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.
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Kachie Elvis
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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.
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Mary Lazarus & The Symphony Crew
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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.
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Amaka Chukwujekwu and Mary Lazarus
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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."
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Rehearsal Session With Mary, Kachie & Elizabeth
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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."
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Line Reading With Mofe Duncan |
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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).
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Ejike Asiegbu
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Kachie Elvis & Mary Lazarus
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Ejike Asiegbu & Aaron Garvey
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Isaac Martyns & Queen Praise Enemali
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(l-r) Queen, Elizabeth, Kachie, Mary and Wisdom
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Star Girl Mary Lazarus
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Perekeme Odon and Isaac Martyns
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Ebun Oloyede, aka Olaiya Igwe & Perekeme Odon
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Rehearsal Time With Wisdom Nwankwo & Mofe Duncan
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Perekeme Odon and Amaka Chukwujekwu
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Amaka Chukwujekwu
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Wisdon Nwankwo & Mofe Duncan
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Elizabeth Chibueze and Friend
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Aetting Up With Mary Lazarus
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(l-r) Mafe Duncan, Mary Lazarus & Ngozi Duru
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Kachie Elvis
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(l-r) Ejike Asiegbu, Aaron Garvey and Perekeme Odon
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Perekeme, Wisdom, Ugo
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Amaka Chukwulekwu & Mary Lazarus
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(l-r) Perekeme Odon, Ugochukwu Ubani & Isaac Martyns
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Director of Photography, Isaac Martyns
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Mofe Duncan and Elizabeth Chibueze
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Mofe Duncan and St. Joe Emenike (PM)
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Ebun Oloyede, aka Olaiya Igwe & Isaac Martyns
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Perekeme Odon and Ejike Asiegbu
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Our Location Exterior
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Ugochukwu Ubani and Perekeme Odon
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Setting Up Time
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Kachie Elvis
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Kachie Elvis and Mary Lazarus
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Mary Lazarus and Perekeme Odon
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Ugochukwu Ubani, Queen Enameli &Isaac Martyns
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Ebun Oloyede, aka Olaiya Igwe & a Fan
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Kachie Elvis and Mary Lazarus
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