adminThe movie, “Something Nice from London”, is now in its post-production stage as all the scenes have been shot and all that remains is the editing.
Decent Arthouse is acclaimed for producing the first full HD Zimbabwean movie, “Lobola” in 2010 and the multi-award-winning feature film, “The Gentleman”, in 2011 which was also in full HD.
Both movies starred Munyaradzi Chidzonga, who rose to stardom in the African reality show Big Brother Africa in 2010. “The Gentleman” also starred Academy Award-winning South African actor Presley Chweneyagae of “Tsotsi” fame, flamboyant businessman Philip Chiyangwa and Miss Malawi 2011 Faith Chibale.
“Something Nice from London”, which was shot in Zimbabwe and the UK, is a neo-realist piece about a young woman whose brother dies in the UK and a two-week funeral ensues as relatives and friends wait for his corpse to return to Zimbabwe for burial in Shurugwi.
The predominantly Shona film stars renowned actors such as Chidzonga, who scooped the 2012 Nama Award for the Most Outstanding Actor in his role as one of the twins — Tawana and Takunda Toga – in “The Gentleman” and a plethora of A-list local actors such as Memory Buzuzi, Levewell Chisango, Pretty Xaba and Evangelista Mwatse.
Joe Njagu, the director of the movie and co-owner of Decent Arthouse, said the movie comes hot on the heels of the formation of the Zimbabwe Film Guild UK Chapter.
“Rufaro Kaseke was recently appointed director of the Zimbabwe Film Guild and was obliged to formulate the UK chapter of the guild in order to centralise our efforts as we build the film industry in our country.
“Rufaro is currently in the UK shooting some touch- ups and also to oversee the development of the guild there,” said Njagu.
Kaseke said, there are over 20 Zimbabwean film practitioners in the UK who scdheduled to meet up on March and create a platform that is going to facilitate co-production treaties, training opportunities, funding gigs, distribution channels, talent scouting and development and synchronising the function of films with other art forms like music and design.
“We have had indabas like that in Harare and we have made headway in terms of creating a recognisable structure that is relevant to us and so we do not see the reason why we should not do the same within the Diaspora so we all rally behind our industry and our country as one big movement.
“Like we have done in Harare we aim to come up with one solid document that will encapsulate our standards, code of ethics, vision and mission as we push towards engaging relevant authorities including our own Government to start to recognise our presence and relevance,” he said.
However, both Njagu and Kaseke where not willing to reveal when the movie will be ready for release but promised it would definitely be out before year end.
Online Reporter