The cinema premiering of Kwadwo Nkansah Lilwin’s ‘A Country Called Ghana” movie has been set for Friday, February 28, 2025, across Silverbird Cinemas in Ghana and Nigeria.
The movie, since its debut last year, has won many international awards, including Best Indigenous Film at the 2024 Nollywood Film Festival, Best Production Design, and Best Make-Up Film at the 2024 Imo International Film Festival, among others. Mr. Frank Fiifi Ghabin, Director of the movie, outlined plans to premier the movie in cinemas across all the 16 regions of Ghana at a media engagement in Kumasi.
Present at the media engagement were Kwadwo Nkansah Lilwin and his wife, Okyeame Akwadaa Nyame, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of Wezzy Empire, as well as some players in the movie industry. Mr. Ghabin disclosed that “A Country Called Ghana” had won 17 awards out of 33 nominations both locally and on the international stage since its premiere last year despite challenges they encountered.
He said beyond entertaining Ghanaians and Nigerians; the movie had also promoted and projected the Ghana movie industry as well as Ghana as a country on the global stage. According to him, because of their achievements on the international stage, they were asked to send the movie for consideration into cinema distribution which resulted in Silverbirds Distribution International selecting it for premiering.
“In Nigeria, the movie is going to be premiered nationwide, so if you are in Lagos, Abuja, Ikeja, Onitsha, or wherever you find yourself, watch out for the movie “A Country Called Ghana” in a cinema near you,” he said. He encouraged movie lovers in Nigeria and the media to help promote the movie, saying that it was not just a movie but projection of Ghana as a country to the rest of the world.
“We are projecting “A Country Called Ghana” not just as a movie but as a means to sell Ghana to the world through authentic African story,” Mr. Ghabin emphasised. In Ghana, the movie would be shown at the Silverbirds Cinema at the Accra Mall and West Hills Mall in Accra as well as the Golden Eagle Cinema in Kumasi on February 28, before extending it to other regions.
Mr. Kwadwo Nkansah Lilwin spoke about the huge investment that had gone into the project and stressed the need for all stakeholders to support the local movie industry. He said because he wanted to meet international standards, he had to procure high-quality equipment from outside the country for the production. He told the media that his target was to see the movie on Netflix and that even if it doesn’t make it, he would continue to produce quality movies until he achieves that objective. This, he noted, needed the support of all players in the industry including the media and the government as Ghana strived to make a mark on the international stage.
Source: GNA
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