The casting sessions for the feature films has been set for The Charles Austin Theatre in Masvingo.
According to a movie audition notice the film-makers, are looking to fill new roles in 'Mayaya Too' and need an entire cast for 'The Great Con'.
The open auditions for the "International feature films" announced a nationwide search for lead roles for the Magical Films movies
Magical Films is the production house behind 'Mayaya: The Seed of Corruption' and 'Sabhuku Vharazipi 2'
The auditions are to be held on the 7th of February from 10am.
Leaked descriptions
'Mayaya Too' was written by David Dzatsunga and the story is set in the urban and rural enclaves of
Zimbabwe, the poverty stricken and crime-ridden ghettos and the desperate rural
folks who rely on subsistence farming and hand-outs from siblings and relatives
in the cities and the diaspora.
One of the major features of the set-up is the corrupt
police and judiciary where justice is bought on supermarket shelves. The
police, the prosecutor and the judges are as corruptible against the backdrop
of very poor civil service salaries and the prospect of a bleak retirement.
Also prominent is the rise of urban ghetto youth culture symbolised by the rise
of the Zimdancehall music genre
influenced by the Jamaican reggae culture. Most youths have taken up this genre
because it is cheap to make, record and ride on one’s luck into stardom and
indeed offers an escape route from urban ghetto poverty.
'The Great Con' was written by Nosta Mukaro who will also be directing the film. It is a love story that blossomed during the diamond rush and economy scourge of 2008. The fast paced thriller tackles the diamond underworld business and the prominent unscrupulous survival tactics whilst delving into an unsanctioned romance between two ill-fated lovers.
Magical Films director and filmmaker, Edward Chombe revealed that the feature films are scheduled to begin shooting in Masvingo in April, for an expected 2015 release.
