BAANA Media Presents

29/12/2022

We are still amazed by the Freetong Film Festival. Here are some of the members from BAANA Media Presents.

Remembering some of the highlights of 2022:

Audience Awardee for Best Short Film, Adisa, with BAANA Media Partner Adeyemi.

Adisa with BAANA Media Team member Ngadi.

Adeyemi of BAANA Media

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28/12/2022

BAANA Media Presents had a great time at the Freetong Film Festival with everyone.

We are thankful to all of those that were able to attend our event!

Remembering some of the highlights of 2022:

CEO of Baana Media, J. Bankole Thompson speaking at Awards Ceremony on closing day of the Freetong Film Festival.

BAANA Media team during the Awards Ceremony.

Freetong Film Festival Awards Ceremony

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17/12/2022

Freetong Film Festival: Day 3!

Tonight will the screening of Night Nurse, and Table Talk: Know Someone?. After, there will be a Q&A sessions with the filmmakers at 9:30 pm.

Don't mess out on these great films!
Be sure to get a ticket online, https://freetongfilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

Or in person at:

HOTEL BARMOI Aberdeen, Freetown.

Exciting! Expressive! Entertaining!

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Freetong Film Festival will screen short films, feature-length and documentaries produced by filmmakers from Sierra Leone and the diaspora.

15/12/2022

The day has finally come!

The Freetong Film Festival is here!!!

This weekend, there will be some amazing films and speakers for everyone to enjoy!

If you would like to meet those behind BAANA Media Presents, the team will be there from 6:00 pm to 6:15 pm at HOTEL BARMOI. Hope to see you there!

You can still get your tickets online:
https://freetongfilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

Or in person at:

HOTEL BARMOI Aberdeen, Freetown.

Exciting! Expressive! Entertaining!

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14/12/2022

Join us for a magical weekend!

Don’t miss out on this great lineup of films.

Grab your tickets online at: https://freetongfilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

Or in person at the following Ticket Outlets:

HOTEL BARMOI Aberdeen, Freetown.

Audiovisual Factory, 25 Sanders Street, Freetown.

Natu’s Beauty Touch, 1 Ivan Drive, Freetown.

Exciting! Expressive! Entertaining!

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13/12/2022

Ray of Hope is a short feature film by Aminata Drynie Bockarie and Jeremiah Nyekoeza.

David, just released from prison after 15 years, seeks to make a difference in the life of Raymond, a young man to whom David is connected through an unfortunate event in his own troubled youth. When the truth finally comes to light, the budding friendship between the two men is about to fall apart.

BAANA Media is proud to present Ray of Hope at the FREETONG FILM FESTIVAL on Friday 16th December.

Grab your tickets now at https://freetongfilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

Or in person at:

HOTEL BARMOI, Aberdeen, Freetown.

Audiovisual Factory, 25 Sanders Street, Freetown.

Natu’s Beauty Touch, 1 Ivan Drive, Freetown.

Don’t delay, limited seating!

Exciting! Expressive! Entertaining!

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13/12/2022

On 27th April 2021 Sierra Leone celebrated 60 years since independence from Great Britain. In honour of this occasion, filmmaker Sade Beckley-Lines created a documentary that showcases the true beauty of Mama Salone and her people. The theme is 60, and 60 Sierra Leoneans were interviewed on what they love about their country, and their hopes and wishes for the future of Sierra Leone.

Join us on Sunday 18th December as we screen Sierra Leone at 60 - The Diamond of Africa. You will be left feeling inspired by the past glories of this small nation and hopeful for its future!

Tickets online at: https://freetongfilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

Or in person at:

HOTEL BARMOI Aberdeen, Freetown.

Audiovisual Factory, 25 Sanders Street, Freetown.

Natu’s Beauty Touch, 1 Ivan Drive, Freetown.

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12/12/2022

BAANA Media is extremely proud to show
Sing Freetown: The Film at the inaugural . An uplifting and inspirational film about friendship and hope.

About the film:

Emmy winning Sierra Leonean filmmaker, Sorious Samura, has grown tired telling negative stories about Africa. He embarks on a journey with his best friend, Sierra Leone's most famous playwright, Charlie Haffner, to create an epic work of national theatre - a play to reclaim their country from negative media narratives and the damaging legacy of colonial rule. It doesn't go as planned.

Sing Freetown will be screened at the opening of the Freetong Film Festival on Thursday 15th December at 8pm.

Grab your tickets online at: https://freetongfilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

Or in person at the following ticket outlets:

HOTEL BARMOI Aberdeen, Freetown.

Audiovisual Factory, 25 Sanders Street, Freetown.

Natu’s Beauty Touch, 1 Ivan Drive, Freetown.

Exciting! Expressive! Entertaining!

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'Sing, Freetown' is a feature length documentary film that is having it's World Premiere at Sheffield DocFest in 2021. In UK Cinemas from 25th June. The film...

