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Pro golfer Kevin and his wife, Betsy, have a great thing going — if Kevin doesn't blow it, trying to get back on top. … Read the screenplay

Donovan Slacks

This 2008 feature moves from a 1920s-style silent movie into the harsh realism of a talkie at its climax. Read all about it
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Lola Kenya Screen hosts two cutting-edge mentorship programs for children and youth

By Ogova Ondego On 2010 October 24 · In Events, News

The Nairobi-based Lola Kenya Screen — audiovisual media festival, skill-development mentorship program, 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 in Documentary Filmmaking, and Critical Writing. Deadline to apply October 30! MORE

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Director Manoel de Oliveira postpones visit to São Paulo Film Festival

By Austin Burbridge On 2010 October 20 · In News

The world’s oldest working filmmaker — Manoel de Oliveira — has postponed his visit to the 34th São Paulo International Film Festival while he recuperates from a medical procedure. Although he still plans to attend, he will not be present at the screening of his latest film, THE STRANGE CASE OF ANGELICA, which opens the festival. MORE

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Independent filmmakers panel at TromaDance Press Conference at American Film Market 2010

By Austin Burbridge On 2010 October 1 · In Events

A panel of celebrated independent filmmakers will convene at the 2010 American Film Market to discuss their craft during the TromaDance Film Festival press conference at 3 o’clock in the afternoon of November 4 in the Press Room of Loews Santa Monica Beach Hotel in Santa Monica, California. MORE

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American Film Market 2010 Favorite Film Pitch contest for filmmakers November 6-9

By Austin Burbridge On 2010 October 1 · In Events

Movie makers who attend the 2010 American Film Market in Santa Monica, California, will have an opportunity to pitch their movie ideas to the fans of an American television awards pageant, “The People’s Choice Awards.” MORE

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African Movie Academy Awards 2011 call for entries deadline 2010 November 30

By Ogova Ondego On 2010 September 9 · In Events

Filmmakers in Eastern Africa — Burundi, Eastern Congo (Kinshasa), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda — are invited to submit their best works made between January 1, 2010 and December 31, 2010 for consideration by the continental Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA). Deadline is November 30, 2010. MORE

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Nigeria, Malawi win top prizes at Lola Kenya Screen 2010

By Ogova Ondego On 2010 August 22 · In Events, News

The fifth edition of the annual Lola Kenya Screen — audiovisual media festival, production workshop, and market for children and youth in Eastern Africa — ended in Nairobi, Kenya on August 14, 2010, with top prizes going to Nigeria and Malawi. This marked a change from previous editions, when laurels had gone to films from the Northern Hemisphere. MORE

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Public domain screening by SAW Video in Ottawa

By Martin Leduc On 2010 July 17 · In Events

Skilled media artists create new works out of public domain footage from Library and Archives Canada. MORE

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Which BLADE RUNNER? Do alternate versions send a bad message to moviegoers?

By Austin Burbridge On 2010 July 7 · In Analysis

Do the releases of “director’s cuts” send a bad message to audiences — that any theatrical release is deficient — that the best version of a movie would have been held back for a later, “special edition”? Plus — How the fashion for continuity editing killed voiceover narration. MORE

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Lola Kenya Screen 2010 Announces Film Line Up

By Ogova Ondego On 2010 June 15 · In Events, News

The 5th annual Lola Kenya Screen has announced the film line up for the August 9-14, 2010 festival; 37 countries, 5 continents, 33 languages represented. MORE

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Videodrome: Video Remix Night at Toronto’s Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art.

By Martin Leduc On 2010 April 15 · In Events, News

Toronto’s Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art will hold its annual Videodrome Audio/Visual battle on April 17, 2010.  The Video Battle is a competition of audio/visual media work developed from the idea of the hip-hop DJ battle. Artists will throw down fast and hard attempting to out flash each other with selections, cuts and mixes extreme, humorous and dangerous. MORE

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  • Austin BurbridgeAustin Burbridge
    Austin Burbridge is Editor-in-Chief of Cinema Minima. After successful careers in manufacturing and in technology, he founded Cinema Minima, Sustainable Cinema, and Far From Hollywood. A native of Texas, he learned cinéma vérité technique at Rice Media Center. At Brown he concentrated in Semiotics and in Art; he studied Art History at the University of Chicago. He lives in Los Angeles.
    Ogova OndegoOgova Ondego
    Nairobi-based full time worshipper at the shrine of arts and culture; writer specialising in issues related to children, youth, media, culture and development, with a bias towards african and children's cinema
    Chris WinsomeChris Winsome
    Christopher Winsome is the Publisher of Cinema Minima for Movie Makers
    Kietryn ZychalKietryn Zychal
    Kietryn Zychal is a Correspondent for the New York Bureau of Cinema Minima. She has worked as a journalist in the American state of Pennsylvania. Prior to working as a journalist, Zychal was an actress. She toured several American states performing a one-woman show “Merely the Ravings of a Maniac,” that she wrote and produced. Her screenplay, “What Comes Next,” is a dark comedy about the difficulty of being married to a professional golfer. Zychal is writing a TV pilot called “Eco-Hookers.” She was educated at Lehigh University and studied abroad in England and Switzerland.
    Suddhasatya GhoshSuddhasatya Ghosh
    Suddhasatya Ghosh is based in Kolkata, West Bengal, India
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