Screening Times @ Broughal Auditorium
1:15Pm Saturday, June 18 – One Screening Only!

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IMANI won the OIF (Organisation internationale de la francophonie) prize for the best full-length film at the prestigious African Film festival in Montréal,  Canada called “Vues D’Afrigue” that ran in April and May 2011.

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Way to go IMANI team!

As one of 17 films selected for the “International Digital Feature Film’s Competition” the judges awarded IMANI the SILVER AWARD. 

“Imani” vibrantly captures three vignettes of life in modern day Uganda: A child soldier returning to the parents who could not protect him, a woman fighting to get her wrongly accused sister out of jail, and a youth dance troop leader struggling to simply get through a hometown performance. 

Presiding over the winning decision is Bassek Ba Kobhio (director, Cameroon), George Papalios (president, Greek Film Center), Agnes Kocsis (director, Hungary), Celina Jaitley (actress, India), Najwa Najar (writer/director, Palestine), Nelly Karim (actress, Egypt) and Saadet Isil Aksoy (actress, Turkey). 

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Jury: Jan Topolski – film critics working with the “Cinema” and the Association “New Horizons”, Anna Kilian – film critic, journalist, “Zycie Warszawy” and “Rzeczpospolita” Bart reek – PhD student at Warsaw University afrykanistyki; decided that the Critics Award for best feature film is awarded to ”Imani,” directed by Caroline Kama (Uganda, 2010). In support of the jury wrote: “the ability to present complex realities of the historical, social country in the condensed time being taken to attempt to settle the past and dealt with, inter alia, describing the problems of the country and women in society.”

“Best Full Length Feature Film Director” for Director Caroline Kamya and her film IMANI. For its freshness and subtlety, which manifests the capacity of the new generation of African filmmakers to express their vision of the world.

“Best Actress in Full Length Feature” for lead actress Rehema Nanfuka. For her gentle and congenial interpretation of a woman trapped in a difficult life situation.

The prestigious African Movie Academy Awards were held in Nigeria on the 1oth of April 2010 over the weekend. Director of IMANI Caroline Kamya and lead actress Reheman Nanfuka were invited to attend as nominees. 

The redcarpet event was attended by the top african movie elite and African Americal Hollywood actors CCH Pounder of “The Sheild and the Xfiles” and Gynn Turman most famous for “The Wire”.

IMANI won top honours for an african language film “BEST FILM” and Most Promising Actress for Rehema Nanfuka.

Check out the video clip on IMANI YouTube. 

Well done to all the cast and crew of IMANI. Next is the premiere in Kampala.

TO QUALIFY YOU MUST;

1)Tell us which programme you where watching or listening to when you heard about the competition, what day and what time.

2) You must also  BECOME A FRIEND OF “imani movie” ON FACEBOOK and be accepted by imani movie facebook.

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1) How many main characters are there in IMANI and what are their real names

2) What was the first film festival to screen IMANI

3) Which country did the IMANI camera team come from

4) From which month will you be able to watch IMANI at CINEPLEX

5) How many AMAA AWARDS was IMANI nominated for in MARCH 2010 and what are they for.

TOP WINNER – VIP TICKETS TO THE RED CARPET PREMIERE

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Where to send your answers;

Email Ian <marketing@ivadproductions.com> with your facebook name, full name, telephone number and the answers to these questions.

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