Social Confoes 014 – Wiren, Suriname and the Oscars w/ Ivan Tai-Apin
Ivan Tai-Apin joins Diego and Jean-luc on episode 14 of #SocialConfoes to talk about events, acting and directing in Suriname. We talk about his journey and road to having his movie, Wiren, become the first-ever Surinamese submission to the Academy Award
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Show Notes
Ivan Tai-Apin joins Diego and Jean-luc on episode 14 of #SocialConfoes to talk about events, acting and directing in Suriname. We talk about his journey and road to having his movie, Wiren, become the first-ever Surinamese submission to the Academy Awards. Ivan is a Surinamese actor, director, screenplay writer and producer. He is mostly known for his out of the box theater shows & plays. In 2016 he started a camera acting school in Suriname and is the managing director of It Goes Productions & Casting.
Did you know he has his very own Wikipedia page? Check it out for his full biography in film and theater.
You can also connect with Ivan:
Watch Wiren on Amazon Prime. You can watch it on Netflix if you are in the Benelux region.
Episode Overview
- 0:00 - Introduction with Owru Yari stories
- 5:36 - How was the film space in the Netherlands compared to Suriname 10 years ago?
- 9:54 - Acting like in animal before filming or performing on stage.
- 13:31 - What brought you back to Suriname?
- 16:53 - What were the challenges you had to overcome?
- 29:28 - Views on the maturing industry with the limited local scale we have in Suriname
- 37:51 - How the submission to the Oscars went
- 47:33 - Production costs and box office results of Wiren
- 52:55 - What's the ROI for companies for investing in a movie production?
- 1:03:08 - How do you put yourself out there to network?
- 1:10:20 - Closing off with recommendations for the film industry
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