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The Fisherman premieres in Ghana on September 19 at Silverbird Cinemas
All set for the much-awaited premiere of the award-winning comedy film The Fisherman in Ghana on Friday, September 19, at the Silverbird Cinemas.
Atta Oko is a retired traditional fisherman from Ghana. His life takes a whimsical turn when he is forced into retirement and partnered with a modern, bougie talking fish, leading him on an adventure to Accra.
Joined by his three quirky “Associates”, they pursue their dream of owning a boat, navigating the chaos of the modern world. Filled with laughter, magic, and the vibrant culture of Ghana, this is a delightful tale of friendship, dreams, and the enduring spirit of a true fisherman.
Speaking to the media after an exclusive viewing, the Director and writer, Zoey Martinson, said the story was motivated by a trip to a fishing community, Keta in the Volta Region of Ghana.
“My inspiration comes from the time I spent living in a rural fishing village in Ghana and the dreams I had for worlds beyond the ocean shores,” she said.
Again, she added that “every afternoon, as the town gathered to pull in the nets, my imagination ran wild with thoughts of the exciting treasures that might be revealed from the sea. However, during my time in Keta, I also witnessed the erosion of culture and the loss of land caused by global warming.”
“The rapid development taking place in the area had a profound impact on the fishermen and the entire community. As a genre writer, I wanted to utilise fantasy to shed light on the costs of development and globalisation of traditional life in Ghana. Tonally, I wanted to capture Ghana’s amazing sense of humour through a quirky fantasy,”Zoey Martinson further added.
According to Zoey Martinson, as a director and writer she always wants people to have their own experience to the movie and make their independent observation after watching.
She called on Ghanaians to be at the cinema to watch the movie and, by so doing, support the Ghana movie industry.
Recounting how the whole journey concluded, Zoey Martinson expressed appreciation to the crew and cast for a wonderful experience and support on set.
“I love my crew, they supported me so much, producers, crew were good, I had an incredible time,” she said.
In Zoey Martinson’s Venice Film Festival-winning comedy, ageing Ghanaian Atta Oko sets his sights on finally having his own boat and becoming the envy of his fishing village; he will just need some help from a talking fish first.
Filled with laughter, magic, and the vibrant culture of Ghana, The Fisherman is a delightful tale of family, dreams, and the enduring spirit of a true fisherman.
The movie feautred Ajeezay, Adwoa Akoto, Dorothy Konadu, Dulo Harris, Endurance Grand, Fred Amugi Roselyn Ngissah, Kiki-Romi, Mynna Otoo, Papa Osei, Princess Fathia Nkrumah, Ricky Adelayitar, and William Lamptey among others.
By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme
The Western Regional Police Command has intercepted two trucks loaded with 152 bales of dried leaves suspected to be narcotics.
Three persons namely Moses Kwaku Tawiah 44, Kwame Kontor 44 and Kwabena Forson, 55 have been arrested.
The incident occurred on Sunday 22nd February 2026 at about 1720hrs when duty men at the Assorkor barrier near Shama intercepted a Kia Rhino truck with registration number GE 8965-12 loaded with bales suspected to be narcotic drugs, upon seeing the police, occupants fled the scene.
Suspect Moses Kwaku Tawiah 44 surfaced at the scene later and claimed the impounded truck belonged to his brother and pleaded with police to release the truck.
He was subsequently arrested and during interrogation he confessed that he was rather in charge of a Hyundai gold truck with registration number GS 3368-17 loaded with similar goods parked at Nkroful, Block Factory near Sekondi.
Police together with the suspect proceeded to said location and found the truck parked there. Further investigation revealed that each bale contained about 80 slabs of the compressed substance.
On 23/02/26 at 0200 hrs, suspects Isaac Kwame Kontor and Kwabena Forson showed up at the same barrier with a cash of GH 69,000.00 to bribe the police to release the trucks.
The police took the money and immediately arrested them for further investigation.
The two trucks containing the alleged substance have been impounded, and the cash of GH 69,000.00 has been retained for evidential purposes.
The three suspects are currently in police custody assisting investigation.
The regional police command assures the general public of its commitment to combatting drug trafficking and other related offences.
Richard Appiah, the footballer who killed two children and stored part of their bodies in a fridge at Abesim in the Bono Region in 2021 has been handed a lifetime sentence.
This was after a five member panel of judges at the Accra High Court returned a verdict of guilty against the convict.
Appiah, 32, also a draughtsman would spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of murder.
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BY MALIK SULLEMANA
