Guguru Studios, a Nigerian film production company, has partnered with three other African studios—Driving Park Limited and AdomiBridge Studios from Ghana, and Togo Films from Togo—to receive an €80,000 (approximately ₦135 million) grant for producing a musical drama about illegal mining, known as ‘galamsey,’ in Ghana.

This funding was made possible by the European Union, the Organisation of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (ACP), the International Organisation of La Francophonie (OIF), and Creation Africa Ghana, an initiative of the French embassy in Ghana.

The upcoming film, titled A Dream To Die For and written by David Masterwille, will explore the lives of young musicians caught up in the galamsey economy.

Guguru Studios, which has previously worked on multiple films including the black and white fantasy thriller Mami Water by C.J. Obasi, is a key player in this cross-cultural co-production effort.

Juliet Yaa Asantewa Asante, executive secretary of Ghana’s National Film Authority, emphasized the importance of co-productions between African filmmakers for the growth of the African film industry.

This collaboration marks a significant step in strengthening the pan-African alliance among creators, following previous successful collaborations such as Nigeria’s Play Network Studios and Namibia’s Mondjila Studios on the thriller The Skeleton Coast.

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