Stories from Cinema Minima
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Hollywood will use a bad law to hurt lawful competitors
Cinema Minima &bull Jan 18, 2012
Does anyone - who is not on a studio payroll - believe that the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is really about stopping illegal file sharing? For several years, Hollywood has been trying - and succeeding - in shutting down… Full Story »
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6Th Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival Ends As Belgium And Madagascar Win Top Prizes
Cinema Minima &bull Aug 19, 2011
The sixth edition of the annual Lola Kenya Screen audiovisual media festival, skill-development mentorship programme and market for children and youth in eastern Africa has wound up in Nairobi with the best children's film and best youth films going to Belgium and Madagascar, respectively. Though all the 11 films in the Golden Mboni… Full Story »
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6th Lola Kenya Screen Film Festival Ends As Belgium, Madagascar Win Top Prizes
Cinema Minima &bull Aug 19, 2011
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. Full Story »
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Films Made by Children at Lola Kenya Screen Show in South Korea, Australia, Iran, Kenya
Cinema Minima &bull Jul 16, 2011
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! Additionally, Lola Kenya Screen's most successful production-LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS-that has been to the nook and cranny of the four corners of the globe, has been selected for the Jump Cut screening programme of the 2011 Bayside Film Festival that holds August 17-20, 2011 at Palace Brighton Bay,… Full Story »
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Lola Kenya Screen Presents Films for Enjoyment, Learning and Participation in the 21st Century
Cinema Minima &bull Jul 15, 2011
BY OGOVA ONDEGO. NAIROBI, KENYA (CINEMA MINIMA) - The Lola Kenya Screen audiovisual media festival, skill-development mentorship programme and market for children and youth in eastern Africa on 2011 July 12 released the film line up for its 2011 August… Full Story »
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Iran punishes 2 filmmakers for political speech. Jafar Panahi, Mohammad Rasoulof get 6 years
Cinema Minima &bull Dec 24, 2010
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… Full Story »
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European Film Promotion screens 13 Oscar contenders 2010 November 3-10 in Beverly Hills
Cinema Minima &bull Oct 25, 2010
BY AUSTIN BURBRIDGE. LOS ANGELES (CINEMA MINIMA) - European Film Promotion - a consortium of 32 European film organizations - will host industry screenings for 13 feature films which are up for consideration to be nominees for the Best Foreign… Full Story »
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Lola Kenya Screen hosts two cutting-edge mentorship programs for children and youth
Cinema Minima &bull Oct 24, 2010
BY OGOVA ONDEGO. NAIROBI, KENYA (CINEMA MINIMA) - The Nairobi-based Lola Kenya Screen - audiovisual media festival, skill-development mentorship program, and market for children and youth in eastern Africa - marks five years of service to children and youth in November 2010 with two cutting-edge skill-development mentorship programs. Consequently, Lola Kenya Screen is inviting children and youth in Nairobi and environs to apply to the mentorship programs in Documentary Filmmaking and Critical… Full Story »
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Director Manoel de Oliveira postpones visit to Sao Paulo Film Festival
Cinema Minima &bull Oct 20, 2010
BY AUSTIN BURBRIDGE. THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA opens the 34th Sao Paulo International Film Festival - will not attend its opening night screening. On advice from his physician, the 102-year-old Portuguese director has postponed his visit to Sao Paulo,… Full Story »
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Independent filmmakers panel at TromaDance Press Conference at American Film Market 2010
Cinema Minima &bull Oct 1, 2010
BY AUSTIN BURBRIDGE. SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA (CINEMA MINIMA) - A panel of independent filmmakers - headed by director Lloyd Kaufman, and including actress Jaime King, producer Richard Saperstein, director Darren Lynn Bousman, Oscar-nominated screenwriter Josh Olson, writer-director Adam Rifkin, and FilmThreat publisher Chris Gore -… Full Story »
