 Gen boards What's up guys are very warm welcome to STM気akece. We have rise to valley shuffle, What's up guys, a very warm welcome to STM Buzz. This is Buzz with stars and my good name is Miss Kipingi. Now guys, I want to say a big thank you to our 100k subscribers. Thank you so much guys for subscribing. Yani, we are so thankful. Thank you for joining the family. And in case you have not subscribed just yet, you know what to do. Just head over to our YouTube channel. Hit that subscribe button and you join the family. Subscribed? Thank you for subscribing. Now when you see me here, you know I'm hanging out with a star. We will mutu memuli, zia kwa komen, section over and over again and I finally have him here today. Now he is the film brain. I mean, wukitaja film e country, you know. His name is already there. He is the CEO of Philly TV or rather Philly Productions. Let's call him Philly Productions. He is also a film director. He is a producer. He is a husband. And he is a dad as well. This is Philip Karanja. Super producer, super director. Okay, now you feel like talking about your own concerns. I feel like. So we will interview him. You feel like we don't have any problem. We feel like we can deal with each other. It will be a challenge to us. This will be a challenge to you. I feel the same. That is good for you. Thank you for coming through. You have invited us. Buzz with stars. Love that. Comment Yes, when someone looks at you, they think you're a very ... you so serious every time Atutakesdihi maselina, aga k cesu ki Buildi ya kito ni ni, when I look at you, I feel like you're such a calm and collected person, orie !kwa when it's time to talk, you can actually just talk. Lemi yu asu ho Jesus How would you describe your personality if you were an extrovert or an extrovert? I would describe myself as an ambivert. An ambivert is a combination of an extrovert and an extrovert. I do love to keep to myself but at the same time, no man is an island. So kuna time, piyamu nini, miutraifu piliis kuna asi, piliis kuna kelele piliis. Okay, okay. But what side do you exercise the most? Because sometimes you may not be able to do what you want, but you are still just calm when you are an extrovert. Okay, then I guess I am more introvert than extrovert. Yeah, I think I would say that as well. I am sure. But if you are an extrovert or an extrovert, you may not be able to do what you want, but at the same time, you may not be able to do what you want. The strategy? It goes sour. Now, congratulations. You guys have just released such an amazing film, a click-click bang. That is why he was my top pick for the strikers representing the Kenyan team in Norway. Mr. Manorohi, tu nengia nanda geithangapi. For Mr. Tanizawa. If only I had the last say. Nanda, Brazil kumgezwa haga ama. Mara, nene coaches nima tu lo nyama kumdoma. Kwa henda wuko? Nene mendo ke? Na jo last months have evu kumjika sisi. Lafu situation yungu palem tani treki. Nila mbe spitu wanu kama daku de dialysis. It's been 11 days. This is weird, but imagine me sita kujaj. Checking pro-meza kondition fetisana kukikosi ako. I'm killing the speeches. I'm going to be killing the speeches. Nitu na ta sedi yungu atil, taku jani kwa kia to watch. Kolko me siti kwa rasa? I know you guys expected the kind of reception it has gotten. A manina dangaya? I say we put in the work. Sisi wanga to batishi. Whether right from the product, from the show itself to Lika Lea for months just to make sure that nii cinemakali. Apart from that, pia also the marketing and how to sell the venue. Pia to Nikitutu Lifa niya for months. We've got to keep preparing actually for years for this moment. So we're not super surprised that it happened, but at the same time we're not sure if it's going to work out. So we're very excited that we were able to sell out the venue on two days for screenings that has never happened again in this country. We got over 2,500 people coming towards the show just on two days in one screen. If I can give you a comparison, in Hollywood when they launch a film for them to break even or to make money wanga on a launch in over 4,000 cinema halls across the world. So the fact that we're making money from just one cinema hall ine na kukusho bide there is a whole new industry ya film niya basia wajaya explore niya neza to make yado niya neza anza kumek economical sense. So kato neza fill up one cinema hall imagine to kafunga in 10 cinema halls across the country. That's quite a huge making. And I saw you guys, the press release saying that you guys made 2.5 million just on that weekend. How was that possible? I mean I know guys came in, but how did you guys get to that? It's quick math, 2,500 people came paying a thousand bobits. How did you guys get those people to come? How did you guys get those people to come? It's a long story but I'll try and summarize it. Again, this is not