West Africa’s leading film school for young, talented and passionate filmmakers, the MultiChoice Talent Factory, is set to premiere two feature films— ‘Grown’, and ‘Her Dark Past’— on Africa Magic.
The two films, which are the final projects of the MTF Class of 2023 students, will be exclusively premiered in the first two weekends of March.
Set in the 1990’s, ‘Grown’ is a fantasy drama that explores the themes of adulthood, motherhood, love, fear and magic. It tells the story of an over-pampered teenager who resents her mother, wishes she was an adult and wakes up to a rude shock one morning as a grown woman with kids. She experiences the realities of growing up and asks herself, “Is adulthood a scam?” and begins a fight to become young again.
Written by Nosa Isibor and Boakye Alpha, directed by Ola Jegede and Empress Allen, and produced by Desmond Ekunwe and Nosa Isibor, the film stars Efe Irele, Yemi Cregx, Bobby Ekpe, Najite Dede and Sarah Obiekwe, among others.
In ‘Her Dark Past’, the life of an uber-successful social media influencer and life coach starts to crumble when the child she left for dead resurfaces years later, giving way to a complex spiral of drama that imperils her seemingly perfect life and unearths the trauma she fights daily to bury.
Directed by Oluwatobi Ahmed and Samuel Ogundeyi, and produced by Elvis Damptey and Adeniran Wuraola, the film stars Linda Ejiofor-Suleiman, Daniel Etim Effiong, Iremide Adeoye, Ego Ihenacho and Fadekemi Olumide-Aluko, among others.
