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Special Movie Awards 2017 Committee pays a courtesy call visit to Honourable Hamat Bah, Minister of Tourism and Culture
Special Movie Awards 2017 Committee pays a courtesy call visit to Honourable Hamat Bah, Minister of Tourism and Culture On the 7th of June 2017, the Special Movie Awards (SMA) Committee paid a courtesy call to the Gambia Minister of Tourism and Culture, Honourable Hamat Bah. The main purpose of the visit was to thank the Honourable Minister for gracing the premiere of the film “Banjul My Love” and unveiling the SMA calendar for 2017. Present at the meeting were Ms Codou Jabang (Deputy Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Tourism and Culture), Mr. Wilfred U. Adams (CEO of Afrinity Productions and Executive Producer of SMA), Mr. Shiekh Tijan Sonko (Producer of SMA), Miss Isatu M. Bokum (SMA Secretary General), Miss Binta Janneh (Administrative Secretary) as well as technical crew members Miss Ayisatu Aiyegbo and Mr Fredrick Omobude. After discussing the importance of the Special Movie Awards in the Gambia and the West Africa sub-region, a certificate of appreciation was presented to the Honourable Minister for accepting the honour of “The Father of the Day” for the second edition of SMA to be held in September 2017. Strategic plans to bolster the movie and film industry in the Gambia were also discussed at length. A special invitation was extended to the Honourable Minister Hamat Bah for the Sierra Leone premiere of “Banjul My Love”. Mr Adams stressed the importance of extending the reach of Gambian culture to other countries in the region and beyond. Honourable Hamat Bah gave assurance that the Gambia Government, and the Ministry of Tourism and Culture in particular are strategically working towards improving the Gambian movie and film industry
The Movie Making : Beyond Greed
SYNOPSIS OF BEYOND GREED
TAG LINE: Her life is dominated by greed, will she allow love to be the reason of being in a relationship.
SYNOPSIS
Jankeh a young girl barel
y 25years old lives a life of insecurities. She lives with two friends Kadijah and Fatrish, Fatrish is her culprit whilst Kadijah is an exact opposite as she is never in line with her plans. Jamil a young entrepreneur, only son of a rich man Chief Ousman Saine, CEO of Saine’s petroleum meets with Jankeh, falls head over heels for her. Jankeh on the other hand, only had plans of being with him for his money. She steals from him and flees. The story began when she meets Jamil who happens to be the son of her once culprit of which she had no idea. Jamil falls for her and propose then decides to introduce her to his father. Chief goes against the wedding as he knew Jankeh was nothing but a goal digger and threatens to disown Jamil if he goes against him to marry her. Jankeh wanted Chief out of her way, she attempts to kill him but he is saved by Dominic a best friend to Jamil. Upon believing that Chief is dead, she finally gets married to Jamil. During the course of their marriage she plotted plans together with Fatrish to steal everything from Jamil. Will Dominic who knows Jankeh’s plans allow her to destroy his childhood friend? What will Jankeh do when she finds out that Chief isn’t dead and the only friend she trusted betrays her? After falling in love with Jamil in the long run, will she give up her plans? Find out from “BEYOND GREED” a beautiful story of betrayal, love, murder, lies, distrust and family life.
AFRINITY PRODUCTIONS SET ON PREMIERING THE MOVIE “BANJUL MY LOVE”
AFRINITY PRODUCTIONS SET ON PREMIERING THE MOVIE “BANJUL MY LOVE”
The most awaited movie “Banjul My Love” produced from the cradle of Afrinity Productions and Collins Archie Pearce productions is set to be premiered in The Gambia on May 6th 2017 at the prestigious Coco Ocean Resort and Spa. Ticket prices goes down for Standard D200, VIP D500 and Patron D1,000.
The last year event “Special Movie Awards” gave birth to the movie “Banjul My Love” in other to promote the beautiful coast and culture of The Gambia. Our International guest Desmond Finney from Sierraleone, Collins Archie Pearce from United Kingdom who also graced the award event last year starred in this beautiful movie directed by Kensteve Anuka, a veteran director from Nigeria. Home based Actors and Actress Jatou Mbowe, Rohey Kamara, Sheikh Tijan Sonko, Binta Janneh and many others also stared.
VETERAN UK ACTOR COLLINS ARCHIE PEARCE PLAYS THE LEAD ROLE “SMITH” IN “BANJUL MY LOVE”
Collins Archie- Pearce a multi- award winning movie producer, actor, the founder/ CEO of Archie-Pearce Production Ltd; was born in Freetown Sierraleone, West Africa in the mid-sixties. He was the first of three children and had spent the first 25years of his life in Sierra Leone where he attended the Albert Academy and Fourah Bay College studying Economics. He preceded to United Kingdom in 1991 and got married years after and blessed with three children and one grandchild. Presently Collins Archie- Pearce is also a senior Manager at the London Underground Ltd with twenty years of managerial experience heading the managers on the Bakerloo line. He also received “Best Foreign Producer 2016” in the Special Movie Awards organized by Afrinity Productions.
He played the role of “SMITH” a young man who travelled from abroad to the UK to the smiling coast of Africa The Gambia in search of love. He got disappointed initially by “HAJARA” played by Jatou Mbowe his supposed love but later found true love with “BANJO” played by Rohey Kamara.
VETERAN SIERRALEONEAN ACTOR DESMOND FINNEY PLAYS KONTE IN “BANJUL MY LOVE”
Desmond Finney is a veteran multi – talented Sierraleone movie star. A graduate from Fourah Bay College, Sierra Leone, Desmond Finney has been in the field of acting directing and producing spanning a period of 20 years. He has appeared in over Forty African movies and was nominated Best Newcomer for the African Movie Awards ‘Zafaa’ in the United Kingdom ,Best supporting Actor by the Giama awards in Houston Texas and won Best Actor AWOL Sierra Leone . He was also nominated as best actor for the ‘Ansev Movie Awards’ in Sierra Leone and his movie ‘Diamond Wahala’ has won two awards as best comedy at the Sierra Leone International Film Festival and the Ansev Movie Awards. He also had an award for “Best Foreign Actor” at the Special Movie Awards in The Gambia organized by Afrinity Productions.
He starred as “KONTE” in the movie “Banjul My love” where he plays a drug lord and is arrested at the end of this movie.
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