The London premiere of Tade Ogidan’s FAMILY ON FIRE

Young garrulous Kunle has fooled his brothers in a scheme to invite their aged illiterate mother to visit the UK. Unknown to his senior brothers, his real intention is to use the woman to smuggle hard drugs into London! Something goes wrong and the owners of the drugs (the deadly London Mafia) go on a total rampage to reclaim their cherished merchandise.

STARRING: Shola Sobowale, Saheed Balogun, Lanre Hassan, Sola Fosudo, Segun Arinze, Bukky Amos.

DATE: Friday, 4th November 2011

VENUE: The Lighthouse, 262 Camberwell Rd, London SE5 0DP

TIME: Red Carpet – 6.30pm Movie Screening – 8.30pm

HOST: Teju Babyface

TICKETS: Standard £15, VIP £25, VVIP £50

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London Cinema Screening

Odeon Cinema, Greenwich, Bugsby Way, London SE10 0QJ

Dates: Friday, 24th June 2011, Saturday 25th June 2011

Times: Friday & Saturday - 10:45pm

Admission fees: Standard Seating: £10, Premiere Seating £12.50, VIP Gallery Seats £20

The Fake Prophet is a ground breaking new Nollywood film which has been made in collaboration with the child rights charity, Stepping Stones Nigeria. It powerfully encapsulates many major child rights issues that are facing Nigerian society today. These include: child witchcraft accusations; child exploitation and abuse by fraudulent pastors; child trafficking, and child abandonment. 

This film by the renowned Nollywood director, Teco Benson, is a tale of drama, suspense and intrigue and aims to counter-balance many other Nollywood films which have exacerbated the belief in child witches, and subsequently encouraged the abuse and abandonment of children. We hope that the film will stimulate debate about the issues of child witchcraft accusations, abuse and trafficking and challenge current abusive practices which prevail in some parts of Nigeria. We therefore anticipate a huge reaction once the film has been released in Nigeria.

The Fake Prophet is a ground breaking new Nollywood film which has been made in collaboration with the child rights charity, Stepping Stones Nigeria. It powerfully encapsulates many major child rights issues that are facing Nigerian society today. These include: child witchcraft accusations; child exploitation and abuse by fraudulent pastors; child trafficking, and child abandonment.

This film by the renowned Nollywood director, Teco Benson, is a tale of drama, suspense and intrigue and aims to counter-balance many other Nollywood films which have exacerbated the belief in child witches, and subsequently encouraged the abuse and abandonment of children. We hope that the film will stimulate debate about the issues of child witchcraft accusations, abuse and trafficking and challenge current abusive practices which prevail in some parts of Nigeria. We therefore anticipate a huge reaction once the film has been released in Nigeria.

AMC Sponsors AiM 2010 Short Film Competition

The African Movie Channel is delighted to be sponsoring the short film competition at this year’s Africa In Motion, Edinburgh’s African film festival. The profile of the festival has grown steadily since the inaugural season in 2006, as was affirmed by a prestigious international award it received earlier this year. We are very excited to be involved in celebrating the fifth anniversary of Africa in Motion which runs from 21 Oct to 5 Nov 2010. The movies in this year’s short film competition will be available FREE on the African Movie Channel immediately after the event.

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The UK’s first ever festival of Nigerian film, known as Nollywood finally arrives in London. The festival, a week-long celebration of the world’s second largest film industry, will feature six film screenings introduced by talks from industry experts including Nigerian actors, film academics and representatives from Nollywood TV broadcasting.

The film programme takes in five of the best-loved popular Nigerian films, along with the Canadian documentary Nollywood Babylon.

Phoenix Fry, creative director of Nollywood Now! said: “I hope this festival is just the beginning of a more widespread recognition of Nollywood as a global cinema phenomenon. Ten years ago India’s popular cinema was dismissed by the mainstream, but is now a vital part of our shared culture. The dramatic and exciting films coming out of Nigeria, enjoyed by so many people here in the UK, deserve a similar place in Britain’s cultural life.”

