South African filmmaker Bonginhlanhla "Mr B" Ncube is about to crack it in Hollywood.
After showcasing his debut feature movie, 48, which was part of the Mzansi Magic movie menu at the Pan African Film Festival in the US last month, there was a lot of interest in the movie.
The film is about a guy who has a terminal disease and only has 48 hours to live, unless he can raise the money to treat the illness.
There is no way that he can raise the amount of money and he knows he has to do something, anything, to raise the cash . So he decides to rob a bank .
"The interest in this movie was quite huge in the US and there was a flood of invitations from other film festivals too. Producers that I met in Ghana and Nigeria also showed an interest to screen the movie in their countries," Ncube says.
"The best opportunity though was a co-production deal I sealed with a Hollywood producer, to write a script for a movie that I will co-produce with them. I am currently busy writing the script."
The Pretoria-based filmmaker says the setting for his new movie is both semi-rural and urban South Africa because that will represent a proper picture of the country.
"I do not want to show a country that is deeply rural and that does not have electricity because the truth is, South Africa is rural, with well-developed urban areas.
"I will shoot this movie in the Drakensberg mountains with its crystal-clear streams and rivers and show the beauty of the place. I am avoiding using Cape Town as a film location because that city has been used too frequently," Ncube says.
The film, which does not have a name yet, but has the working title of Clairvoyance, is about a man based in a rural area who has supernatural powers.
"The person has a phobia and general dislike for cities, but circumstances force him to migrate to the big city, where he eventually puts his powers to use," Ncube says.
In the meantime, 48 is set to shine at the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), along with several other South African movies.
The nominees for this year's awards were announced on March 17 in Banjul, Gambia, with Nigeria topping the charts with 52 nominations.
South Africa was a close second, with 45 nominations, followed by Ghana with 17, Kenya with 14, Uganda with five and Tanzania with three.
Films from Algeria, Cameroon, Guinea, Rwanda and Zimbabwe were also nominated, as were films linked to the Diaspora from the US, Canada, France, Germany, Guadalupe, Italy, Jamaica and the UK.
The AMAA this year received 328 entries from across Africa, a huge increase from 220 in 2011. This includes 134 feature films, 88 short films, 57 documentaries and sixanimations.
Forty-three entries came from Africans in the Diaspora, with the other entries coming from 23 countries across the continent.
Ncube's 48 received three nominations.
"I am totally flattered and so proud of the cast of 48 who received nominations for best actor in a leading role, best actor in a supporting role and best actress in a leading role," Ncube says
"Being nominated is as good as a win because it shows and recognises the hard work these actors put into their act."
Heading for Hollywood
South African filmmaker Bonginhlanhla "Mr B" Ncube is about to crack it in Hollywood.
After showcasing his debut feature movie, 48, which was part of the Mzansi Magic movie menu at the Pan African Film Festival in the US last month, there was a lot of interest in the movie.
The film is about a guy who has a terminal disease and only has 48 hours to live, unless he can raise the money to treat the illness.
There is no way that he can raise the amount of money and he knows he has to do something, anything, to raise the cash . So he decides to rob a bank .
"The interest in this movie was quite huge in the US and there was a flood of invitations from other film festivals too. Producers that I met in Ghana and Nigeria also showed an interest to screen the movie in their countries," Ncube says.
"The best opportunity though was a co-production deal I sealed with a Hollywood producer, to write a script for a movie that I will co-produce with them. I am currently busy writing the script."
The Pretoria-based filmmaker says the setting for his new movie is both semi-rural and urban South Africa because that will represent a proper picture of the country.
"I do not want to show a country that is deeply rural and that does not have electricity because the truth is, South Africa is rural, with well-developed urban areas.
"I will shoot this movie in the Drakensberg mountains with its crystal-clear streams and rivers and show the beauty of the place. I am avoiding using Cape Town as a film location because that city has been used too frequently," Ncube says.
The film, which does not have a name yet, but has the working title of Clairvoyance, is about a man based in a rural area who has supernatural powers.
"The person has a phobia and general dislike for cities, but circumstances force him to migrate to the big city, where he eventually puts his powers to use," Ncube says.
In the meantime, 48 is set to shine at the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), along with several other South African movies.
The nominees for this year's awards were announced on March 17 in Banjul, Gambia, with Nigeria topping the charts with 52 nominations.
South Africa was a close second, with 45 nominations, followed by Ghana with 17, Kenya with 14, Uganda with five and Tanzania with three.
Films from Algeria, Cameroon, Guinea, Rwanda and Zimbabwe were also nominated, as were films linked to the Diaspora from the US, Canada, France, Germany, Guadalupe, Italy, Jamaica and the UK.
The AMAA this year received 328 entries from across Africa, a huge increase from 220 in 2011. This includes 134 feature films, 88 short films, 57 documentaries and sixanimations.
Forty-three entries came from Africans in the Diaspora, with the other entries coming from 23 countries across the continent.
Ncube's 48 received three nominations.
"I am totally flattered and so proud of the cast of 48 who received nominations for best actor in a leading role, best actor in a supporting role and best actress in a leading role," Ncube says
"Being nominated is as good as a win because it shows and recognises the hard work these actors put into their act."
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