanda, South Africa, Algeria, and Nigeria.

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Burkina Faso however has the highest number of films selected (three), followed by South  Africa and Tunisia, each of which has two representatives as per reports spotted on Ghanaweb.com.

This year’s selection is full of powerful and entertaining films that together celebrate the diversity and uniqueness of cultures and stories from all over the world.

Mr Sedufia, in a chat with Ghanaweb expressed his gratitude to the organizers for this nomination.

“I am truly humbled by the news and I thank the team for this recognition. It’s a prestige to see your works being acknowledged globally,” he said.

Synopsis of Keteke

Keteke tells a story focused on the 1980s rail service system in Ghana and the train is the only means of transport from the outskirts. A couple – BOI (Adjetey Anang) and ATSWEI (Lydia Forson) living in Puna is bent on delivering their first baby in Akete but misses their first train. A wrong decision finds them in the middle of nowhere. Will they make it on time for the delivery, or, risk losing the baby and mother?.

The film however stars Adjetey Anang,Lydia Forson,Fred Amugi,Joseph Otsiman,Clemento Suarez,Jeneral Ntatia,Raymond Sarfo and others

Peter Sedufia is a product of the National Film and Television Institute, Ghana with BFAdegree in film directing.

He has further directed several short films with varied awards, including FESPACO to his credit.

Below is the full list of feature film fictions competing for the Yennenga Gold Standard of the 2019 Fespaco;

– Five Fingers for Marseilles , by Michael Matthews (South Africa)

– Sew The Winter To My Skin , by Jahmil XT Qubeka (South Africa)

– Ila Akhir Ezzaman (Until the end of time) , Yasmine Chouikh (South Africa)

– Desrances , by Apolline Traoré (Burkina Faso)

– Duga (The Scavengers) , Abdoulaye Dao and Hervé Eric Lengani (Burkina Faso)

– Hakilitan (Memory on the run) , by Issiaka Konaté (Burkina Faso)

– Miraculous Weapons , by Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon)
– Resolution , by Boris Oue and Marcel Sagne (Ivory Coast)

– Karma , by Khaled Youssef (Egypt)

– Keteke , Peter Sedufia (Ghana)

– Rafiki , from Wanuri Kahui (Kenya)

– Barkomo (The Cave) , Aboubacar Bablé Draba & Boucary Ombotimbé (Mali)

– Indigo , from Selma Bargach (Morocco) – Mabata Bata , by Joao Luis Sol from Carvalho (Mozambique)

– Hakkunde , Oluseyi Asurf Amuwa (Nigeria)

– The Mercy of the Jungle , by Joel Karekezi (Rwanda)

– Akasha , from Hajooj Kuka (Sudan)

– T-Junction , by Amil Shivji (Tanzania)

– Fatwa , by Mahmoud Ben Mahmoud (Tunisia)

– Look at me , from Nejib Belkadhi (Tunisia)

Watch trailer of Keteke from below:

 

New Movie: SideChic Gang To Be Premiered On 3rd March

From OldFilm Productions, producers of the award winning movie ‘Keteke’, comes this new one titled ‘Sidechic Gang’

Sidechic Gang is set to be premiered on March 3, 2018 at the Silverbird Cinemas – Accra Mall and West Hills mall.

Directed by Peter Sedufia, the movie features some of Ghana’s ace actors such as; Nana Ama McBrown, Lydia Forson, Sika Osei, Adjetey Anang, Bernard Nyarko, Eddie Kufuor, Akofa Edjeane, Roselyn Ngissah, Beverly Afaglo, Christabel Ekeh, Ricky Adelayitar, Don Ziggy, Peter Richie, Kobina Sam and among others.

The premiere will have three showings – 5pm, 7pm and 9pm.

There will be a Red Carpet at both centers. However, casts and crew members will grace the West Hills mall first, for photos with the patrons and movie goers. They’ll later join the Accra mall audience.

Still and all, on Tuesday 6 March, 2018, there will be a “Special Holiday Screening” of the movie at both Silverbird Cinemas venues to celebrate Ghana’s Independence Day.

The time is 7pm and 9pm respectively. Sidechic Gang will continue showing in the cinemas after the premiere for some time.

Synopsis:

“Three female friends find out they can make fortunes from exposing cheating husbands and boyfriends after making tons of cash unexpectedly from reporting a cheating husband to the wife.

They quit their ushering job to set up “Sidechic Gang” – an agency solely dedicated to clamping down the side chick menace. Their services are available to only women.

After few exposè, their Sidechic Gang becomes popular, attracting traffic from victims of side chicks. This translates into more cash for them. The men in the town are unhappy with the sudden popularity of the gang.

The Sidechic Gang’s biggest deal is yet to hit them. It comes from a filthy rich man who suspects his fiancée is cheating on him. He is aware the gang does not serve men, but, he is willing to pay anything it costs to justify his suspicion. The gang takes on the task. They know what this means for their bank account. Their greatest opposition, however, is the many aggrieved men who benefit from the services of side chicks, and would do anything to ensure they fail.

Will the Sidechic Gang succeed in their quest or, the aggrieved men will?”