Month: April 2011

Cannes celebrates “Bollywood – The Greatest Love Story Ever Told”

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Cannes celebrates “Bollywood – The Greatest Love Story Ever Told”

The 64th Cannes Film Festival will celebrate the best of Bollywood as the legendary Shekhar Kapoor’s Bollywood-The Greatest Love Story Ever Told will be screened out of competition during the festival which opens on the 11th of May and ends on the 22nd of May, 2011.

Bollywood at Cannes

The feature highlights the most beautiful moments in the history of Indian musical films, with all the glitz and razzmatazz of Hindi panorama. Shekhar Kapoor, Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra
and
Jeff Zimbalist will recall the unforgettable vistas of the classics of Bollywood paying tribute to the most romantic cinema in the world that has made Mumbai one of the capitals of film world.

“We love it. We hate it. We see it as regressive. We see it as modern. We need to breathe it to feel alive. Some say it is the only culture that holds India together. Some say it gives identity and individuality to 25 million Indians that have left her shores and who’s third generations that are still addicted to it. That’s Bollywood!” said the organizers of the 64th Cannes Film Festival.

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Nollywood Cinemas: The Largest Cinema Chain Launches In Nigeria

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Nollywood Cinemas the largest cinema chain in Africa launches in over 23 states in Nigeria. Nollywood Cinemas is the master plan of Diamond Pictures to bring cinemas to every community in every local government area in Nigeria to boost the Nigerian Film Industry. Nollywood Cinemas has 6 cinema halls in Lagos where local and foreign movies are already playing.

Nollywood Cinemas

64th Cannes Film Festival Opening Film and Official Selection

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The 64th Cannes Film Festival opens with Woody Allen’s latest romantic comedy “Midnight in Paris” on May 11, 2011.
The following is the complete list of the opening film and the Official Selection.

64th Cannes Film Festival poster

Woody ALLEN MIDNIGHT IN PARIS (Out of Competition) 1h40

midnight-in-paris-movie

Competition
Pedro ALMODÓVAR LA PIEL QUE HABITO 2h00

Bertrand BONELLO L’APOLLONIDE – SOUVENIRS DE LA MAISON CLOSE 2h02

Alain CAVALIER PATER 1h45

Joseph CEDAR HEARAT SHULAYIM
(Footnote) 1h45

Nuri Bilge CEYLAN BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU’DA
(Once upon a time in Anatolia) 2h30

Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE LE GAMIN AU VÉLO 1h27

Aki KAURISMÄKI LE HAVRE 1h43

Naomi KAWASE HANEZU NO TSUKI 1h31

Julia LEIGH SLEEPING BEAUTY – 1st film – 1h44

MAÏWENN POLISSE 2h01

Terrence MALICK THE TREE OF LIFE 2h18

Radu MIHAILEANU LA SOURCE DES FEMMES 2h15

Takashi MIIKE ICHIMEI
(Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samuraï) 2h06

Nanni MORETTI HABEMUS PAPAM 1h42

Lynne RAMSAY WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN 1h50

Markus SCHLEINZER MICHAEL – 1st film – 1h34

Paolo SORRENTINO THIS MUST BE THE PLACE 1h58

Lars VON TRIER MELANCHOLIA 2h10

Nicolas WINDING REFN DRIVE 1h35

Un Certain Regard
Gus VAN SANT RESTLESS – Opening Film – 1h31

Bakur BAKURADZE THE HUNTER 1h50

Andreas DRESEN HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE 1h35

Bruno DUMONT HORS SATAN 1h50

Sean DURKIN MARTHA MARCY MAY MARLENE – 1st film – 1h41

Robert GUÉDIGUIAN LES NEIGES DU KILIMANDJARO 1h47

Oliver HERMANUS SKOONHEID 1h38

HONG Sangsoo THE DAY HE ARRIVES 1h19

Cristián JIMÉNEZ BONSÁI
(Bonsaï) 1h42

Eric KHOO TATSUMI 1h34

KIM Ki-duk ARIRANG 1h40

Nadine LABAKI ET MAINTENANT ON VA OÚ ? 1h50

Catalin MITULESCU LOVERBOY 1h35

NA Hong-jin YELLOW SEA 2h20

Gerardo NARANJO MISS BALA 1h53

Juliana ROJAS,
Marco DUTRA TRABALHAR CANSA – 1st film – 1h40

Pierre SCHOELLER L’EXERCICE DE L’ETAT 1h55

Ivan SEN TOOMELAH 1h46

Joachim TRIER OSLO, AUGUST 31ST 1h35

Out of Competition
Xavier DURRINGER LA CONQUÊTE 1h45

Jodie FOSTER THE BEAVER 1h40

Michel
HAZANAVICIUS THE ARTIST 1h40

Rob MARSHALL PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN:
ON STRANGER TIDES 2h20

Midnight Screenings
CHAN Peter Ho-Sun WU XIA 2h00

Everardo GOUT DIAS DE GRACIA – 1st film – 2h13

Special Screnings
Frederikke ASPÖCK LABRADOR – 1st film – 1h30

Rithy PANH LE MAÎTRE DES FORGES DE L’ENFER 1h45

Michael RADFORD MICHEL PETRUCCIANI 1h30

Christian ROUAUD TOUS AU LARZAC 2h00

Cinéfondation

ARAMISOVA
FAMU, Czech Republic CAGEY TIGERS 23′

Nathanael CARTON
NYU Asia, Singapore SUU ET UCHIKAWA
(Suu and Uchikawa) 11’

