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  • BOLANLE AUSTEN-PETERS: My least expensive film was made with N90m

    BOLANLE AUSTEN-PETERS: My least expensive film was made with N90m

    Filmmaker and culture connoisseur, Bolanle Austen-Peters has revealed that her least expensive film was made with the sum of N90 million.

    BAP, as she’s fondly called, made this known at the fifth edition of Peace Anyiam-Osigwe Nigeria Digital Content Regulation Conference, where she was a keynote speaker at the opening ceremony.

    While sharing her experience in the film industry discussing the theme of the conference, ‘From Volume to Value: The Future of Nigerian Motion Picture Industry in the Digital Age,’BAP revealed that her least expensive film is her 2021 feature film, ‘Collision Course,’ which had a budget of N90 million.

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    Collision Course, later retitled as Collision, is a 2021 Nigerian drama film directed by Bolanle Austen-Peters. It was featured as the closing film for the 10th Africa International Film Festival, AFRIFF, in November 2021 and was the opening film for the Athen’s Nollywood Travel Film Festival in May 2022.

    The film simultaneously tells the story of a police officer struggling to make ends meet and an up and coming artist, features Daniel Etim Effiong, Zainab Balogun, Chioma Chukwuka, Kelechi Udegbe, Nobert Young, and Bimbo Mauel amongst others.

  • Bolanle Austen-Peters unveils 10,000-acre film village in Epe

    Bolanle Austen-Peters unveils 10,000-acre film village in Epe

    Nigerian movie producer, Bolanle Austen-Peters, has unveiled her 10,000-acre film village in Epe, Lagos State.

    She shared on Instagram that her latest movie, “House of GA’A”, was shot at the BAP Film Village.

    Austen-Peters also revealed that the film village is open for commercial use, including recreation and movie productions.

    She wrote: “So many have asked where we shot House of GA’A. This is it! BAP Productions Film Village in Epe. Over 10,000 acres of land, rolling hills, huts, and other facilities. Open for hire”.

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    She stated: “This what we started with, greenery, dense forestation when we went the first time. Everything was just this large expanse of land and then I called Bisola. I wanted to give women a chance. She had never done anything like this before. But I saw the fire in her eyes.

    “She moved in, cleared the place, and started construction. Before we knew it, in a couple of months, we had all the buildings that you see now in place. And this is where took all these beautiful shots that you see in the movie. This is the BAP film village.”

  • Constructive criticism key to filmmaking success, says Bolanle Austen-Peters

    Constructive criticism key to filmmaking success, says Bolanle Austen-Peters

    Multiple award-winning film director and producer Bolanle Austen-Peters has shared her thoughts on how film critics can help filmmakers improve.

    Austen-Peters emphasised that lashing out at filmmakers for a supposed bad movie is unproductive unless the criticism is constructive.

    “There’s no growth in life if nobody is critiquing you or correcting you. Your parents do that, your teachers do that in school. The most important thing is to be constructive. If you go to a cinema and you don’t enjoy the movie, and then lash out at the personality behind it, that’s not constructive and it’s not helping anybody,” said Austen-Peters.

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    “If you are thorough and understand why you didn’t enjoy the movie, give feedback. I’ve produced stage shows, movies, and services in restaurants where people have condemned and criticised me. But out of all the nastiness, I pick out those with sound reasons. Why are you critiquing me? This story jumped – why did it jump? Some people just say, ‘I don’t like the movie.’ Why? You can’t even articulate what you don’t like; you’re just being nasty. That’s not useful. If you want growth in life, you must be open to constructive criticism. If you don’t want to grow, then be averse to it.”

    Bolanle Austen-Peters is the founder and artistic director of BAP Productions and the arts and culture center Terra Kulture in Lagos. She is also the producer of the ‘Funmilayo Ransome Kuti’ biopic.