MY TAKE: Why Anthony Nti’s award-winning film ‘Da Yie’ is more than a movie Co-written by duo Anthony Nti and Chingiz Karibekov, Da Yie has garnered four Oscar-qualifying Grand Prizes amongst its 25 awards and 140 high-profile film festivals selections. The character Matilda in Anthony Nti s short film Da Yie . Picture: Supplied.
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JOHANNESBURG – “It’s the best feeling!” Award-winning director Anthony Nti describes what it’s like to direct a film which goes onto the screen to be watched by many people.
Nti recently directed the film
Da Yie, which means good night.
This stunning African film revolves around an intense day trip in sunny Ghana that endangers the innocence of two kids.
DA YIE is a Gem of a Short Film that Begs Reflection
Budding Ghanaian filmmaker, Anthony Nti, explored the topic of innocence as it pertains to our children the and role of adults in protecting both this innocence and their lives, by way of his film his award-winning short film Da Yie.
Child Trafficking on the African Continent
Trafficking: The recruitment, harbouring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude.
A definition by the African Centre for Strategic Studies whose 2019 report states that over 50% of trafficking victims in sub-Saharan Africa are children.