Award-winning film director and producer, Bolanle Austen-Peters, has unveiled her 10,000-acre BAP film village in Epe, Lagos State. The 55-year-old filmmaker, who is the founder and artistic director of BAP Productions, made this revelation in a recent post on her verified X account. Austen-Peters disclosed that her latest Netflix film, House of GA’A, was shot at the film village.
According to her, the film village began as a large expanse of land with greenery and dense forestation before being transformed into its current state in just a few months. She further revealed that the film village is open for commercial purposes such as recreation and film productions. She wrote, “So many have asked where we shot House of GA’A.
This is it! BAP Productions Film Village in Epe. Over 10,000 acres of land, rolling hills, huts, and other facilities. Open for biz to film makers and excursions.
“This what we started with, greenery, dense forestation, when we went the first time. Everything was just this large expanse of land and then I called Bisola. I wanted to give woman a chance.
She had never done anything like this before. But I saw the fire in her eyes. Read Also: Missing 10-year-old boy found in Abuja “She moved in, cleared the place, and started construction.
Before we knew it, in a couple of months, we have all the buildings that you see now in place. And this is where took all these beautiful shots that you see in the movie. This is the BAP film village.
” She now j.