The film features Big Brother Africa’s first runner-up, in last year’s reality show, Tayo Faniran, as lead character in the work that is also his debut as an actor.
The film, a two-man cast, stars Folasade and Tayo, in a story of a struggling young couple who decide to work on their differences and stay together.
For Miss Abimbola, the project is a landmark in her young career as a filmmaker. Not only is it her first movie project, as a producer, she has played alongside self-styled Mr. Hotshot sexy farmer, as Tayo fondly calls himself.
Recounting her experience while working with the BBA star, Abimbola said, “Big Brother Hotshot was more or less a talent exhibition show, the contestants had to act, sing and perform for Africa, every week so, seeing Tayo on those extravaganzas made it easy. And also he’s quite funny and interesting.”
Written by Gbenga Etti, The Anniversary has its own challenges, and according to the producer, “It is basically logistics. That is also the reason we decided to do a short film and not a feature-length. Well, it is my first effort as co-producer, maybe subsequentl,y we will do feature length movies,” she said.
Describing her journey into the movie industry, Sade who made a comeback into Nollywood 2013 said, “The journey has been bittersweet, being an actor can be quite tedious and sometime, outright frustrating especially for a youngster, but trust me, it has its amazing parts”. The graduate of Lagos State University is noted for plays such as Iphegenia finds Ayelala, Woman of Owu and We Will Live, while still an undergraduate.
On the other hand, her co-producer, Seun Okegbemiro, is a movie, music video director and artiste manager. His production house, Dazedfaze Films, is responsible for the film project which is being supported by OUCH, Maryshine Saloon and Wickedstones. Dazedfaze Films is also part organizers of Most Beautiful Face in Nigeria pageant.
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