• Maria Govan, 'Play The Devil'
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    Maria Govan, 'Play The Devil'

    2016-06-04T03:07:00Z

    Ahead of the world premiere on June 4 at the Los Angeles Film Festival, the Bahamian talks to Jeremy Kay about her high-stakes follow-up to her Toronto 2008 selection Rain.

  • Rain (Lluvia)
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    Rain (Lluvia)

    2008-09-07T01:55:00Z

    Dir: Maria Govan. The Bahamas. 2008. 93 mins.One of the first indigenously produced films to come out of the Bahamas, Maria Govan’s Rain shows a different side to Nassau where, in the shadows of luxury resorts and ocean liners, lives a subset of islanders battling the ...

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    Govan's Rain to open Bahamas International Film Festival

    2008-09-11T05:47:00Z

    Maria Govan's drama Rain, one of the first indigenously produced films to come out of the Bahamas, will open the Bahamas International Film Festival (BIFF), set to run from December 4-11 in Nassau.Rain received its world premiere in the Discovery section of the Toronto International Film Festival last weekend and ...

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    Toronto reviews

    2008-09-04T14:37:00Z

    Gala PresentationsBurn After Reading (Joel and Ethan Coen)Dean Spanley (Toa Fraser)The Duchess (Saul Dibb)Fifty Dead Men Walking (Kari Skogland)La Fille De Monaco (Anne Fontaine)The Loss of a Teardrop Diamond (Jodie Markell)Nothing But The Truth (Rod Lurie)One Week (Michael McGowan)The Other Man (Richard Eyre)Passchendaele (Paul Gross)Pride And Glory (Gavin O'Connor)Rachel Getting ...

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    Fabian's Skin takes audience, jury prizes at Pan African Festival in LA

    2009-02-17T21:08:00Z

    Sean Baker's drama Prince Of Broadway won the 17th Annual Pan African Film And Arts Festival's narrative feature competition but the audience award went to Anthony Fabian's drama Skin starring Sophie Okonedo and Skin was also named Jury Favourite.Jihan El-Tahri's French production Cuba, An African Odyssey was named best documentary ...

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    Departures, Revanche take top prizes at Palm Springs Film Festival

    2009-01-19T21:56:00Z

    Gotz Spielmann's Austrian foreign language Oscar submission Revanche was awarded the FIPRESCI prize for best foreign language film of the year as the The 20th Annual Palm Springs International Film Festival came to a close on January 19.Natar Ungalaaq received the FIPRESCI Award for best actor for his performance in ...

  • Jason Jeffers and Jonathan Ali, Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival
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    Jason Jeffers and Jonathan Ali, Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival

    2016-09-29T06:56:00Z

    The founder of the inaugural Third Horizon Caribbean Film Festival and his friend, director of programming, preview this week’s event.