Golden Effects Pictures, LLC

Logo since December 2005
Company type	Limited liability company
Industry	Film
Genre	Thriller Drama
Founded	December 1, 2005; 18 years ago (2005-12-01)
Founder	Kunle Afolayan
Headquarters	Ladipo kuku street, 4 Allen-Avenue, Ikeja,Lagos state, Nigeria
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Kunle Afolayan (Managing Director) Omoladun Afolayan (Executive) Seun Soyinka (Executive)
Products	Motion pictures
Services	Casting, Feature films, Documentary, Sound engineering, Film score, Foley, Additional digital recording (ADR), Music production, Sound design, Digital editing, Motion graphics/VFX, Animation
Divisions	KAP TV KAP Motion Picture KAP Film and Television Academy
Website	goldeneffectspictures.com

^[1]Golden Effects Pictures is a Nigerian motion picture studio based in Allen Avenue, Lagos^[2] and is a master brand for KAP TV, with film producer Kunle Afolayan^[3][4][5]serving as Managing Director.The studio was incorporated as a company on December 1st, 2005.

Dedicated to telling the African story Golden Effect Pictures has been involved in producing motion pictures; Irapada (Redemption), The Figurine(Araromire), Phone swap, October 1st, The C.E.O alongside African Magic commissioned trio Roti, Omugwo, The Tribunal as well as Sahara Group Foundation commissioned Hanutu.

Production library[edit]

Irapada (Redemption)[edit]

The movie Irapada, which means Redemption was the companies first full film. It’s a drama film, which circles around a young man named, Dewunmi, who is of Yoruba origin, but lives in the Northern part of the country. He has an unannounced visitation from his mother who tries to convince him to come back home to carry out some cultural rites, a sort of redemption on behalf of the family as she deals with a foray of nightmares. Prompted by these constant nightmares, she has gone to see an interpreter who tells her that there is need for her son (who features prominently in the dream) to be around for the cleansing to take place. She travels to the North to tell her son. But Dewunmi, being educated turns a deaf ear to her, by deciding not to partake in such activity. Unfortunately, the mother dies on her way back home, and his life spirals into a manifold of adventures after…

The Figurine (Araromire)[edit]

'No one told them about the next seven years...' was the tagline for this adjudge movie that was officially release in 2009. This movie sees Kunle Afolayan^[6] the director, escape the usual Nollywood limitations with what is the most elaborate production to appear from the country of hyper-prolific output. The former actor turned a lot of Nollywood clichés on their head in this epic narrative of two gentlemen and a lady while during the course of serving at a National Youth Service Corps camp, the two friends find a mystical sculpture in an abandoned shrine in the forest, and one of them decides to take the artwork home. Unknown to them, the sculpture is from the Yoruba goddess Araromire which bestows seven years of good luck on anyone who encounters it, and after the seven years have expired, seven years of bad luck follow. The lives of the two friends begin to change for good, as they become successful and wealthy businessmen. However, after seven years things start to change for worse. Figurine (Araromire) was a ground breaking film with reviews from the international community, such as the Rotterdam International Film Festival, where it was showcased to a huge audience. The movie as of now has net a total of $250,000 USD with multiple awards to its credit.

Phone swap^[7][edit]

Phone Swap is the company’s 3rd feature film- a comedic tale that surrounds two very opposite individuals. Prior to its release, it had already been review by the New York Times where the Director was likened to the legendary ''Martin Scorsese''.

The movie revolves around Akin and Mary who meet for the first time at an airport where they accidentally bump into each other and mistakenly swap their identical Blackberry phones. This leads to a destination mix up after they receive one another’s text regarding a travel destination. Consequently, Akin ends up traveling to where Mary is supposed to go and vice versa. Neither knows about the swap until they have reached their opposite destinations and “the phone” stops ringing (In Mary’s case) and “Won’t stop ringing” (In Akins’s case). As a result of the phone swap, they agree to help carry out each other’s missions, armed with the information and data on each other’s phone. But it’s not as easy as they both think as new obstacles and complications rise at every turn as they both struggle to adapt to their alien environment and situation. Mary has to walk in Akins shoes and represent him in a company meeting while Akin has to represent Mary in her family meeting, and this they did with hilarious results…

Two trailers were released in February 2012, followed by a press briefing and movie preview. the movie was premiered on the 17th March 2012. Riding on the success of the Lagos premiere and Ghana premiere. On the 30th of March 2012, the film made its theatrical release and was available in cinemas across Nigeria. Phone Swap set new box office records in Nigeria has in its two weeks of cinema release, Phone Swap is the 2nd rated movie in West Africa and in just 35 days after its release, the film scooped $130,000 USD in Net worth.

October 1^[8][edit]

''A fictional, psychological thriller, set against the backdrop of the National celebratory mood of the impending independence of Nigeria on October 1,1960. Nigerian Police Detective, Danladi Waziri, is sent to the trading town of Akote, by the Imperial British government, to solve a series of female murders. He must solve the mystery of these deadly attacks before the British flag is lowered and the Nigerian flag raised on Independence Day...''

October 1. Produced and directed by the Filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan and with an international cast of renowned Nigerian and British actors, October 1 set a remarkable standards in African cinema.^[9]

The C.E.O^[10][edit]

''Five top level staff of a telecommunications company are selected for a retreat where the new CEO of a global company will be chosen. What starts off as cordial soon spirals into something sinister as each attempts to outdo the another to be named The CEO. The C.E.O. is a psychological thriller which features three time Grammy Award winning musician, Angelique Kidjo and a host of international actors from across Africa.

Golden Effects Pictures partnered with Air France Nigeria for an unprecedented dedicated in-flight Premiere of the film THE CEO to Paris^[11], wherein the film for the first time screened on the plane to seventy (70) invited guests who were flown to Paris, France and back to Lagos Nigeria for this singular purpose.

Beasts of No Nation[edit]

Golden Effects Pictures in April of 2014 partnered with renowned American casting director Avy Kaufman for the continental, specifically, Nigerian casting for award winning Netflix Original film, Beasts of No Nation.

Mokalik^[12][edit]

Mokalik’ follows the career of an 11-year-old boy, Ponmile, from the middle-class suburbs who spends the day as a lowly apprentice at a mechanic workshop in order to view life from the other side of the tracks… When his father arrives to take him home; Ponmile has to make up his mind if he wants to return to school or take on his apprenticeship full time.

Media giant CNN also highlists kunle afolayan ahead of the movie release.^[13][14] it was announced at the movies private press screening powered by Canon Inc.^[15] that the movie will be participating in film festival across the world.^[16]A film making competition was inaugurated on the that same day

Films[edit]

Documentary[edit]

Short Film[edit]

Awards and Nominations[edit]

See also[edit]

KAP TV^[31]

KAP Motion Picture

KAP Film and Television Academy

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Official website
• October 1 at IMDb