by accident. No, this is something we've done research. For a long time, Tulianza back in 2018 you know what time Tulianza was considered an Abel sana this thing in ya film. Bona film hai wakini Kenya. And for a whole year we did research just on how to sell a film in Kenya. Manze Tuliongia na wasi wo duizi muwiza ksapere wa ni kakwa pro boxon na zi muka across the country. So Tulianza base flani Moduroa man I say, bida wukingia owezi juik your place in exists. Na gliawame if you charge well wa na pirate ma mubili. But your place they had over 20 shops and each shop on a day they will sell over 200 DVDs but it was mostly Nigerian films. Na wakini na tisha, bida wasi wukama po na ulizi ya movies. So for us we knew kuna yo hangaya Kenyan films, Kenyan movies nivenye tu na zasimakama Kenyan filmmakers we were just lazy we didn't want to do the work. As a Kenyan filmmaker I want to do a film put it out there and I hope it adds use. So with Abel Tulikuwa before we shoot a film let's figure out how we are going to sell first how we are going to market and sell the film because that was the biggest challenge then in Kenya. So one of the things wuna learn kwa bieshara ni before you put out a product whatever product it is you need a community wuna nid kuja kastoma zwa kwa kwa api. So one of the strategies we employed was now let's be intentional and active on social media of course Abel blew up more with his YouTube channel but for us see social media zeto platform zeto wangani bieshara siyukuwa like bring all these people in keep them engaged that's your first community those are your first customers from there it will grow organically so we created our community next thing was how do we sell the films man tulipigadi masimu chahena tukakujiwa niki ban kwa DVD na nkos taw much tukona by the time you DVD land Kenya moja ime tukos kwa 147 shillings so for me to make profit kwa dvd maybe news is so tano ok nani Kenya tabai DVD so tano so now ni taftam sewa tech basi tunde online platform ya so imekuwa ja ni ya from 2018 to 1922 ya 5 years now ya so nwa wasewa no na 2 mejas a whole on afkiri atuni it's a days effort it's a days effort now has been intentional for 5 years we've been building this I mean so guys you can see if you need to achieve this you need to put in the time and effort and the patience because I mean 5 years is sikidogo sikidogo man enough feel you know looking at the film industry in Kenya right now I know you guys have cracked it at least on a crack size making money out of it you have seen film business has not been thriving in Kenya do you feel we have some of the regulations in Kenya that are set up probably by the film commission amani lack of knowledge that is bringing people behind absolutely these so Kenya is like one of the few countries in the world that to date you know film is something that started in 1901 but to date Kenya had to na a film policy so there has been a film policy draft bill that has been in existence for 15 years but in Kenya film cinema naka nga newtoto I feel like giving art as a whole art as a whole exactly showbiz art as a whole is taken as a joke so it's something that has been pushed I think we only 2 weeks to have a new government so if uhuru lives presidency bill akseni o bill it comes into nanzi it hasn't taken another 10 years before so that for sure has been our biggest challenge do what a film policy and having it in the constitution helps in a guidelines so if it's actors kuna the guidelines for you to work with a certain actor and it could belong to the actors guild so missie zee pigya shi goa na ma amina to directly come through zee lazimani go through the guild guild nkenda kwa guild o shi eka ritsuzao siye zili patu wakta wili na jiski a zee zikuna for main actor in your rate so it has ideas na kwa streamline business second thing when it's a constitutional act then the government backs it up so mimika producer sayineza nda kwa bank niwa bini ajin pati any loan ni by cameras because this business is recognized it's in the constitution so in case something goes wrong wana juwana zee nda kuna kuna rules and regulations a kufata yes exactly but as we are right now ntiyanguata nii zee bili oni kwa banka is in piya loan kwa iwani kwa substantial ju i mean niju hawa na that is so bad because we are a country that has really grown over the years of course and that's bad juwani liwa na atawans hawa dalikwa yuganda aki loan drone technology pita kenya manzana nda yuji imagine but it's because yuganda the plumage setup yani for them anyone can come to that country and the president will meet them at the airport kenya tunama ringo so zile bitu kwa tunuza hollywood zamani we have beautiful sunsets we have the savanna, we have the beach we have yopu zile isha because all they need to do is send one photographer or two here kwa kujiwa pige pita abe we vista palia kwa airport pige