Sunday, May 28, 2023
The 76th Annual Cannes Film Festival: Complete List of Winners
Sunday, September 11, 2022
From Mati Diop To Alice Diop: Two French Senagalese Female Filmmakers Who Have Made History
From Mati Diop To Alice Diop: Two French Senagalese Female Filmmakers Who Have Made History in Cannes and Venice
First it was Mati Diop, the French-Senegalese filmmaker whose first feature film "Atlantics" made her the first black female director to be in the Official Selection in competition for the Palme d'Or and won the Grand Prix equivalent of the silver prize at the 2019 annual Cannes Film Festival, making her the first black female director to win an award in Cannes' 72-year history. And another French Senegalese filmmaker, Alice Diop with the same surname has just made history as first black female filmmaker to win the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize, for her first feature, "Saint Omer" and also the Lion of the Future LUIGI DE LAURENTIIS Venice Award for a debut film at the 79th annual Venice International Film Festival in 2022.
Mati Diop was born in Paris on June 22 in 1982 and Alice Diop was born in Aulnay-sous-Bois, France in 1979.
- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Publisher/Editor, NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series.
The following is from an interview with Alice Diop on the making of "Saint Omer".
What led you to develop it as a narrative feature?
A documentary was never the plan. At the time, I was too busy with research, plus we couldn’t shoot in the courtroom and I would never [make the real participants] reenact the proceedings. Anyway, I wanted to recreate my experience of listening to another woman’s story while interrogating myself, facing my own difficult truths. The narrative had to trace a series of emotional states that can lead to catharsis. It’s like accelerated psychotherapy.
https://variety.com/2022/film/festivals/venice-alice-diop-saint-omer-1235367521/
Wednesday, July 6, 2022
Confraternity of Christian Mothers Festac Celebrates with Mrs Muo
Obeying the Biblical admonition to Christians to rejoice with those who rejoice and mourn with those who mourn, members of the Confraternity of Christian Mothers, CCM from the Catholic Church of Visitation, Festac Town, Lagos on June 25, 2022, trooped out in their numbers to rejoice and felicitate with one of their own, Mrs Ann Muo at the wedding of her daughter, Augusta Ifeoma Muo.
The holy matrimony took place at the Cathedral Church of Christ, Marina, Lagos.
The gaily dressed and vivacious CCM mothers proved to be their sister's keeper as they gave amble moral support to one of their own ensuring that the wedding was one of the best organised social events in the recent time.
The bride's mother herself brought colour and distinction to bear on her daughter day of glory as her company, Spanset cakes & events ensured that everybody went home with a pack of cakes( different Flavours).
Founded in France over 150 years ago, the Confraternity of Christian Mothers was founded by lay women to discuss their struggles in raising their children and to pray for each other in a culture that had become increasingly opposed to Catholic values.
CCM members who graced the wedding include Mother Esther Okereke, president Emeritus, Mother Vivian Obi, Ex Vice President,
Mother Modesta Iguh president, Mother Adaku Agughasi, Vice President, Mother Ann Okorafor Treasurer.
Others include, Mother Chioma Ekeh Provost, Mother Uche Emetarom, Financial Secretary 2, Mother Chinyere Chinedu, Provost 2, Mother Adaku, Ezeugo welfare.
Also in attendance were Mother Chinyere Aniaku member, Mother Uwandu Mabel, member, Mother Bibian Okeke, member, Mother Maryqueen Obelle, member, Mother Adaku Uzoukwu member, Mother Ifeoma Chukwueze, member, Mother Virginia Ogbatue member, Mother Rose Uchendu exco and Mother Onyeneke exco. Other notable guests @ the event include Chief Ingram Osigwe(EnyiOha) Chief Kevin Onyebara, Dr Obinna Okpara, Madam Blessed and Princess Ifeoma Agu.
Indeed, Saturday, June 25th, 2022 will be a historic day for the families of Fidelis(Adizue) and Mrs Ann Muo and Chief John (Snr) and Mrs Fumilayo Adollo as their children, Augusta Ifeoma and John Jemin Jnr consummated their love at the Cathedral of Christ, Marina, Lagos.
