Award winning Director Ishaya Bako FINALLY had his feature film debut with 'Road to Yesterday'!
I'm so excited for him (he is my good friend, yes lemme famz biko. lol), it has been a long time coming and definitely long-awaited. I'm thrilled that he got to work with such a talented cast {Genevieve Nnaji, Majid Michel, Chigurl, Oris Erhuero} in his first movie. I believe he will only do better and win more awards going forward.
Brief on Ishaya
Ishaya attended the London Film School where he learnt about film-making and then went ahead to script and direct his AMAA award winning short film 'Braids On A Bald Head' which also got a lot of international recognition and film festival selections. He is a Director & Screenwriter and has been a film-maker for about 5 years accompanied with nominations, awards and international recognitions & selections. He has done quite a number of Short films {Braids on a Bald Head, Henna, Enitan; Dream, Poetic, Nemesis, Aviation Man, To Serve with all our Strength, to name a few} and Documentaries {Fuelling Poverty which won Best Documentary at the AMAA (Africa Movie Academy Awards) 2013; Silent Tears (timely) which won Audience Choice Award at the AFRIFF (African International Film Festival) 2015}
'Road to Yesterday' Movie Première
This was my 1st ever movie première and i must say i thoroughly enjoyed the experience. It held on the 5th floor of Silverbird Cinemas, Abuja. I got there a bit late, i was given the wrist band to gain access into the restricted area and at the time interviews and photo sessions were ongoing. They were different stands for small bites, sweets & desserts and drinks in the area, my fave was the Andies Candies corner (you all know by now that i have a sweettooth). There was also a segment of the area with sponsor banners as backdrops for interviews and photos while the rest of the area was set up with cocktail tables and several guests, media persons, journalists and photographers stood around chatting, nibbling and drinking and happily awaiting the screening. I happily got to take pictures with Ishaya and Genevieve, trust my phone to not properly focus at such a crucial moment *rme.
Screening Time! We were ushered into the viewing room and served bottled drinks, there was a pack of popcorn on all the seats and i picked out a seat close the top for the perfect view. I enjoyed the movie and afterwards there was a question and comments section with the Director, Executive Producer, Actresses and Screenwriter. There was some constructive criticism and comments but everyone that spoke admitted that they loved the movie and for it being Ishaya's first, he did a great job. We left the viewing room happy, chatting and socialising, etc. definitely time well spent and i'm glad to have had this experience.
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| Meeee! (1st Movie Première) |
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| Premiere access wrist band |
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| Veteran Actress Genevieve Nnaji |
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| Moi with Ishaya Bako & Genevieve Nnaji |
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| Andies Candies Corner *loovee |
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| Andies Candies gift pack |
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| Andies Candies |
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| nibbles & bites |
I put up the trailer here a while back and the movie is officially in all Cinema Houses (FilmHouse, Silverbird Cinemas, Genesis Cinemas and Viva Cinemas) across Nigeria. On social media platforms you can search for #rty #RTYthemovie, #RoadtoYesterday.
Road to Yesterday was also one of the biggest nominees for the upcoming AVMCA 2016, with 7 nominations in the categories of Best Overall Movie, Best Writer, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Picture Editor, Best Movie West Africa and Best Sound Editor categories. Voting is open till Feb 26, 2016. Click here to Vote and here for the Rules
Please Watch & Enjoy the movie and Vote as well. Merci.
Toodles!XooX
