Nigerian filmmaker Kunle Afolayan has shared his struggles as a filmmaker.
In a recent interview, he disclosed that when he shot the Anikufilm, they didn’t haccommodationtion and were squatting in people’s houses. As such, he said he had to build 100 rooms in his film village.
The award-winning filmmaker said he has spent over N8 billion of his own money building a film village, yet has no government support. Kunle also lamented how he has spent heavily on electricity, diesel and solar, yet it isn’t enough.
“When we shot Anikulapo film, we didn’t have accommodation. We were squatting in people’s houses. I had to build 100 rooms in the film village.
I’ve spent over N8 billion of my own money building a film village, yet I get no government support. We don’t even have electricity. I’ve spent millions on diesel and had to spend N200 million on solar, but even that isn’t enough”.