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Canadian film production company to feature Ghanaian actors
in a major production
Accra , March 10, Ghanadot/GNA - The desire of most Ghanaian
artistes to hit their ultimate in the film industry have
been given impetus as Toronto Pictures Incorporated, a
public traded film development and production company will
feature five artistes in a Hollywood film to be cast in
August this year.
Hollywood stars and Academy Award winners will play leading
roles of the non-violent new movie by Toronto Pictures to be
filmed in Romania alongside other seasoned artistes.
Other actors will include Toronto Pictures actors together
with Romanian English-speaking actors, Ms Daria Trifu of
Toronto Pictures told the Ghana News Agency in a telephone
interview from their base in Canada on Monday.
The Ghanaian actors will be chosen over the next few months
and they will be employed in relevant roles to offer them an
exceptional opportunity to start an international acting
career.
The Company uses top Hollywood 35 mm film production
standard, targeting a global audience and explores different
cultures and addresses controversial issues of our time in
dramatic format.
With cultural influences from Europe, North America, Asia
and now Africa, the Company is authentically international
in its scope and recognition.
Acclaimed international film director, producer and script
writer, Bruno Pischiutta alongside Ms Trifu are the
Executive Producers.
Toronto Pictures broke new grounds for the film industry in
Ghana by producing "Punctured Hope," feature film based on
the true story of one Belinda Siamey of Ghana.
The film consists of a plot to enslave a young girl within
the confines of a shrine, outside a small village in Ghana
and her horrific ordeal through sexual abuse and genital
mutilation.
Her destiny is dictated by a tradition that is outlawed by
the government, although not persecuted due to social and
law-enforcing complexities. The film's screenwriters, Pastor
Kingsley Sam Obed and Bruno Pischiutta, aim at divulging
this brutal time-honoured practice to international
audiences, because the majority of them are distressingly
unaware of it.
The shrine consists of a set design that is identical to the
original, as are the costumes worn by the slaves, the manner
in which the members of the shrine move about
and the portrayal of the fetish priest's demeanour.
Other technical details such as the scenes depicting rituals
of black magic complement the film, initiating the ambiance
that the plot evolves in.
Puncture Pictures screened privately in New York and in
Accra with great success
is now at Hollywood for world distribution, in this way,
Toronto Pictures hopes to give the possibility to Ghana to
get a world promotion and to Hollywood to finally distribute
a film with an African subject and 100 percent African cast.
Since coming to the Ghanaian scene, Toronto Pictures, in
particular, Pischiutta
and Trifu, had played an important role in the cultural
development and promotion of Ghana internationally.
Over the years, Toronto Pictures had proven to have the
right amount of perseverance, talent, initiatives and
management capabilities known for taking calculated risks,
in the interest of the company and its shareholders and in
order to achieving global Brand recognition and respect for
its quality products.
GNA
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