Nigerian Times

2nd Eko International Film Festival Programme Saturday July 9th – Thursday July 14th, 2011 SATURDAY, July 9th OPENING DAY @ Silverbird Galleria, 133 Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos Hosted by __________ 9:00am – 10:00am Arrival of Guests, Participants and Attendants. 10:00am – 10:30am National Anthem and Opening remarks 10:30am – 12:00 noon CHANGING FACES/ Nigerian Premiere By Faruk Lasaki/ Nigeria / 2009 / 92 min Faruk Lasaki’s Changing Faces suggests personal angels and demons are not simply metaphorical, but wield a tangible influence on mortals which we cannot comprehend. Marriage means little to Lola, the hedonistic journalist. Unmarried herself, she refuses to let a mere trifle like a wedding ring deter her from a promising sexual encounter. However, the devoutly Christian Dale Svenson takes marriage very seriously. He is even prim and proper with his own wife. Assigned to cover the painfully dull architectural conference he will address, the uptight Svenson catche...

Korean-Brazilian filmmaker Iara Lee [Photo: Michael (Yeong-ung) Yang, The Korea Central Daily News] International award winning Korean Brazilian film producer and director Lara Lee is among the leading filmmakers who have already submitted films for the 2nd Eko International Film Festival coming up from Saturday July 9 to Thursday July 14, at the Silverbird Galleria in Lagos, Nigeria. The popular filmmaker who is based in New York City celebrated as the director of the documentaries Synthetic Pleasures and Modulations, as well as for her involvement with the "Gaza Freedom Flotilla", in which at least nine pro-Palestinian activists were killed by Israeli naval forces. She is the founder of the Caipirinha Foundation and a member of the Council of Advisors to the National Geographic Society. Lee was the producer of the São Paulo International Film Festival. "Synthetic Pleasures", which deals with the impact of high technology on mass culture was nominated for the Gr...

Frank Adekunle Macaulay at the venue of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival Frank Adekunle Macaulay the Director of Photographer and CEO of Frank Adekunle Macaulay Production and Christian Nwankpa, one of the Executive Producers of Dangeous Men and an executive of the production company Gu International Pictures (G.I.P) went to the 61st Berlin International Film Festival, Berlinale to promote their movies and meet with prospective partners for international co-productions and distributions. Christian Nwankpa at the venue of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival Christian Nwankpa at the venue of the 61st Berlin International Film Festival DANGEROUS MEN is a thriller by GuGu E. Michaels an accomplished filmmaker who has worked as a director and producer on a number of commercial and independent projects including the feature films "Thugz", "Repentance" and "Dangerous County". He has also helmed a number of campaigns for retailers like Cadilla...