Posted by editor@vimooz.com on November 11, 2009 under Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF) | 
"Children of God" was written, directed and produced by Bahamian filmmaker Kareem Mortimer
Kareem Mortimer’s “Children Of God” and Lee Daniels’ “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ By Sapphire” will open and close the 6th Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), which runs Dec. 10-17 on Paradise Island and Nassau.
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Tags: Children Of God, Gabourey Sidibe, Johnny Ferro, Kareem Mortimer, Lee Daniels, Margaret Kemp, Mariah Carey, Mark Ford, Mo'Nique, Paula Patton, Precious: Based on the Novel 'Push' by Sapphire, Stephen Tyrone Williams, Van Brown
Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 10, 2009 under Hollywood Film Festival |
Gabourey Sidibe in Precious: Based on the Novel Push by Sapphire
The 13th Annual Hollywood Film Festival and Hollywood Awards, presented by Starz, announced the honorees who will be recognized for their achievements at the festival’s Hollywood Awards Gala Ceremony.
Actress Carey Mulligan will receive the “Hollywood Breakthrough Actress Award,” actor Jeremy Renner will be honored with the “Hollywood Breakthrough Actor Award,” director Lee Daniels will receive the “Hollywood Breakthrough Director Award,” Gabourey Sidibe will receive the “New Hollywood Award,” and screenwriters Scott Neustadter and Michael H. Weber will be recognized with the “Hollywood Breakthrough Screenwriter Award.”
The gala ceremony will take place at the Beverly Hilton Hotel in Beverly Hills on October 26, 2009.
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Posted by editor@vimooz.com on October 8, 2009 under Savannah Film Festival |
Lone Sherfig "An Education"
The 12th annual Savannah Film Festival, hosted by the Savannah College of Art and Design, will take place from Saturday, October 31-Saturday, November 7.
Films to receive special gala screenings will include Jean-Marc Vallée’s “The Young Victoria”; Oren Moverman’s “The Messenger,” with Moverman and stars Woody Harrelson and Ben Foster in attendance; Grant Heslov’s “The Men Who Stare at Goats”; Pedro Almodovar’s “Broken Embraces”; Lone Sherfig’s “An Education”; the United States premieres of James Ivory’s “The City of Your Final Destination,” with Ivory in attendance, and Nick Moran’s “Telstar,” with Moran and star Con O’Neill in attendance; Jodie Markell’s “The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond” (from a screenplay by Tennessee Williams); Cannes Palme d’Or winner Michael Haneke’s “The White Ribbon”; and Lee Daniels’ “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire,” winner of the Grand-Jury Prize at Sundance and the Audience Award at the Toronto Film Festival. Daniels and star Gabourey Sidibe will be in attendance.
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