12/12/2022

Freetong Film Festival is proud to showcase, for the first time in Sierra Leone, Money Tree. A short film written and directed by Sierra Leonean-Australian, Hawanatu Bangura (hawanatub / ).

What happens when a young boy makes an exciting discovery, and is faced with a dilemma?

About the Filmmaker:
Hawanatu Bangura is an Afro-Australian award-winning director, writer and producer. She was part of the prestigious Screen Producers Australia: One to Watch program in 2017. Born in Sierra Leone, she migrated to Australia in 2002 and as a teenager discovered her interest in filmmaking when she was involved in a youth film project. She took the creative lead to make a short film and realised her passion for storytelling, creativity, and expression could be best channelled through the medium of film. Hawanatu relentlessly pursued this passion, attending her first filmmaking workshop and shortly after wrote and directed her first short narrative film about the experience of a person from an African background challenges and triumphs of settling in Australia.

Since then, Hawanatu has developed an impeccable eye for storytelling and honed her filmmaking craft. She has written, produced and directed over 12 short films in various genres including dance, experimental, drama, documentary and animation. Her films have won awards and screened at major film festivals such as Toronto International Film Festival Kids; Film Pittsburg, Pan African International Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Montreal International Black Film Festival.

Hawanatu’s films are driven by her personal values – so themes of social justice, empowerment, identity, peace, hope, and wisdom are strong in her work. The stories in her films are universal, resonating with audiences far and wide. Hawanatu is passionate about using her films as a platform to raise consciousness about social issues and social injustices.

Don’t miss Money Tree, showing on Thursday 15th December at the Freetong Film Festival!

Grab your tickets online at: https://freetongfilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

Or in person at the following ticket outlets:

HOTEL BARMOI Aberdeen, Freetown.

Audiovisual Factory, 25 Sanders Street, Freetown.

Natu’s Beauty Touch, 1 Ivan Drive, Freetown.

Exciting! Expressive! Entertaining!

🇸🇱

12/12/2022

Freetong Film Festival is proud to showcase, for the first time in Sierra Leone, Money Tree. A short film written and directed by Sierra Leonean-Australian, Hawanatu Bangura (hawanatub / ).

What happens when a young boy makes an exciting discovery, and is faced with a dilemma?

About the Filmmaker:
Hawanatu Bangura is an Afro-Australian award-winning director, writer and producer. She was part of the prestigious Screen Producers Australia: One to Watch program in 2017. Born in Sierra Leone, she migrated to Australia in 2002 and as a teenager discovered her interest in filmmaking when she was involved in a youth film project. She took the creative lead to make a short film and realised her passion for storytelling, creativity, and expression could be best channelled through the medium of film. Hawanatu relentlessly pursued this passion, attending her first filmmaking workshop and shortly after wrote and directed her first short narrative film about the experience of a person from an African background challenges and triumphs of settling in Australia.

Since then, Hawanatu has developed an impeccable eye for storytelling and honed her filmmaking craft. She has written, produced and directed over 12 short films in various genres including dance, experimental, drama, documentary and animation. Her films have won awards and screened at major film festivals such as Toronto International Film Festival Kids; Film Pittsburg, Pan African International Film Festival, Cleveland International Film Festival, Montreal International Black Film Festival.

Hawanatu’s films are driven by her personal values – so themes of social justice, empowerment, identity, peace, hope, and wisdom are strong in her work. The stories in her films are universal, resonating with audiences far and wide. Hawanatu is passionate about using her films as a platform to raise consciousness about social issues and social injustices.

Don’t miss Money Tree, showing on Thursday 15th December at the Freetong Film Festival!

Grab your tickets online at: https://freetongfilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

Or in person at the following ticket outlets:

HOTEL BARMOI Aberdeen, Freetown.

Audiovisual Factory, 25 Sanders Street, Freetown.

Natu’s Beauty Touch, 1 Ivan Drive, Freetown.

Exciting! Expressive! Entertaining!

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12/12/2022

3 DAYS TO GO!!!
Here is Dave Simmons, visual effects editor who worked on one of the films featured in the Freetong Film Festival.
Make sure you tune in!

Grab your tickets online at: https://freetongfilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

and in person at our Ticket Outlets:
Hotel Barmoi at Aberdeen in Freetown.
Audiovisual Factory, 25 Sanders Street, Freetown.
Natu’s Beauty Touch, 1 Ivan Drive, Freetown.
Exciting! Expressive! Entertaining!

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11/12/2022

By the end of this week, the Freetong Film Festival will be in full swing!

Here is a message from Abdul Malik Abbott, a director, producer, editor, writer and musician.

Be sure to grab your tickets online at: https://freetongfilmfestival.eventbrite.com/

and in person at our Ticket Outlets:
- HOTEL BARMOI Aberdeen, Freetown.
- Audiovisual Factory, 25 Sanders Street, Freetown.
- Natu’s Beauty Touch, 1 Ivan Drive, Freetown.

Exciting! Expressive! Entertaining!

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