Nairobi Half Life fights to live for a few more nights
On March 21st 2013, one feature film will screen in cinemas across the USA. Audiences at each venue will be asked the question. Should this film receive one week’s theatrical release at this cinema? If the majority vote “yes” then that film will return to that cinema for a week’s theatrical release. We have the cinemas, we have the audience… the question is… do you have the film?
Nairobi Half Life
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Searching for Sugarman nets an Oscar
South Africa’s movie, ‘Searching for Sugarman’ won an Oscar for Best Documentary.
The documentary received a lot of applause and seemed to be popular with the people at the Oscars. Swedish director, Malik Bendjelloul, and producer, Simon Chinn, were on hand to accept the Oscar.
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Lizz Nyagah stars in ‘The Return of Lazarus’
‘The Return of Lazarus‘ is the first feature film Alexandros Konstantaras shot in Greece.
Two brothers, Lazarus (Alexandros Koch) and Kyriakos (Nelson Lucas), set out for a road trip to Maronia, Northern Greece, in a quest for the mythical cave of the Cyclops.
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Inaugural Colours of the Nile Film Festival to be held in Addis Ababa, November 7-11
The inaugural Colours of the Nile International Film Festival (CNIFF) will run in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 7-11 November 2012, introducing the best of African cinema to African audiences. The festival will screen 58 titles, all of which will be African, East African or Ethiopian premieres. Films in competition come from Algeria, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Ivory Coast, Mali, Morocco, Rwanda, Senegal, South Africa, and Tunisia.
“We’re very proud of our lineup,” says CNIFF president Abraham Haile Biru, a two-time Best Cinematographer winner at FESPACO for Darrat (Dry Season) and Abouna (Our Father). “The titles show that a new wave of modern African cinema is coming of age; they present a new vision of the continent and its creativity.”
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Kenya International Film Festival hosts great variety
The Kenya International Film Festival, running from October 24 to November 3, 2012, has attracted a great number of entries.
Colors of the Nile International Film Festival (CNIFF) in Addis Ababa this November
The inaugural Colors of the Nile International Film Festival (CNIFF) will run in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 7-11 November 2012, introducing the best of African cinema to African audiences.
African Titles at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival
The Abu Dhabi Film Festival (formerly the Middle East International Film Festival) was established in 2007, with the aim of helping to create a vibrant film culture throughout the region. The event, presented each October by the Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage (ADACH) under the patronage of H.E. Sheikh Sultan Bin Tahnoon Al Nahyan, Chairman of Abu Dhabi Authority for Culture and Heritage, is committed to curating exceptional programs to engage and educate the local community, inspire filmmakers and nurture the growth of the regional film industry.
Nairobi Half Life becomes first Kenyan entry into the Academy Awards
‘Nairobi Half Life’, a film about a young aspiring actor from the countryside of Kenya who dreams of becoming an accomplished actor one day. It shows how he survives once he makes his way to the city in pursuit of his dream.
Oyetayo Raymond Ojoade
Oyetayo Raymond Ojoade is a Trinidadian-Nigerian film director who has produced and directed four documentaries.
Dr. Bello premiers at the Kennedy Center
Nigeria (Nollywood) has been producing films at a rate of 200 per month, placing them ahead of the U.S. (Hollywood) and behind the Indian film industry (Bollywood). It was therefore is inevitable that their paths would collide.
Mzungu – A thrilling new movie from Executive Producer Olatunde Osunsanmi
Olatunde Osunsanmi might not be a familiar name to some, but for those in the film industry, he is the one who wrote & directed Universal Pictures’ ‘The Fourth Kind’ which landed in the top five highest grossing films during opening weekend. He wrote the sequel to ‘Smokin’ Aces’, as well as recently directed his third feature film “‘Evidence’.” Olatunde, a graduate of Chapman University. He was also on the production team for the ‘Tracy Morgan Show’, and ‘100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd’.
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