African Cinema Conference presents... Do you have any more information on the Nigerian Movies portion of the program? Do this involve features from the video film phenonmenon?
Keep me posted, Teague Schneiter ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 8 Aug 2003 00:46:29 EDT To: "AFRICAN CINEMA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [african-cinema-conference] The 5th BFM International film festival 2003 > African Cinema Conference presents... > > > > Press Release > > For Immediate release: July 14th 2003 > > > 5th bfm International Film Festival 2003 > Celebrating 5 years as the UK’s premier black film event > > The 5th bfm International film festival 2003 now celebrates 5 years of > screening ground breaking Independent films in the UK. > This year’s festival fortnight takes place between 5th and 18th September > and will showcase more than 70 films by black filmmakers from around the > world, including the US, Australia, Sweden, France, Canada, Nigeria and > the Caribbean. > > Organized by bfm (black filmmaker magazine) and officially supported by > Ken Livingstone, the Mayor of London, this high-profile event showcases an > array of award-winning features, documentaries, animation and short films > by established international talent alongside black British filmmakers. > This year bfm are again screening an impressive number of original > projects, with a high quality of work from today’s generation of > filmmakers > This year bfm will provide a larger event with the festival fortnight > including 20 European premieres, exclusive preview screenings, seminars, > workshops and masterclasses, it all bodes well for the future. > Festival Venues: > The ICA (Pall Mall), The Prince Charles Cinema (Leicester Square), The Rio > Cinema (Dalston) > Seminar Venues: > BBC (Broadcasting House), London Television Centre (South Bank) > > > END > > Notes to Editors: > > > Press Launch August 11th (venue tbc) > > Festival Highlights: > Over 20 European Premieres > Caribbean Films > Exclusive screening of new BBC comedy series – The Crouches > International Actors Bootcamp with Tim Reid (TBA) > bfm UK Short Film Awards with Angie Le Mar (TBA) > Seminars & Workshops > > > Festival special guests (TBA): > Tim Reid > Blair Underwood > Lil Kim > Bobby Brown > Kymani Marley > Coolio > Mos Def > > Festival themes: > Uncovered Strands: > Nigerian Movies > Lesbian & Gay > Shakespeare > Civil Rights > Race > UK + International Shorts > Black Music > > Festival feature screenings include: > For Real (Opening Night Gala with Tim Reid - TBA) > Gang of Roses (starring Lil Kim & Bobby Brown) > Shottas (starring Paul Campbell) > Uninvited Guest (starring Mekhi Phifer) > The System (directed by UK newcomer Wayne Saunders) > > bfm 2003 festival sponsors > The festival is financially supported by GLA, London Arts, LFVDA, > Westminster Arts Unit, London Development Agency, BBC London Live, > Shooting People – media partner, Kodak Entertainment Imaging, BECTU, > PACT, Soho Images, The Screenwriters Store, Equity, Choice FM – Radio > Sponsor, and The Voice. > > For Press enquiries, celebrity interviews/ press launch/film reviews: > Contact: > bfm Publicist Joy Coker > That’s Entertainment Publicity > Tel: 07951 533 511 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.bfmmedia.com > > > > > --- > You are currently subscribed to african-cinema-conference as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, forward this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To activate the "digest" option go to: > <http://purcell.xc.org/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=african-cinema-conference> > and enter your screen name and password. Then you can look at your options > and make the changes to your membership profile. Please let me know if you have any > difficulties. > Sade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -- __________________________________________________________ Sign-up for your own personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup CareerBuilder.com has over 400,000 jobs. Be smarter about your job search http://corp.mail.com/careers --- You are currently subscribed to african-cinema-conference as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, forward this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To activate the "digest" option go to: <http://purcell.xc.org/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=african-cinema-conference> and enter your screen name and password. Then you can look at your options and make the changes to your membership profile. Please let me know if you have any difficulties. Sade <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