two pita, lafua rudi kwa studio zawa washuit kwa green screen watumi ilia pita kwa background so we need to now rethink how we market kenya as a filming destination so a lot of that has to do with the government because logistics have to be easier so niki land tu iwi niki lipia film permit nikona accessia kushut anywhere ita sa idea sana what's the other thing incentives kasa yu kenda South Africa wana kongana incentive if you spend 10 million dollars producing a film in South Africa the government gives you back 3 million dollars in cash exactly so imagine Hollywood producer kwa 200 block panther to shoot kenya South Africa it's a lot of knowledge that we don't know about because I feel like it's lack of knowledge juwata you are actors guilt nimi I didn't know we need to be an actor you have to pass by the actor's guilt na juwami na fahuendo audition exactly yukituni raisi especially to make a policy pa siwe and then just a few of the consistent producers in the country who do TV shows and films wana juwaka feel ni kisema I will not work with an actor who is not in the actor's guilt na juwakta's guilt iko api na kimbia very true and I'm glad that we can now sit down and have such conversation because I feel like if someone who didn't know about it na mejuwaleo absolutely now feel I want to know I know you're a leader there are so many people who report to you who look up to you what kind of a leader would you describe yourself to be so Ali neza penda awa niyambi na juwakuna bila isila leadership skills akuna jambiaka if I don't run my business like this ita enda vizuri if I don't tell people to do these things ita enda vizuri because there is someone who is running a business somewhere else or intends to get into the career that you in but they don't know how about to go about it what kind of a leader should I be I think for me the one quality I decided to embody is we'll believe as a leader create an environment where the team you're working with can thrive so that means by their leading is not being in your space if I give miske things this particular show to run me na tokana na enda like it's all on you and human beings will surprise you so I am not I want to helicopter parents, I am a helicopter leaders micromanaging and I think I use that skill even when I'm directing one set like with the actors we'll get on a scene, on a set, on a location and before I even give them direction I'll just tell them just let me see what you guys have been reasing and what you think of this scene and most of the time I just use their creativity to so na na na na na na so yeah I hope I am that leader the guys I work with would be best to tell me if I am but I hope that's my own number one quality that I give you space to thrive but again by the time you're giving someone space to thrive you've already evaluated that person, you know they can thrive by themselves elif pialasimu kubali disappointment it's part of leadership it's part of growing so failure very normal and natural so one of the things I'm very okay and comfortable with is people letting me down I've never had an issue I mean it took me a long time but tlemiu samani probabili ukuna potential flani but if I micromanage you I'll never see that potential because you will always be doing what so tlemiu samani I have two options nikuatili e umiku blanda mapema mapema nijeviletuna sa fsheo blanda and how we are going to work together or not work together moving forward or nikuatili e umi surprise usapas expectations angu and by surpassing my expectations in a manisha kampanyangu na grow faster for sure and I feel like that is some of the things that most most people in top positions actually don't know because nikuatili e umi tupia onisha nepotensioli nikuatili e umi to be very honest mimi nikuatu filmmaker napenda kutengeneza cinema na tv issues and then when we decided to form a company and then I was appointed CEO I had to take a step back for like a whole year by then 2 years actually I did not go on set to direct was like I need now to learn what being a CEO is and manze kuran biasha rana kudiretsi nemanivitum bilit upotisana so I knew how to direct films and tv issues I did not know how to run a company and so there was so much I had to learn one of the things honestly for you to be a good leader you genuinely have to be happy that your employees are winning simple manze ukikam kumibai garimpia manze na mimi inani sumbuwa that's a problem because if I want the best for you then I'm upgrading you to another level and that way you'll give me more you'll give me value to my company that's number one two, as a person you can't be a team leader na ukuna issues ako so you need to work on yourself whether it's therapy whatever you decide how to work on yourself but manze mga nika chupa maaji na jwe iyo likwiduna eka kwa maaji it cannot go past the bottle top so for you chupa you