PTV News Media: April 2023

2023 is already shaping up to be another monumental year for Nollywood movie and TV production as filmmaker Kachie Elvis and his Kachville Production cast and crew hit location for the filming of a new family feature, When The Wind Finds Branches, in Lagos, Nigeria.

Kachie Elvis

Lagos is a well-liked destination for filmmaking, especially for television and movies, and Kachville Productions, which just extended its production space, will begin producing multiple films each quarter in 2023.

The main plot of Kachville Productions’ When The Wind Finds Branches revolves around Ufuoma (Mary Lazarus), a hardworking event-planning specialist who specialized in staging high-profile wedding and corporate events for the rich and mighty in society, and her failing marriage to a drug-addicted husband, Andrew (Mofe Duncan), who is hell-bent on causing her pain and selling whatever belongs to her all in the name of marriage.

Mary Lazarus & The Symphony Crew

This plot-twisting and intriguing family movie features Mary Lazarus, Mofe Duncan, Kachie Elvis, Amaka Chukwujekwu, Elizabeth Chibueze, Isokoh Edirin Stanley, and Chinedu Ani Emmanuel (Nedu Wazobia). Among the others are renowned actors Ejike Asiegbu, Ebun Oloyede, aka Olaiya Igwe, Aaron Garvey and Ken-Sele Okogbenin.

The title When The Wind Finds Branches has caused local controversy as some akin film enthusiasts have taken it to be biblical ranges comparing the wind as it often represents the fleeting and transient, the elusive, and the intangible to humanity.

Amaka Chukwujekwu and Mary Lazarus

When the Wind Finds Branches, with a screenplay by Kachie Elvis, produced by Wisdom Nwankwo, and directed by Perekeme Odon wrapped up preproduction between December 2022 and March 2023. Principal photography and filming began in April in Lekki, Lagos, and other towns in the state. It is projected to be released in theatres nationwide and distributed on several unspecified global online platforms.

According to the producer, "The wind symbolizes the raw and brutal power of nature. The wind god is a symbol of might and strength. One cannot see the wind, but everyone has seen how it makes the tree's leaves and the branches sway."

Rehearsal Session With Mary, Kachie & Elizabeth

Magic Lantern Production, headed by Michael Anakpa, whose footsteps and knowledge of the pioneers of modern film editing have been commissioned for the entire postproduction, from editing to grading to sound mixing and mastering.

The director stated, "The Nigerian motion picture industry has found itself in a transitional stage, where the younger generation has attached itself to art, music, and film and has grown up with movies and meticulously studied them." Soonest, these young directors would be breaking box office records."


Line Reading With Mofe Duncan

When The Wind Finds Branches would showcase and display cinematic photography from veteran experienced industry practitioners and craftsmen like Isaac Martyns, Ugochukwu Ubani (directors of photography), Wisdom Nwankwo (assistant director), Ngozi Obasi (costumes), Jonathan St. Joe Emenike (production manager), Ajani (gaffer), Queen Praise Enemali (script supervisor), Izuchukwu Onyekwere (sound), Michael Anakpa (editor), Kachie Elvis (associate producer), Wisdom Nwankwo (producer), Kachville Productions (executive producer) and Perekeme Odon (director).