Certain Winds From The South: Original Trailer
M'ma Asana receives a visit from Issah, her son-in-law, one fateful evening. He has come to
inform her of his decision to embark on a journey to southern Ghana in search of better
opportunities. Through conversations and reflections between the two characters and others, we
uncover a vicious cycle of inequality that threatens their already precarious future.
The film 'Certain Winds from the South' is an adaptation of a short story by Ama Ata
Aidoo. The original story is included in her collection of short stories, 'No Sweetness Here'.
CREDITS
Directed by: Eric Gyamfi
Based on/ Story by:Ama Ata Aidoo
Screenplay by: Eric Gyamfi / Moshood Hamza Balogun
Additional writing/Poem written and performed by: Pure Akan
Produced by: Eric Gyamfi
Assistant producer: Moshood Hamza Balogun
Executive producer: Eric Gyamfi
Cinematography: Odartey Mango
Lighting: Josiah Cofie (Spanner)
Sound: Michael Boye Agoe
Erasmus Basakra
Cast in order of appearance:
Nasiba mbabe Bawa
Amadu Ayi
Voice overs:
Nasiba Mbabe Bawa
Amadu Ayi
Call to prayer written by: Hamza Moshood Balogun
Performed by: Habib Mesud
Additional Casting: Abdul Raafi Mohammed (Rafiu fishbone), OBL studios
Location: Eric Gyamfi
Wardrobe: Asiakwen Abag-dem
Make up/styling: Asiawken Abag-dem
Set design: Courage Dzidula Kpodo
Set Construction: Courage Dzidula Kpodo, Edward Kpodo
Sound editing: Michael Boye Agoe
Erasmus Basakra
Sound design:
Okhiogbe Omonblanks Omonhinmin
The stub Accra,
Editor:
Junaid Timtooni Yakubu
Production stills:
Additional Sound: Dj yamz studio
Twisted waves studio
Translators:
Twi
Kwabena Agyare Yeboah
Eric Gyamfi
Hamza Balogun
Arabic Alaa Metche Jafaar
Mohamed Abdulaziz Salah
Dagbanli Abdul-Haqq Mahama
Abdul-Rasheed Umar Mohammed
Special thanks:
Kinna Likimani
Rebecca Agyei
Dr. käri’kaçha seid’ou
Karen Alexander
Mohammed Abdul Rasheed Umar
Habiba Nicholas
Leo Love Mcternan-Omonhinmin
Gilbert Sackey
Apag studios
Simon Mensah
Gene Adu
Filmed on location at Rufus green park
selected screenings
2026, “Certain Winds From The South”, The African Film Institute, E-flux screening room, Brooklyn N.Y (upcoming)
2026, “Certain Winds From The South”, Ama Ata Aidoo Center For Creative Writing, African University for Communication and Business (AUCB), Accra GH
2025, “Certain Winds From The South”, Notes on Friendship: Breaking Bread, NCAI x SCCA Tamale, Nairobi, KE
2025, “Certain Winds From The South”, “Kɔηsεt Pāti” Accra, GH
2024, “Certain Winds From The South”, QUFF, Accra, GH
2024, “Certain Winds From The South”, Berlinale spotlight, UNIMAC IFT, Accra, GH
2024, “Certain Winds From The South”, Library of Africa and The African Diaspora (Loatad), Accra, GH
2024, “Certain Winds From The South”, Project Space Kumasi, GH
2024, “Certain Winds From The South”, Pa Gya literary Festival, FCA, Accra, GH
2024, “Certain Winds From The South”, New York African Film Festival, New York, USA
2024, “Certain Winds From The South”, 74 Berlinale, Forum Expanded, Germany, DE
2023, “Certain Winds From the South” Savannah Center for Contemporary Art (SCCA), Tamale, GH
2023, “Certain Winds From the South” Foundation for Contemporary art, Accra GH
2023, “Certain Winds From The South”, Nuku Studio, Tamale GH
2023, “Certain Winds From The South”, African Film Festival, New York, USA