grow to extend your bottle top if it's possible so then a lot of knowledge like a team leader you have to study always the more you learn okay and also learn things like financial management so if you're a team leader and you're not good with your money your company will struggle with money so by being a team leader you actually have to work more on yourself than even the company sometimes clear points to learn there guys I mean very important kids for sure now Phil I know you have brought in Smalls Muniuki Michael Smalls Muniuki as part of directing with you as compared to GLL you were there just by yourself you brought in Michael Muniuki I want to know how important is it to mentor or rather just bring in other people to get to run with you the business that you're running because we've seen other industries what on the manga how important is it that's the thing about growth if you're growing then it has got 2.2 if I'm a killer kid so I'm very aware of the fact that right now the number one skill I need to grow as a person and for fill it production is the skill of marketing and selling films right now it's not my directing skill so and for us to grow this revenue stream to na need kwa kwa consistent na kwa produce films na siyezi susten siyezi kwa na kwa set na direct na bado na kwa kunja ni ki make strategies na marketing na kwa get screens na kwa joa letrita screens in Emma it's impossible so I am okay that right now in the face of life I am in directing skills will not be growing as much at the moment it's my marketing and selling skills that will be growing yeah so because I need consistency I need a team so whether I'm on set or not I need a director and one of the things we were very truly agreeable me at the moment this dream yakuza film because it's a dream anyone who gets on board with us from the word go home set so if we worked with you on GLL if we worked with you on click click bug you're going to be seeing all these cases around yeah and smalls immediately after GLL I said I've been in the industry for over a decade I've done all the roles I can both acting and as a crew member I want to transition to being a director so is it possible for me to shadow you like 20kazi that's the growth because I wasn't able to pay you financially on GLL this is how I can pay you and smalls has been an AD for TV adverts for them longest time probably like 50% of the TV adverts you see in Kenya smalls had something to do with them so he's very visual he knows how to direct because adverts are all about beautiful cinematography so he's very good at that he had very he brought in this unique angles in filming that Mimonyata Singefkiria so that's very insightful and then also because he's an actor then he's very easy to direct artists so yeah at a surprise I say I am very I can't wait for the day at akua for kwaio nini directed by Michael Smalls I mean we can't wait smalls if you're watching this would you like to know what's going on now let's talk about Abel Mutua because I mean we cannot afford not to talk about him when you're here you guys are like to say my fraternal twins but now I want to know how do you guys keep this relationship of yours how do you how are you guys what keeps you guys grounded nyu ko sana ama ina kuangaji how is your relationship like with Abel first of all toxic masculinity kubali yute relationship yute ubra e bana but of course yuko sana on creative grounds we were just lucky that first of all we have a very similar background in how we grew up yami gro kibira minu gro dandora so tuli gro tunai omta sisi wote tunapenda sinema so I think yu yutu saidi asana tukuna the same vision na goals so nasa mange yu yutu saidi asana then yeah personality is like then yu asema tu tumup tu we almost very similar and they help us but yeah I'm actually surprised because how you guys were able to just keep that relationship because Abel has been married for the longest time before you how was it like him being married and you just being the bachelor at the time I'm not even sure what okay nasa samaji bide sisi atunanga life sisi kazi etu nikazi so because of that even when he was married we never had an issue the wife never had an issue with me most of the time a wife kwa na issue ka bestia na pela kashere after that pela ka place kuna ma de mimi nasa Abel na pela kakazi why would you complete about that that must be very easy for sure now we have to talk about kit feel I want to know what is the most impressive thing about your wife the most impressive thing yes according to you her self confidence I think that's the one thing I've really learnt from her kwa na idea yu ruka na na fanyakili na taka mimi skuana yu confidence to be very honest that's something I've had to teach myself and it has really helped that I've been very close to her watching her how she moves so that's the one thing that really impresses me