The groom, an indigene ofJakpa, Warri North local government area, Delta State, is a US-based Engineer while the bride who hails from Nnokwa, Idemili south of Anambra state, owns one of the latest boutiques in LEKKI phase 1, Lagos.
The rites of joining Ifeoma and John as husband and wife had begun a week earlier with a lavish but multi-cultural traditional wedding that witnessed a rich and enchanting blend of Igbo, Itsekiri and Yoruba cultures.
This was expected as the groom is Itsekiri with a Yoruba mother while the bride is Igbo from Anambra state.
The traditional wedding had in attendance Captains of Industry, politicians, professionals etc.
The galaxy of guests from virtually all parts of Nigeria gave the traditional wedding the colour of a pan-Nigerian event.
All Nigerian dishes which were served further added glamour to the wedding.
The colourful Itsekiri dance troupe ushered the groom amidst cheers.
The groom's mother, a Yoruba, added rich Yoruba panache to the event with breath-taking Yoruba eulogy and dance steps.
Guests at the traditional wedding included a former Senator representing Lagos East senatorial district and current MD/CEO of the Federal Housing Authority, Sen.Gbenga Ashafa among other notables.
The classy traditional wedding foretold the quintessentially glamourous church wedding that took place on June 25.
The reception which was held at The Bell Campbell Event Centre, Campbell Street, Lagos, witnessed pomp, pageantry and colour.
It attracted the high and mighty in the society with exotic dishes and wines made available to all guests.
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Story by Chief Ingram Osigwe.
Tuesday, June 7, 2022
Nollywood and the French Connection
Nollywood and The French Connection
Projet | Producteur ou réalisateur | Genre | Aide accordée | Origine | Année |
Our husband has gone mad again | Albert Egbe | TV Series (13 x 26 minutes) | 40 000 euros | Fonds Images Afrique | 2003 |
The Virgin ?
| Tunde Kelani | TV Series | 35 000 euros | Fonds Images Afrique | 2003 |
Claws of the lion | Francis Onwochei | Feature Film | 30 000 euros | Fonds Images Afrique | 2004 |
Tides of Fate | Greg Odutayo | TV Series | 40 000 euros | Fonds Images Afrique | 2005 |
Eternal | Chikeh Ibekwe | Feature Film | 40 000 euros | Fonds Images Afrique | 2005 |
The Head of State | Jimi Odumosu |
| 45 000 euros | Fonds Images Afrique | 2005 |
Changing Faces | Faruk Lasaki |
| 60 000 euros | Fonds Images Afrique | 2005 |
Off Campus | Chikeh Ibekwe |
| 35 000 euros | Fonds Images Afrique | 2005 |
Relentless | Andy Amadi Okoroafor |
| Aide réécriture
100 000 euros | Fonds Images Afrique | 2005
2006 |
- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima
Publisher/Editor
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series
Saturday, May 28, 2022
"Triangle of Sadness" Wins the Palme d'Or of 75th Annual Cannes Film Festival
The 75th annual Cannes Film Festival of France ended Saturday night with all the glitz and razzmatazz of the most prestigious international film festival in the world.
Swedish filmmaker Ruben Östlund won the coveted Palme d'Or at the 75th annual Cannes Film for his satirical drama, "Triangle of Sadness".
Östlund won the Palme d'Or at Cannes in 2017 with "The Square".
List of All the Winners
Palme d’Or: “Triangle of Sadness” by Ruben Östlund
Grand Prix: “Close” by Lukas Dhont and “Stars at Noon” by Claire Denis
Special Prize for Cannes’ 75th anniversary: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardennes, “Tori and Lokita”
Jury Prize: “Eo” and “Le Otto Montagne”
Best Actress: Zar Amir Ebrahimi, “Holy Spider”
Best Actor: Song Kang Ho, “Broker”
Best Director: Park Chan-wook, “Decision to Leave”
Best Screenplay: “Boy from Heaven”
Camera d’Or: “War Pony,” directed by Gina Gammell and Riley Keough
Short Film Palme d’Or: “The Water Murmurs”
Tuesday, May 17, 2022
2022 Annual Cannes Film Festival : Live Updates
#CannesFilmFestival
#Cannes
#France
View daily updates on the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival streaming live from 17 to 28 May, 2022 at the Palais des Festivals et des Congres.
