{"id":683,"date":"2020-11-05T05:41:59","date_gmt":"2020-11-05T05:41:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/?p=683"},"modified":"2020-11-29T05:59:43","modified_gmt":"2020-11-29T05:59:43","slug":"interview-je-reste-ouverte-a-toutes-propositions-meme-si-je-suis-selective-virginie-ehana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ayilamedia.com\/en\/news\/interview-je-reste-ouverte-a-toutes-propositions-meme-si-je-suis-selective-virginie-ehana\/","title":{"rendered":"Interview: “I remain open to all proposals even if I am selective” – \u200b\u200bVirginie EHANA"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nominated in three categories at the Sotigui Awards 2020, Virginie Ehana plays the main role in the Cameroonian film Innocent (e) directed by Frank Thierry Lea Malle. The film is in official competition at the 24th edition of the Ecrans Noirs festival<\/a> which is currently being held. <\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/em><\/h4>\n

Virginie Ehana has agreed to answer our questions and come back to her role in this film and her nomination for the Sotigui Awards<\/a> which will be held on November 14, 2020 in Burkina Faso.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Ayila: How are you living this post-Covid period? How did you experience the confinement? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Virginie Ehana: The pandemic has spared no one on all fronts. Between interrupted activities, confinement and others … I readjust and take advantage of my new skills.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And what are these skills? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Confinement allowed me to discover new exercises for my acting, voice exercises, breathing exercises … And I also took the opportunity to learn how to make wigs for women, to make hair oils, in short, I learned new things.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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You are starring in the film Innocent (e) which is currently being broadcast on Canal + Cin\u00e9ma and which is in official competition at the Ecrans Noirs Festival, how do you feel, especially since this is your first feature film? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

I feel honored, proud like anyone else in my place, with the desire and the motivation to do better and go even further.<\/span><\/p>\n

2020 is the year of the Covid with all the consequences we know, but it is ultimately a magnificent year for you, you are on Canal +, you are nominated for the Sotigui Awards in three categories, you are on a cloud…<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Being on the cloud may be, it feels good, but the responsibility is growing. Finding yourself at this level with your first feature film gives you faith and energy.<\/span><\/p>\n

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How did you come to cinema?<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

So my encounter with cinema took place in 2008 when I enrolled in Performing Arts and Cinematography at the University of Yaound\u00e9 1. I was already unaware that we were studying the arts at the university and in addition it does not parents didn’t really like it. But despite everything the flame was born. I had this desire to pour out my frustrations, to free myself, to discover myself and to assume myself and art helped me in this direction. <\/span><\/p>\n

You play the role of Warrant Officer Mbuntcha who must manage an investigation full of surprises. How did you prepare for this role? <\/span>What did you have to give up and what did you have to learn? <\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

For the preparation we worked for more than three months, between physical, psychological, artistic and even spiritual preparation. I was supervised by several people, sports coaches, nutritionists. I’m thinking here of Arnaud Ndong, Hervais Ngassam, Tnt workout, officer Amougou<\/em> and many others\u2026 And of course the whole Inception team who believed in me and never stopped encouraging me. We worked all day long, it wasn’t easy but we got there. I learned to adopt the life of a person who is not me naturally, I learned to change my voice, to modify the physique and all that was painful and fun at the same time.<\/span><\/p>\n