Adekunle Detokunbo-Bello, the Nigerian actor, film-maker and academic said: “For Nollywood fans and people new to Nigerian film, this festival is an amazing opportunity to enjoy some of the best films from Nigeria. Nollywood Now! showcases the evolution of the most popular films within Africa, from the early guerrilla shoots in Lagos to recent festival-acclaimed productions.”

Moses Babatope, Odeon Cinema’s special projects manager for Nollywood said: “This festival marks an important moment for Nigerian cinema in the West. With production values approaching European and Hollywood standards, audiences in Britain – who have traditionally watched Nollywood films at home on TV – are now demanding cinematic screenings of new films.”

Mayor of Lewisham, Sir Steve Bullock said: “I’m immensely proud that Lewisham Council has funded the UK’s first ever festival of Nigerian film. The borough is home to one of the largest Nigerian populations in the country, and this festival is a great opportunity for us all to celebrate the outstanding global success of Nollywood film-making.”

Venue

Deptford Town Hall, New Cross Road, London SE14 6AF.

Festival progamme

7.30pm, Wednesday 6 October Nollywood Babylon (Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, 2008), a Canadian documentary which goes behind the scenes and puts the industry into cultural and political perspective. Launch night panel discussion will include:

• Alfred Soroh, Managing Director of Nollywood Channel (Sky 329)
• Dr. Gareth Stanton, Head of Media and Communication at Goldsmiths, University of London
• Moses Babatope, the Odeon Cinema’s special projects manager for Nollywood
• Adekunle Detokunbo-Bello, Nigerian film-maker and academic

7.30pm, Thursday 7 October Osuofia in London (Kingsley Ogoro, 2003), one of the most popular Nigerian films of all time. Introduced by the film’s co-producer, Dr. Kola Munis.

7.30pm, Friday 8 October Dangerous Twins (Tade Ogidan, 2004), a thriller set in London and Lagos starring Ramsey Nouah in the double title role. Introduced by the actor and producer Sola Sobawale, who also starred in the film.

7.30pm, Saturday 9 October White Waters (Izu Ojukwu, 2008) a popular teen sports romance starring Rita Dominic. Introduced by Dr. Gareth Stanton, Head of Media and Communication at Goldsmiths, University of London (TBC).

7.30pm, Monday 11 October Arugba (Tunde Kelani, 2009), a Yoruba language movie which had its UK premiere at the Odeon in Greenwich. Introduced by Moses Babatope, the Odeon Cinema’s special projects manager for Nollywood.

7.30pm, Tuesday 12 October Film to be confirmed. Introduced by Adekunle Detokunbo-Bello, Nigerian film-maker and academic.

The festival will take place in New Cross, south east London - an area with a large Nigerian population. 154,000 Nigerian-born people are resident in the UK, according to a 2009 estimate by the Office for National Statistics.

The festival:

• sponsored by the Guarantee Trust Bank
• funded by the London Borough of Lewisham through its Community Cohesion fund
• using equipment funded by the Deptford Challenge Trust.

Tickets cost £3, with an additional 50p online booking fee. Tickets sales are now open at www.nollywoodnow.co.uk

premieres in London 

UK based NGO Stepping Stones Nigeria (SSN) is delighted to announce the release of their new and ground-breaking Nollywood film – The Fake Prophet - produced as an advocacy tool to save and change thousands of children’s lives.

Stepping Stones Nigeria has produced The Fake Prophet in an attempt to stimulate debate and pioneer positive change on challenging issues such as child trafficking and the labelling of children as ‘witches’.  The film powerfully encapsulates many major social and political issues that affect Nigerian society today, including the dangers faced by children following witchcraft accusations.

The Fake Prophet aims to counterbalance these films and expose the truth behind the so-called men and women of God who have made their wealth from branding children as witches and highlight the legal consequences of child witch stigmatisation and abuse.

The Fake Prophet premieres in London on the 24^th July at the

Amnesty International Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard EC2A3EA.

