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Pro golfer Kevin and his wife, Betsy, have a great thing going — if Kevin doesn't blow it, trying to get back on top. … Read the screenplay

Donovan Slacks

This 2008 feature moves from a 1920s-style silent movie into the harsh realism of a talkie at its climax. Read all about it
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A look back at UN HOMME ET UNE FEMME | A MAN AND A WOMAN by Claude Lelouch

By Austin Burbridge On 2012 February 16 · In Analysis

Movie makers should pay attention to the elegant storytelling of this 1966 French film by Claude Lelouch, which stars Anouk Aimée and Jean-Louis Trintignant. The real “killer” moment in this picture — which otherwise seems so insubstantial as to be hardly a movie at all, but a daydream of a movie — is the scene in which the man and the woman make love. At the time it was an extraordinary, even audacious moment in a movie. Here’s why. MORE

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6th Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival Ends As Belgium, Madagascar Win Top Prizes

By Ogova Ondego On 2011 August 19 · In News

The sixth edition of the annual Lola Kenya Screen film festival has concluded up in Nairobi with the best children’s film and best youth films going to Belgium and Madagascar, respectively. MORE

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Films Made by Children at Lola Kenya Screen Show in South Korea, Australia, Iran, Kenya

By Ogova Ondego On 2011 July 16 · In Events, News

Lola Kenya Screen productions — HAPPY TIMES by Elaine Nesbitt; MANANI OGRES by Samuel Musembi, Joseph Hongo, Marcus Kang’ethe and Norrick Mwangi; and SANTOS THE SURVIVOR by Rupinder Jagdev — have been selected for the Ready Action! competition section of the 6th Busan International Kids’ Film Festival in Busan, South Korea. Seven other Lola Kenya Children’s Screen productions shall show in the Kids For Kids Festival section as part of the global Kids For Kids Festival programme. MORE

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Lola Kenya Screen Presents Films for Enjoyment, Learning and Participation in the 21st Century

By Ogova Ondego On 2011 July 15 · In Events, News

Lola Kenya Screen — audiovisual media festival, skill-development mentorship programme and market for children and youth in eastern Africa — released its film lineup for its sixth annual festival to be held 2011 August 8-13 in Nairobi on the theme, “Films for Enjoyment, Learning and Participation in the 21st Century.” MORE

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6th Lola Kenya Screen Call for Film Submission

By Ogova Ondego On 2011 February 12 · In Events, News

The Lola Kenya Screen — audiovisual media festival, skill-development mentorship programme and market for children and youth — is calling upon interested participants to submit quality films to the sixth edition of the annual event that will take place 2011 August 8-13 in Nairobi, Kenya, east Africa. MORE

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Africa Converges in Nairobi for the 7th Annual Film Awards

By Ogova Ondego On 2011 February 12 · In Events, News

Nairobi will come alive on 2011 February 25 and 26 when leading film practitioners in Africa and the Diaspora converge on the Kenyan metropilis for the 7th edition of the annual Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) Nomination Night and Music Concert.

According to an AMAA Press Statement issued in Lagos on February 2, 2011, the event–-dubbed Nairobi Rocks with Stars–-the Nomination Night will take place on Friday night at… MORE

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African Movie Academy Awards nominees to be announced 2011 February 12 at event in Nairobi, Kenya

By Austin Burbridge On 2011 January 18 · In Events

The Seventh African Movie Academy Awards Nomination Night will take place on February 12, 2011, in Nairobi, Kenya. Filmmakers — from all over Africa, and from the African diaspora worldwide — will attend the event. Over 300 African motion pictures had been submitted in 2010 for consideration by the Africa Film Academy. MORE

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Iran punishes 2 filmmakers for political speech. Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof get 6 years

By Austin Burbridge On 2010 December 24 · In News

Iran sentenced independent filmmakers Mohammad Rasoulof and Jafar Panahi to six years in prison for speaking against the regime and for making films of which the government does not approve. Directors Abbas Kiarostami, Francis Coppola, Martin Scorcese, and Steven Spielberg have called for the release of the two artists. MORE

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Lola Kenya Screen marks 5 years with critical writing and creative documentary workshops

By Ogova Ondego On 2010 December 18 · In News

The Lola Kenya Screen audiovisual media movement for children and youth in eastern Africa marks five years since its founding in 2005 as an audiovisual media festival, skill-development mentorship program, and film market. MORE

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European Film Promotion screens 13 Oscar contenders 2010 November 3-10 in Beverly Hills

By Austin Burbridge On 2010 October 25 · In Events

Academy Award contenders from 13 European countries will be screened in Beverly Hills (Los Angeles) for Academy members, film professionals, and American Film Market (AFM) attendees. The industry screenings — which are hosted by European Film Promotion — will run from 2010 November 3 to November 10, coinciding with the AFM. Cinema Minima’s guide to the screenings includes the complete schedule, and is indexed by country and by title. MORE

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    Kietryn Zychal is a Correspondent for the New York Bureau of Cinema Minima. She has worked as a journalist in the American state of Pennsylvania. Prior to working as a journalist, Zychal was an actress. She toured several American states performing a one-woman show “Merely the Ravings of a Maniac,” that she wrote and produced. Her screenplay, “What Comes Next,” is a dark comedy about the difficulty of being married to a professional golfer. Zychal is writing a TV pilot called “Eco-Hookers.” She was educated at Lehigh University and studied abroad in England and Switzerland.
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