Vincent Lindon is the President of the jury, and the winners will be announced on 28th May 2022.
CANNES 2022 OFFICIAL SELECTION
COMPETITION
Les Amandiers, dir: Valeria Bruni Tedeschi
Holy Spider, dir: Ali Abbasi
Crimes Of The Future, dir: David Cronenberg
Stars At Noon, dir: Claire Denis
Frère Et Soeur, dir: Arnaud Desplechin
Tori And Lokita, dirs: Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne
Armageddon Time, dir: James Gray
Close, dir: Lukas Dhont
Broker, dir: Hirokazu Kore-eda
RMN, dir: Cristian Mungiu
Triangle Of Sadness, dir: Ruben Ostlund
Showing Up, dir: Kelly Reichardt
Decision To Leave, dir: Park Chan-wook
Nostalgia, dir: Mario Martone
Tchaikovski’s Wife, dir: Kirill Serebrennikov
Boy From Heaven, dir: Tarik Saleh
Leila’s Brothers, dir: Saeed Roustaee
Eo, dir: Jerzy Skolimowski
UN CERTAIN REGARD
*Les Pires, dirs: Lisa Akoka, Romane Gueret
Burning Days, dir: Emin Alper
*Metronom, dir: Alexandru Belc
All The People I’ll Never Be, dir: Davy Chou
Sick Of Myself, dir: Kristoffer Borgli
Domingo And The Mist, dir: Ariel Escalante Meza
*Plan 75, dir: Hayakawa Chie
*Beast, dirs: Riley Keough, Gina Gammell
Corsage, dir: Marie Kreutzer
*Butterfly Vision, dir: Maksim Nakonechnyi
The Silent Twins, dir: Agnieszka Smocynska
The Stranger, dir: Thomas M Wright
*Joyland, dir: Saim Sadiq
*Rodeo, dir: Lola Quivoron
Godland, dir: Hlynur Palmason
CANNES PREMIERE
Nos Frangins, dir: Rachid Bouchareb
Nightfall, dir: Marco Bellocchio
Dodo, dir: Panos H Koutras
Irma Vep (series), dir: Olivier Assayas
OUT OF COMPETITION
Z (Comme Z), dir: Michel Hazanavicius
Top Gun: Maverick, dir: Joseph Kosinski
Elvis, dir: Baz Luhrmann
Novembre, dir: Cédric Jimenez
Three Thousand Years Of Longing, dir: George Miller
Mascarade, dir: Nicolas Bedos
MIDNIGHT SCREENINGS
Hunt, dir: Lee Jung-Jae
Moonage Daydream, dir: Brett Morgen
Fumer Fait Tousser, dir: Quentin Dupieux
SPECIAL SCREENINGS
All That Breathes, dir: Shaunak Sen
The Natural History Of Destruction, dir: Sergei Loznitsa
Jerry Lee Lewis: Trouble In Mind, dir: Ethan Coen
*Denotes first film, eligible for the Camera d’Or
2022 Short films and La Cinef Selections
The Short Film Palme d'or will be awarded on Saturday, May 28 during the closing ceremony of Cannes Film Festival.
