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Posts Tagged ‘African Film’

Mar 23

Film Preview: The Bang Bang Club (watch the trailer)

The Bang Bang Club is the real life story of a group of four young combat photographers – Greg Marinovich, Joao Silva, Kevin Carter and Ken Oosterbroek – bonded by friendship and their sense of purpose to tell the truth. They risked their lives and used their camera lenses to tell the world of the »

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Feb 28

Film Preview: ELMINA

Elmina, Fishbone’s new feature-length dramatic film pushes this exploration in a different direction, presenting an unusual experiment in collaboration and co-authorship shot entirely on location in Ghana. It was scripted and filmed by a leading Ghanaian production team, with a cast of major Ghanaian celebrities. The only artistic intervention is the insertion of Fishbone, a »

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Feb 13

Discover madagascar carnet de voyage, an award winning short film.

Discover Madagascar the award winning short film by Bastien Dubois through the glance of a carnetist. Pages turn and drawings liven up for us to discover the extraordinary variety of the Red Island, in particular Famadihana, the cult of the reversal of the dead. »

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Feb 04

OUT OF AFRICA: A Night to celebrate short films by Kenyan Filmmakers

The WIFI Shorts Program is a celebration of filmmakers from all corners of the world, produced by the members of the Women In Film International Committee (WIFI).  This year, for the 5th Annual Film Shorts Program, WIFI has partnered with the Universal Studios to showcase and celebrate the dynamic works of emerging and established Kenyan »

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Jan 25

Life, Above All short-listed for nomination for an Oscar for best foreign film.

South African film, Above All short-listed for nomination for an Oscar for best foreign film. Nothing is more contagious than lies. Just after the death of her newly-born baby sister, Chanda, 12 years old, learns of a rumor that spreads like wildfire through her small, dust-ridden village near Johannesburg. It destroys her family and forces »

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Jan 25

African film, Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi), nominated for 2011 Oscars

Outside the Law (Hors-la-loi), an Algerian film directed by  Rachid Bouchareb has been nominated for the foreign language film category at this year’s Oscar academy awards. The film drama revolves around the experiences of three politically conscious brothers. After losing their family home in Algeria in the 1920s, three brothers and their mother are scattered across the globe. Messaoud »

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Dec 07

District 9: A landmark in African film?

Think ‘blockbuster’ and African film doesn’t immediately come to mind. Yet the sci-fi movie District 9, directed in ‘mockumentary’ style by South African Neill Blomkamp and produced by Peter ‘Lord of the Rings’ Jackson, has almost changed all that. On its release in August 2009 it topped box office rankings in the US and UK »

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