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LadyFlo
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| | Subject: Liberia film wins Tribeca honour Wed May 07, 2008 11:15 pm | |
| A documentary about female peace activists in Liberia has won best documentary at New York's annual Tribeca Film Festival.
Pray the Devil Back to Hell follows the role women played in ending civil war in the west African country through peaceful protests.
Swedish coming-of-age horror Let the Right One In picked up the award for best narrative feature.
The winner of the best film award will be announced on 3 May.
'Mesmerising'
Let the Right One In tells the tale of a 12-year-old boy who is the victim of bullying and dreams of revenge.
The Tribeca jury said it won "for its mesmerising exploration of loneliness and alienation through masterful re-examination of the vampire myth."
Both winning films beat 11 other finalists and each won $25,000 (£12,600).
Other award winners included Huseyin Karabey as best new narrative film-maker for My Marlon and Brando and Carlos Carcas who won best new documentary film-maker for Old Man Bebo for his portrait of Cuban musician Bebo Valdes.
While Thomas Turgoose and Piotr Jagiello shared the best actor award for British film Somers Town and Eileen Walsh won best actress in Irish film Eden.
Tribeca's artistic director, Peter Scarlet, said most of the prizes at the festival were "going to film-makers and performers who are all at an early stage of their careers."
Founded by actor Robert De Niro, the festival was started in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks on the US to help rejuvenate lower Manhattan. |
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LadyFlo
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| | Subject: Re: Liberia film wins Tribeca honour Wed May 07, 2008 11:27 pm | |
| The link is http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/7379476.stm  for Liberia's film industry |
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| | Subject: Re: Liberia film wins Tribeca honour Thu May 08, 2008 12:47 am | |
| wow!! Bravo to us..... let me read more
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| | Subject: Re: Liberia film wins Tribeca honour Thu May 08, 2008 1:05 am | |
| i think they showing it tomorrow at the women's conference-city hall. |
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LadyFlo
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| | Subject: Re: Liberia film wins Tribeca honour Thu May 08, 2008 1:19 am | |
| Ehh yahh... Do they have copies here for sales? will sure love to get a copy. | krazzy wrote: | | i think they showing it tomorrow at the women's conference-city hall. |
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| | Subject: Re: Liberia film wins Tribeca honour Thu May 08, 2008 1:23 am | |
| ahn know yet o Lady. i will check but i will go see it tomorrow. :  serious, i will check and put info around the waterside area and yr pm :D |
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| | Subject: Re: Liberia film wins Tribeca honour Fri May 09, 2008 12:48 am | |
| Thank GOD we are going places. |
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| | Subject: Re: Liberia film wins Tribeca honour Sun May 11, 2008 7:59 am | |
| Very exciting news.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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| | Subject: Re: Liberia film wins Tribeca honour Mon May 12, 2008 5:22 am | |
| I "demanded" that it come to the DC area. |
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LadyFlo
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| | Subject: Re: Liberia film wins Tribeca honour Mon May 12, 2008 11:46 pm | |
| | Traveller wrote: | | I "demanded" that it come to the DC area. |
And was you demand honored?  |
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| | Subject: Re: Liberia film wins Tribeca honour Tue May 13, 2008 11:27 pm | |
| Congrats to us!! Small small, we going :D |
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| | Subject: Re: Liberia film wins Tribeca honour Fri May 23, 2008 4:18 pm | |
| Did you see it? how was it? | krazzy wrote: | | i think they showing it tomorrow at the women's conference-city hall. |
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| | Subject: Re: Liberia film wins Tribeca honour Wed Jun 11, 2008 12:21 pm | |
| Will our country Liberia be a country again? |
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for ur info on it.