On Thursday 8 May 2014 at 20h00 AfricAvenir and Zentrum Moderner Orient invite you to the German Premiere of the awarded Nollywood Comedy “Phone Swap” by Nigerian Director Kunle Afolayan at Hackesche Höfe Kino. The film which for many people for its production quality and the scope of topics represents a milestone in Nollywood cinematographic history, also was one of the most popular and successful comedies of recent years and won the Public Choice Award during the NollywoodWeek Film Festival in Paris (2013).

The screening will be followed by a discussion with the Media Researcher Tilo Grätz (ZMO) and the independent film critique and curator Enoka Ayemba, as well as by a small reception in the cinema foyer.

Synopsis
Akin und Mary 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 Akin’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 Akin’s shoes and represent him in a company meeting while Akin has to represent Mary in her family meeting. This they do with hilarious results…

By loading the video, you agree to YouTube’s privacy policy.
Learn more

Load video

Always unblock YouTube

Kunle Afolayan is a Nigerian actor and director. He is the son of the famous theater and film director and producer Ade Love. Afolayan majored in economics. Since 2005 he has been active in the Nigerian film industry. He has made several very popular titles including: The Figurine: Araromire which was in the Yoruba and English languages and Phone Swap which featured Nse Ikpe Etim and the legendary Chika Okpala. The Figurine won five major awards in the African Film Academy and experienced tremendous success in the Nigerian movie theaters. Kunle Afolayan appeared at the Subversive Film Festival in 2011 where he represented the second largest film industry in the world, the Nigerian film industry, with his colleague Zeb Ejiro. In May 2013, Phone Swap premiered in France at the first edition of Nollywood Week Paris and won the Public Choice Award.

Phone Swap
Nigeria, 2012, 110 min
By Kunle Afolayan
Starring: Nse Ikpe-Etim, Wale Ojo, Ada Ameh, Lydia Forson, Joke Silva
DVD, Yoruba/Ibo/Twi/Engl. with engl. subtitles

Thursday, 8 May 2014
20h00
Entrance: 7,50€
Discount: Berlinpass,
5 & 10 Ticket Cards can be used by two people,
Gildepass, Heavy User Card

Hackesche Höfe Kino
Rosenthaler Str. 40/41
10178 Berlin
S Hackescher Markt
U Weinmeisterstraße

Tickets & Information
030 283 46 03
www.hackesche-hoefe.org
www.africavenir.org