Simão CAYATTE
Columbia University, USA A VIAGEM
(The Trip) 19’

Anat COSTI
Bezalel Academy, Israel BEFETACH BEITY
(On My Doorstep) 6’

D. Jesse DAMAZO,
Joe BOOKMAN
University of Iowa, USA THE AGONY AND SWEAT OF THE HUMAN SPIRIT 15’

Pieter DIRKX
Sint-Lukas University, Belgium BENTO MONOGATARI
(Lunchbox Story) 27’

Doroteya DROUMEVA
dffb, Germany DER BRIEF
(The Letter) 30’

Alice FURTADO
Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil DUELO ANTES DA NOITE
(Duel Before Nightfall) 20’

Kamal LAZRAQ
La fémis, France DRARI 39’

Mariano LUQUE
Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina SALSIPUEDES 44’

Gastón MARGOLIN, Martín MORGENFELD
Universidad del Cine, Argentina LA FIESTA DE CASAMIENTO
(The Wedding Party) 19’

Pasquale MARINO
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia, Italy L’ESTATE CHE NON VIENE
(Till Summer Comes) 17’

Jefferson MONEO
Columbia University, USA BIG MUDDY 15’

Ma’ayan RYPP
Tel Aviv University, Israel AL MARTHA LAUF
(Martha Must Fly) 26′

SON Tae-gyum
Chung-Ang University,
South Korea YA-GAN-BI-HANG
(Fly by Night) 21′

Maria STEINMETZ
HFF ”Konrad Wolf”, Germany DER WECHSELBALG
(Changeling) 8’

Amaka Igwe presents two week film making Workshop for Nollywood

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The Centre for Excellence in Film and Media Studies and Amaka Igwe Studios present a
2week Screenwriting, Producing and Directing Workshop. Classes hold on Mondays to
Fridays only and commence on the 9th of May, 2011.

For screenwriting, some of the courses to be covered include; Who’s a Screenwriter?,
Script appreciation, Finding the Story, The Film story, Story Development, Dialogue
, Writing for film and writing for Television, Characterisation, Plot and Conflict
and Understanding Genres.

For Producing; Who is a producer? ,What is producing?, Breaking down a script,
Shooting on time and budget, working with a director and crew, production project
management. Creative producing, fundraising, Sponsorship and strategy.

For directing; Who is a Director?, Shot by Shot, Casting , Grammar of Directing,
Planning the Shoot, Handling Cast and Crew, Geography of Shots, Shot Composition,
Blocking and Choreography, Camera Placement, Directing Talent, Shooting for Edit.

All those specializing in screenwriting will be expected to complete the screenplay
for a short film during the workshop.

 

Those for directing will be expected to shoot a short film.

Workshop fee is N50, 000 and this covers training materials, tea/coffee break and
lunch.

Workshop is open to only 25 participants.

The team of facilitators will be led by Amaka Igwe.

For further information please call 08030833769, or come to 44A Palm Avenue, MKO
Abiola Gardens, Alausa ikeja Lagos.

Bernardo Bertolucci will receive the inaugural honorary Palme d’Or

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Bernardo-Bertolucci

Celebrated Italian director and screenwriter Bernardo Bertolucci is going to receive the inaugural honorary Palme d’Or award at the opening ceremony of the 64th Cannes Film Festival on Wednesday May 11, 2011.

Bertolucci is famous for his films Last Tango in Paris and The Last Emperor that won 9 Academy Awards in 1988.

President Gilles Jacob said Bertolucci deserves to be “the first legitimate recipient”, because of the outstanding quality of his films spanning many decades. He has directed “intimate Italian cinema masterpieces as monumental frescoes”.

The press statement noted that “His political and social involvement, driven by a profound lyricism and an elegant and accurate direction, gives his films a unique place in the history of world cinema”.

The honorary Palme d’Or been presented on an ad hoc basis to directors such as Woody Allen and Clint Eastwood. And will now be annually given to “an important film-maker whose work is authoritative”, but who had never won the Palme d’Or.

The 2011 Cannes Film Festival opens on 11 May with Woody Allen’s latest film, Midnight in Paris.

Stars at 2011 African Movie Academy Awards

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The 7th edition of the prestigious annual African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) was a grand event on Sunday night March 27, 2011 with the constellation of Nollywood stars and icons and the leading stars of African movies, stars from Hollywood were among the special guests and other dignitaries gracing the colourful red carpet. The following photographs are from the photo album of the event.

AMAA 2011 Peace Anyiam-Osigwe


Photographs:

Best Young Actor, ASA Drama School actor Edward Kagutuzi, star of “Mirror Boy”
Ms. Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, CEO of African Movie Academy Awards
The hosts Nollywood stars Jim Iyke and Nse Ikpe Etim
Olu Jacobs, a highly esteemed Nigerian actor and Nollywood pioneer
Tee Mac, Accomplished Nigerian musician and composer performing on stage
Nollywood diva Kate Henshaw-Nuttal
Nollywood diva Rita Dominic on the red carpet
Nollywood star actress Chioma Chukwuka-Akpotha looking so radiant in her evening gown
Top Nigerian award winning filmmaker Kunle Aolayan
Top Ghanaian actor Michel Majid striking a pose
Michel Majid
Top Nigerian journalist and film critic Steve Ayorinde and a VIP
Hakeem Kae-Kazim

A female entertainer on stage