{"id":2932,"date":"2022-08-26T13:00:40","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T13:00:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/?p=2932"},"modified":"2022-08-27T15:35:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-27T15:35:37","slug":"ebenezer-kepombia-il-y-a-des-gens-qui-sont-partis-de-rien-pour-devenir-hyper-stars-grace-a-madame-monsieur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/en\/talk\/ebenezer-kepombia-il-y-a-des-gens-qui-sont-partis-de-rien-pour-devenir-hyper-stars-grace-a-madame-monsieur\/","title":{"rendered":"Ebenezer K\u00e9pombia : There are people who started from nothing to become hyper-stars today thanks to Madame Monsieur"},"content":{"rendered":"

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While the Cameroonian series “Madame Monsieur” is currently making a lot of noise on social networks, we offer you an interview granted to us by its producer Ebenezer K\u00e9pombia a.k.a Mitoumba last April during the shooting of this third season.<\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Interview conducted on 15 April 2022 in Douala<\/span><\/p>\n

AYILA : From 2007 to today you have produced no less than seven series: “Les D\u00e9balleurs”, “Foyer Polygamique”… and “Madame Monsieur” today. What is your secret as the creator and producer of all these works?
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What made me special, which you can call \u201csecret\u201d, is that I did things with the means I had, knowing that if I had more means, I had to do better.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Ebenezer K\u00e9pombia :\u00a0<\/strong>Look, the secret, if you have to say it that way, is work. It is the fact of working tirelessly, of being ambitious and of having objectives. In fact, you have to set goals, you have to have a business plan, you have to know where you want to go, how you\u2019re going to get there, with what means you\u2019re going to get there, and you have to throw yourself at it with what means you have. So what made me special, which you can call \u201csecret\u201d, is that I did things with the means I had, knowing that if I had more means, I had to do better. You understand? So I didn\u2019t want to sit back and wait for billions to produce a show.\u00a0No! When I evaluated for example Foyer Polygamique<\/strong>, it took hundreds of millions to produce this series. But we didn\u2019t, we had almost nothing, you know? And we started, we said that we will do with the means we have. Every time I want to produce a series, I count 98% on myself, because 98% of the funding comes from my pockets. That is the basis on which I set the budget for my series. Everyone who works on my series must be included in this budget. If you\u2019re not in my budget, I\u2019m not working with you<\/span>. That\u2019s what keeps me going. And every time I move forward, I try to improve the quality, because I have the chance to sell everything I do internationally. So it adds to my capital a franc that allows me, to advance on the next production in terms of quality, to acquire new production equipment at the cutting edge, to work with other well-trained technicians, to work with renowned actors, so that the quality of my series is, I can\u2019t say perfect, but that the quality is very well appreciated. So I try to combine technical and artistic quality with the few resources I have.<\/p>\n