MTVFilms Europe (MTVFE) has boarded John Barker's South African comedy Bunny Chow as a co-producer, will assistsales outfit Deviant Selling in world sales and will provide a global marketingplatform for the film in the territories it is released in.

Thefilm has its world premiere here on Monday in Vanguard and its press andindustry screening on Sunday.

Thefilm follows the trials, tribulations and unsuccessful attempts at love ofthree stand-up comedians as they make their way to popular rock concert Oppi Koppi.

DeviantSelling is the sales arm of Dv8 which produced the film with Dog Pack Films;MTV's pan-African TV network MTV base will provide marketing support for thefilm in sub-Saharan Africa.

"Itis a perfect fit for our brand and youthful demographic," said MTVE's Bobby Allen. "It is a breath of fresh air, at oncecool, hip and very now."

"Tsotsi put South African cinema firmly on the map and gave a great boost to the SA movie industry, added Alex Okosi, vice president & general manager, MTV Networks Africa. "By putting MTV's weight behind independent film-makers like John Barker and quality projects like Bunny Chow, we hope to bring African film-makers and films to even greater worldwide attention and commercial success."

Thefilm will be released in South Africa by Ster-Kinekorin Feb 2007.

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