Ghanaian artiste to feature in new Hollywood film

Accra , March 10, GNA - The desire of most Ghanaian artistes to hit their ultimate in the film industry have been given impetus as Toronto Pictures Incorporated, a public traded film development and production company will feature five artistes in a Hollywood film to be cast in August this year.

Hollywood stars and Academy Award winners will play leading roles of the non-violent new movie by Toronto Pictures to be filmed in Romania alongside other seasoned artistes.

Other actors will include Toronto Pictures actors together with Romanian English-speaking actors, Ms Daria Trifu of Toronto Pictures told the Ghana News Agency in a telephone interview from their base in Canada on Monday.

The Ghanaian actors will be chosen over the next few months and they will be employed in relevant roles to offer them an exceptional opportunity to start an international acting career. The Company uses top Hollywood 35 mm film production standard, targeting a global audience and explores different cultures and addresses controversial issues of our time in dramatic format.

With cultural influences from Europe, North America, Asia and now Africa, the Company is authentically international in its scope and recognition.

Acclaimed international film director, producer and script writer, Bruno Pischiutta alongside Ms Trifu are the Executive Producers. Toronto Pictures broke new grounds for the film industry in Ghana by producing "Punctured Hope," feature film based on the true story of one Belinda Siamey of Ghana.

The film consists of a plot to enslave a young girl within the confines of a shrine, outside a small village in Ghana and her horrific ordeal through sexual abuse and genital mutilation.

Her destiny is dictated by a tradition that is outlawed by the government, although not persecuted due to social and law-enforcing complexities. The film's screenwriters, Pastor Kingsley Sam Obed and Bruno Pischiutta, aim at divulging this brutal time-honoured practice to international audiences, because the majority of them are distressingly unaware of it.

The shrine consists of a set design that is identical to the original, as are the costumes worn by the slaves, the manner in which the members of the shrine move about

and the portrayal of the fetish priest's demeanour. Other technical details such as the scenes depicting rituals of black magic complement the film, initiating the ambiance that the plot evolves in.

Puncture Pictures screened privately in New York and in Accra with great success is now at Hollywood for world distribution, in this way, Toronto Pictures hopes to give the possibility to Ghana to get a world promotion and to Hollywood to finally distribute a film with an African subject and 100 percent African cast.

Since coming to the Ghanaian scene, Toronto Pictures, in particular, Pischiutta and Trifu, had played an important role in the cultural development and promotion of Ghana internationally.

Over the years, Toronto Pictures had proven to have the right amount of perseverance, talent, initiatives and management capabilities known for taking calculated risks, in the interest of the company and its shareholders and in order to achieving global Brand recognition and respect for its quality products.