about her like her self confidence is just on another level yeah self confidence is everything trust me okia mini kitu enyuna fanya the rest are bound to be living oh yeah absolutely I have seen it work for her and the day I tried her way it worked for me so I'm very intentional about the people I hang around wana semanga your network is your net worth and it's not just money wise it's even how mental habits and stuff like that so when I was growing up sikwa na self esteem fit manzei nilikwa na ishiz na my self esteem so I realized for sure me yungunilikwa na taka soft life meaning so nilikwa aju I did to succeed out here and for me to succeed and to be successful I need to surround myself with winners so I was very intentional with the people around me so that's why and these are people my self confidence is just on another level like for them they have an idea they just jump and do it for me I will overthink but hanging around them and seeing how they work so they jump and now I become the guy mwenya kwa pwebiwa na safety net I'm like ok now I'll build systems for all of you guys and how were you able to bag kit with now you know with all the confidence she's using na kwa pwa kwa how were you able to do it na wona ni kjesu na nilu thank you God you sure did thinking to give skilled professionals this is the new Cleo I am all language so you think that would help going to Kandara omch Wonna see how Kandara looks after the remarkscause people aren't péri So, minilchaza tuka ami. Ehi, endoka moa. Ehi, endoka moa. Okay. So, now, feel am interested to know how is it being agaldad? Ah... Is it something that you feel like, ehh, udemi tamrezaji? Is there any pressure? First of all, ehh, I don't... Because we have a son and... Mwana wume, mwana wume. So, sinima ni maji. Now, getting a daughter, my friend. Ehi, minimiki ni kwaim soft. I don't know why. But you look like a soft person naturally, feel? Mini gengstan tuyango. Sida nga. Mini boi zomtari. Kwaim kwaim kwaim kwaim na. Mini... She gone wrong. Ehi, ehi, ehi, ehi, ehi. How has it changed? I think the most... Whether it's my daughter or son. It's... You may learn something about children, they are never taught... Want to say manga, what's the thing? They say that values are never taught, they are caught. So, it doesn't matter how many times na kapo down na u na mpri tia. Usfanyi yu usfanyi yu vino. They observe, they look at you and what you do every day, and they follow that path. For example, I'll give an example, I try and work out as consistently as I can. Recently, nimechiki tu san yama in manze, skwezi tu yo am kananza pika zwezi, si jaimu am biya en rejimu, si jaimu, yaimu, yaimu. So, even now with my daughter, I'll just be an example of what a good man should be. And my hope is that even when now she grows older and she's out on her own, when she starts interacting with the world, she knows what a good man should be, and what values to look out for. I mean, and I know kids see everything, they see them and they take it up. Absolutely, absolutely. So, bidewa tuitimika, siyo story na kwa punza, niwe wene, bidewa na kwa watch, every day, every single day. So, how are you treating my mum? So, that's how men are supposed to treat women. So, if you are an abusive person to your wife, then tui ata grakiju, that's the love language. So, chaliakini gonga, ah, yoni normal, ata madhial kwa na gongo, but a kiyona wuna treat madhaka na love and respect, then when she goes out there, she won't take anything less than that. Okay, but now you see, hey, if you, the people that know probably that our age made so even older than us that grew up in environments that were not, you know, as good, how would they go about this just to now make the best out of themselves? Because now they grew up watching this. We need to work on ourselves, and I think even the one mistake, 99% of human beings don't actually take time to know themselves and work on themselves. Every one of us, we have background and baggage. Kunaile background will grow now, kunaile baggage may be over the years. If you go into this new phase of being a parent, I think it's very important that ujiitakam kutano, ujiitakam kutano, and work on yourself. Because like I've said with kids, it's not about teaching them, it's they cut onto what they see. The best parenting skill is actually working on yourself, not working on your kids, working on yourself first. So kamae grow in toxic homes and all these other homes. First things first, if you even start your own family, if you can work on yourself, that would be a plus. Because if you don't work on yourself, then you will not be able to work on yourself, you will not be able to work on yourself. So it's generation after generation after generation of toxic homes. Yes, for sure. Let's work on ourselves guys. Muntua tika fiki re, nimi mnzaia li kwa hivi ata mimi lazi mani