Proceedings kick off with a drinks reception at 6.30pm, followed by the film screening at 7.30pm.

There will be a Q&A session with SSN’s Programme Director, Gary Foxcroft and film director Teco Benson.

Call the ticket hotline – 08453138391 now to book your ticket

The Africa in Motion film festival in Edinburgh has just received a prestigious international award endorsed by the United Nations, from the Foundation for Subjective Experience and Research (S.E.R. Foundation), an organisation that supports worldwide projects in the area of children and youth, culture, inter-cultural dialogue and religion.

The festival received this award in the context of the United Nation’s International Year of Reconciliation 2009. The S.E.R. Foundation presented a report on Africa in Motion to the UN Secretary General in January 2010. Africa in Motion 2009 took as its main theme Reconciliation, with the festival screening a range of films on this topic as well as hosting a symposium and various panel discussions on trauma, conflict, peace and reconciliation in Africa. The S.E.R. Foundation described the Africa in Motion film festival as an outstanding project because it emphasizes the need for reconciliation and the necessary steps for its realization to be taken in order to improve conditions and build bridges leading to a better mutual understanding, and thus creating the basis for sustainable peace.

The festival was selected as one of 12 projects worldwide awarded prizes in the categories of political and socio-economic projects; creative projects; educational/indigenous/athletic projects; and spiritual/healthcare projects. The festival will receive the award at an award ceremony in Switzerland in August.

Lizelle Bisschoff, founder and director of Africa in Motion, says of the award: “We are extremely excited about and proud of this award, which is a wonderful recognition of our attempts to change perceptions of Africa in the UK. Despite the conflicts and problems in Africa that the Western media is inundated with, the continent has achieved peace and reconciliation on so many levels and the West can certainly learn from Africa in various ways. This is what we tried to achieve with last year’s festival and this award is a confirmation that we are on the right track.” 

The prize money for the winning film at the 2009 Africa in Motion short film competition - South African Paul Emmanuel’s 3SAI A Rite of Passage, was partially sponsored by the African Movie Channel.

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 Tunde Kelani’s Arugba 

makes London outing

Arugba delves into the life of Adetutu, a beautiful young priestess selected by the oracle to carry the sacred calabash at the Osun Osogbo festival. The calabash can only be carried by a virgin, and after being abducted by three men, Adetutu’s chastity and suitability as the chosen one is questioned. Interwoven with themes of balance, love, loyalty, and loss, her tale also explores issues of governance, political corruption, HIV/AIDS and the influence of modernity over convention, all within the context of a culture that is rich with traditional values yet marred by traditional viewpoints.

This Kelani masterpiece is showing at the Odeon Imax Cinema in Greenwich on 7th May 2010. Booking hotlines - 02072777021, 07947763515, 07932504996, 07950514589.

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Welcome to another Yuletide edition of the African Movie Channel newsletter. Even more movies and quality drama serials than ever before are a mouse-click away, for you to enjoy on your PC and TV whenever you like at this special time of the year…

The African Movie Channel is available on-demand 24/7 anywhere in world, and provides the best picture quality for Nollywood and other African films, with every movie selection available to watch instantly at full-screen and crystal-clear TV quality.

And now there is a further reason to watch - from now until the end of January 2010, all movies will be a third off – that’s only £1 a movie! So now you can watch more for less. Simply purchase your credits as normal - you still get your bonus credits, and as usual, the more you spend the more bonus credits you get - so your films actually cost you less than £1 if you spend £10 or more!

It’s still extremely easy to enjoy the African Movie Channel; all you need is an internet connection together with a laptop or PC, no more! Registration is free and no subscription is required. Your computer must have the following installed: Microsoft Internet Explorer web browser and Windows Media Player. Please do not use Mozilla, Firefox, Google Chrome or AOL’s integrated web browser, or any other browser. If the adverts/trailers play, but your purchased movie does not, then go to the Microsoft Security Upgrade page, and click on the Upgrade button.

Watch award-winning drama serials and the best African movies this Christmas season only on the African Movie Channel.

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