TSUTSUE Amartei Armar
Ghana/France - 15'
PO SUI TAI YANG ZHI XIN (A SHORT STORY) Bi Gan
China - 15'
LORI (MELANCHOLY OF MY MOTHER'S LULLABIES) Abinash Bikram Shah
Nepal/Hong Kong - 14'
HAI BIAN SHENG QI YI ZUO XUAN YA (THE WATER MURMURS) Story Chen/China - 14'
UOGOS (CHERRIES) Vytautas Katkus
Lithuania/Italy - 15'
SAME OLD Lloyd Lee Choi
United States - 15'
LE FEU AU LAC (FIRE AT THE LAKE) Pierre Menahem
France - 15'
GAKJIL (PERSONA) Sujin Moon
South Korea - 6'
LUZ NOCTURNA (NIGHT LIGHT) Kim Torres
Costa Rica/Mexico - 14'
For its 25th edition, La Cinef has selected 13 live-action and 3 animated shorts directed by 6 male directors and 10 women directors, from among the 1,528 submitted by film schools all over the world.
The 3 La Cinef prizes will be handed at a ceremony preceding the screening of the awarded films on Thursday 26 May, in the Buñuel Theatre.
CHLIEB NÁŠ KAŽDODENNÝ (LIQUID BREAD) Alica Bednáriková
FTF VŠMU-Film and Television Faculty - Slovakia - 26'
MUMLIFE Ruby Challenger
AFTRS - Australia - 15'
TOUT CECI VOUS REVIENDRA (ALL OF THIS BELONGS TO YOU) Lilian Fanara
La Fémis - France - 29'
LES HUMAINS SONT CONS QUAND ILS S'EMPILENT (HUMANS ARE DUMBER WHEN CRAMMED UP TOGETHER) Laurène Fernandez
La CinéFabrique - France - 4'
IL BARBIERE COMPLOTTISTA (A CONSPIRACY MAN) Valerio Ferrara
Centro Sperimentale di Cinematografia - Italy - 19'
THE PASS Pepi Ginsberg
NYU - United States - 15'
SHEHERUT (KINSHIP) Orin Kadoori
The Steve Tisch School of Film & Television Tel Aviv University - Israel - 24'
NAUHA Pratham Khurana
Whistling Woods International - India - 26'
JUTRO NAS TAM NIE MA (WE ARE NOT THERE TOMORROW) Olga Kłyszewicz
The Polish National Film School in Łódź - Poland - 8'
DI ER (SOMEWHERE) Li Jiahe
Hebei University of Science and Technology School of Film and Television - China - 23'
FENG ZHENG (THE SILENT WHISTLE) Li Yingtong
Emerson College - United States - 18'
MISTIDA Falcão Nhaga
ESTC - Portugal - 30'
GLORIOUS REVOLUTION Masha Novikova
London Film School - United Kingdom - 20'
100% FLÅET KÆRLIGHED (THAT'S AMORE) Malthe Saxer
Den Danske Filmskole - Denmark - 49'
HAJSZÁLREPEDÉS (CRAZE) Bianka Szelestey
Eötvös Loránd University Department of Film Studies - Hungary - 22'
SPRING ROLL DREAM Mai Vu
NFTS - United Kingdom - 9'
https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/infos-communiques/communique/articles/2022-short-films-and-la-cinef-selections
Friday, May 6, 2022
Nollywood : Between The Palme d'Or and Netflix d'Or
Nollywood : Between The Palme d'Or and Netflix d'Or
Well, if #Nollywood movies cannot qualify for the Official Selection for the competition for the Palme d'Or at the annual Cannes Film Festival in France, they have qualified for the Originals Selection of the #Netflix on the world wide web.
It would be great to have an annual Netflix Awards where Nigerian movies can make the Official Selection for competition for a Netflix d'Or.
If after more than 20 -30 years of making movies and your greatest achievement is having your movies on Netflix while your fellow filmmakers in other African countries are competing with the best filmmakers in the world in the Official Selection of the 75th annual Cannes Film Festival coming up from May 17 - May 28, 2022, is still better, because you to have something to cheer about than have nothing to brag about.
- By EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima,
The Publisher/Editor,
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series,
The first book series on Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry since 2013.
Wednesday, September 29, 2021
Mo Abudu and Chioma Ude Have the Best International PR for Nollywood
Mo Abudu and Chioma Ude Have the Best International PR for Nollywood