kwe. Sometimes it's not really working. I feel I spoke to Stella on an interview with her, on buzzet stands. I can say I feel nulia msimonyu, ana kukali shanga tu. Chini, ana kupia tu, ana kwambia tu, v2. Na fanya nini kwa laife angu. Enye kuna bichu zenye nafakufanya. But I want to know, Phil, who sits you down, where we sasta? Ana kwambia, enye feeling need to do this and this? Muntu kia angu Abel ananga kesho. Hei! Shei onam kamba kona pesa. Hei! So Abel is that one person who will call out my bullshit. The other person is Wife Abel Judi. Kus to me grown up so much. Like your sibling? Yes, kabisa. So enye nulia piya jali mnzaia ata mimi call out. She'll call me out on my bullshit. And kwa ilaifu na unanduase kaw. You need, especially as tuna grow, na zase maje tuna grow in success. It's very easy to find yourself surrounded by yes people. Wase tu klaku tuna zase maje nili yon liyo. Ana ni dooms ya kwambia feel up or bullshit. Na zase grow up. So at least for me in my life it's those two people. Impressive. I mean it can't get any better because these are people you hang out with every single day. That is so good. Klik klik bang is out. Main premia paled. Shato abia. But now there are people who did not get to make it to the yet as you know. I know you guys are going to Mombasa. Yes. So. Tumewana paled. Tumewana belia kitu tizu pale wam tandawa. Toto Mombasa. Wago enu tuna panga. Kabisa. Osko yon. Osko yon feel. So the plan was we launched it at Nairobi Cinema. Yes. So it gives us the traction we need. Then immediately launch it on our platform. Okay. But manze to make it so much feedback. Kwa saywa na zi. Tuna takakui yon na on big screen. We need to experience this film on big screen. And manze enu it's hard to tuna hi kwa ii waldia seamu. And a lot of us will watch our films on phones and laptops. But the true best way to experience a film is when you're watching it at a theater. Because the sound is just amazing. The screen. So na sisi mti hangu kitulisema ni tuna grona community edu. So waki sema tuna fanya. Kabisa. So the film will be coming on IMAX. Mombasa. And Junction and Garden City so far. Those are the ones that are looking positive. It's usually a process. So we are definitely going to be giving you the dates. I think either today or tomorrow. Dates and time. But tuna kuja. At the same time what we had online was saying we want to share links. Paiso tuna release. We have to slow down. So to release this coming weekend on Saturday 23rd. On phillytv.com. Manze. Wana wawa appreciate na shilinging. Yani yo film. Let me tell you guys. Nini ni muna appreciate. Yani wana wawa appreciate na pali online. How much? Pali online tuna 250 shillings. Okay. And then one of the chairs has to come away. Yeah. Again, ikitu tuna grow. Pamoja na audience. So. And because it has not been done before. Wana wapuna ati prize tuna. Sama India the best prize yani ni. So siwa ka prize apo. Then wasa wana kama wana to pay feedback. And believe it or not even with GLL. Majority of the people who paid towards the link. Actually paid in excess. And they were like this film is worth more than what you guys are charging. But sisi to tayanzi apo tuchwani. Yes. And then what can you decide. One time. Yeah. Let me tell you guys. It's worth it 100%. You will love it. The storyline. Oof. The visuals are out of this world. It's worth it. Kabisa. Thank you. Tukimanizia. Please encourage someone. Who is in this industry that you in film making. Right. Maybe they feel like they just want to give up because it's not making business sense for them. Please tell them something. Trust in the process. Actually right now we in this space where there's a lot of chaos because the internet has disrupted business. And how businesses used to be run. But that's a good thing. The chaos is where there are many opportunities and where companies like fill it and now finding a way to thrive in it. Yes. So unlike when we were starting out in film making the only like 7 TV stations. Bas. Kamawai wu metrui niwa. Media by the wu gandu kwa 2 job na izi TV stations. Tama wu gafanya marketing. Bas. Right now um tiyangu wu neza tikuwa. Simu yako nuwanze kushut content. Yes. Na after a while yandze kumanitize. So trust in the process. And don't wait to be given a big opportunity. Create the opportunity for yourself. Yeah. Alright Phil. That was very insightful. Thank you Annie. I am sure if there's a filmmaker who has intention of getting to do this. They have 1, 2, 3, 4 things to start off with. Thank you Phil. Thank you as well. Asante sana. Onim twa maana. Asante. Shukran. Right. That was Phil Karanja. Super producer, super director. Amitupia, informishoniake. Anywhere ul kuna itaji kuja. Kuna kitu tumawacha. Comment down below on how you found the show. And what did you learn? Thank you so much for watching Bars with Taz. This is Miss Kizinchi. Until next time. It's goodbye.