The most anticipated movie of the year, 10 days in Sun City has been premiered.
The movie shot in Sun City, Northern West Province of South Africa and Lagos, Nigeria was premiered on Saturday 17th June 2017 at the Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island Lagos and was released in Nigerian on Friday June 23rd.
In the movie, Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY, featured a journey to the beautiful Sun City in South Africa with fellow cast– Richard Mofe Damijo, Adesua Etomi, Gbenro Ajibade, Mercy Johnson Okojie, Falz, 2face Idibia, Alibaba, Alex Ekubo, Yvonne Jegede, Annie Idibia, Uti Nwachukwu, Fathia Balogun among others.
Aside the A-list Nigerian cast, the hilarious star-studded comedy movie also featured Miguel Nunez Jr. a Hollywood actor and an equally hilarious South African cast consisting, Amanda Du Pont, comedian Thenjiwe Moseley, Celeste Ntuli and lots more.
10 days in Sun City was directed by award-winning South African-based Nigerian Director Adze Ugah, written by award-winning writer-director Kehinde Ogunlola and produced by Ayo Makun, Darlington Abuda and Kirsty Galliard.
One of the outstanding scenes from the movie was the Elephant Sanctuary scene which featured the stars having an interactive elephant experience.
Other breath-taking scenes in the movie are; Hartebeespoort Dam,locally known as Harties. It is famous for its sunset cruises as it is for the Lesedi Cultural village, which showcases the fascinating cultures and tradition of the people of South Africa. The scenes in Johannesburg showcased the famous Sandton City and the world renowned Nelson Mandela Square.
South African tourism in a statement by it regional manager in West Africa, Mr Hloni Pitso expressed delight to have partnered with AY on the production of the movie adding that it served as an avenue to showcase South Africa as a holiday and business destination as well as encouraging inter-Africa travel.
The statement reads in part: “We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate Mr Ayo Makun on what promises to be yet another blockbuster production. AY is a passionate, determined, dedicated and hardworking individual. This time last year on one of South African Tourism’s influencer hosting trips AY saw opportunities as he travelled throughout South Africa. He did not hesitate to seize the opportunity when he decided that this had to be a location for his next movie. A year later, we are here in Lagos for the movie premiere to watch the much anticipated movie “10 Days in Sun City”.
“We saw this partnership as an opportunity not only to showcase South Africa as a holiday and business destination but also as a platform to encourage inter-Africa travel. It is important for Africans to explore their own land and discover its people. It is through travel and tourism that we can learn about each other’s historical and cultural heritages. Tourism, entertainment, arts and culture are the key sectors that have the potential to unify this continent through people to people relations for the better advancement of Africa. We are seeing this more and more lately through music collaborations, comedy and now movies. I trust we will see more of such partnerships and collaborations. Africa united, only greater things can come.”
