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Biography
[edit]Eystein Young Dingha Junior, born in Njinikom, [1]is a Cameroonian actor, screenwriter and director. He is known for his film The Planter's Plantation, winner of the Golden Screen at the 26th edition of the Black Screens festival in 20221.[2]
Birth
[edit]Eystein Young Dingha was born in Njinikom in the Northwest region of Cameroon. His father is from Kom, in the department of Boyo, and his mother from Bali, in the department of Mezam[3]. He did his primary education in the municipality of Njinikom and his secondary education cycle at St Paul's College in Bamenda.[4] He did his higher education at the University of Yaoundé II and then left Cameroon to settle in Nigeria.
Career
[edit]He began his career as an actor by training at Ruphina's House Academy in Bamenda.[5] This training allows him to land the leading role in several film productions in Cameroon, including: Samson, Ensomni, The Beast, Cypher Comedy Series, The Kaffi, Ndonne, My Best Day and a host of others.[3]
In 2021, he wrote the film Hidden Dreams, directed by Ngang Romanus. He is nominated in the best screenplay category for this film[6][7]. The film is proposed by Cameroon for the Oscar for Best International Film for the 94th Academy Awards ceremony.
In 2022, he released The Planter's Plantation, a musical film that he wrote and directed with actors like Nkem Owoh and Loveline Nimo in the lead roles. The film won the Golden Screen, the highest distinction at the Black Screens Festival, during the 2022 edition of the Festival held in October 2022 in Yaoundé. He is the first Cameroonian director to win this award during the 26 years of existence of this festival[8]. In October 2022, the film by the Planter's Plantation was also nominated by Cameroon for the Oscar for Best International Film.[9] Also in 2022, he directed the documentary Clando le bus de l'exil, devoted to the internally displaced people of the English-speaking crisis in Cameroon. The document is published on Arte.[10][11]
Filmography
[edit]As Screenwriter:
2022: The Planter's Plantation
As a director:
2019: Woman Perfect
2019: Consort
2020: If Only
2022: The Planter's Plantation[12]
2022: Clando, the exile bus
As an actor:
2016: Samba Tv Series
2018: If I Am the President
2020: Saving Mbango
2020: Full Moon
2020: The Journey of the S
2022: Behind Gates
Awards :
- For The Planter's Plantation:
2022: Golden Screen at the Festival and Screen of the best Cameroonian film at the Black Screens festival.
2023: Ecobank Ousmane Sembene Special Prize and Burkina International Plan for Girls' Equality Special Award for Combativeness and Innovation for Girls at FESPACO 2023.
2023: Best International Film, Uganda Film Festival.
2023: Yarha D'Or at the Yarha Film Festival.
2023: Best Film at the LFC Awards.
2023: Balafon d'Or for best film, best director, best poster, best screenplay, best costume and Golden Awards at the Balafons a of Douala.[13]
2024: Best fiction film at the Vues d'Afrique Festival.
References
[edit]- ^ "Personnes | Africultures : Young Dingha Eystein". Africultures (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ "Ecrans Noirs 2022 : un film camerounais en or". www.cameroon-tribune.cm. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ a b Admin, D. K. (2021-10-27). "BIO & PROFILING || Meet Dingha Eystein Jr, Producer Of ThePLANTER'S PLANTATIONS,FilmMaker,Actor,Director ETC". Daily Kamer. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ "St Paul Comprehensive College | Bamenda". AfricaBizInfo (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ Jovial (2016-10-20). "Ruphina's House Music: Campton Fly Baby Releases New Video". Afro Hustler. Archived from the original on 2025-01-20. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ "Ngang Romanus, Réalisateur.trice". CinéSérie (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ Romanus, Ngang (2021-05-15), Hidden Dreams (Drama), Nchini Sylvia, Syriette Che, Otia Vitalis, Flash Light Productions, retrieved 2025-02-24
- ^ StopBlaBlaCam. "Cinéma : qui est Eystein Young Dingha, le premier Camerounais à remporter l'Écran d'or aux Écrans noirs". www.stopblablacam.com (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ Festival, L'équipe Offshore (2022-10-18). "Oscars : le Cameroun choisit "The Planters Plantation" comme soumission de long métrage international". Offshore Festival (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ "Clando". Generation Africa. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ Cameroun : Clando, le bus de l’exil - Regarder le documentaire complet | ARTE (in French). Retrieved 2025-02-24 – via www.arte.tv.
- ^ Ng’onana, Pélagie (2025-01-06). "Eystein Young-Dingha Junior, Camerounian Director of the Film The Planter's Plantation". Filmbuff. Retrieved 2025-02-24.
- ^ "Le film « The Planters plantation » triomphe aux Balafon 7seven Awards – Radio Balafon". radiobalafon.net (in French). Archived from the original on 2024-06-03. Retrieved 2025-02-24.