BITE THE MANGO FILM FESTIVAL 2007 (NATIONAL MEDIA MUSEUM)
KULTUR CINE CLUB SHOWCASES sponsored by |
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Kultur Cine Club will be presenting 2 showcases at the 13th Bite the Mango Film Festival: Iranian Cinema and Latin American Cinema, sponsored by Leeds Met.
Each showcase will count with an exciting mix of features, shorts and documentaries. In addition, the Brazilian strand part of the Latin American showcase on Tuesday 25 September will be introduced by Dr. Stephanie Dennison.
Dr Stephanie Dennison:
Stephanie is a Reader in Brazilian Studies at the University of Leeds. She is one of the founding members of the University's Centre for World Cinemas; has published widely on film, including two co-authored books on Brazilian cinema (Popular Cinema in Brazil, MUP, 2004 and Brazilian National Cinema, Rouledge, 2007) and has co-edited a book on World Cinema (Remapping World Cinema, Wallflower, 2005).
KULTUR CINE CLUB SHOWCASE: IRANIAN CINEMA
KULTUR CINE CLUB SHOWCASE: LATIN AMERICAN CINEMA
ABOUT BITE THE MANGO
Hosted at the National Media Museum (Bradford, UK), Bite the Mango was originally set up to promote Black and Asian filmmakers and filmmaking, as well as providing a platform to educate audiences of different cultures through the medium of film. The festival is now a World Cinemas festival, drawing influences from Africa, South Asia, the Far East and Latin America. This year’s festival dates are from 21–27 September.
Bite the Mango has been attended by star guests like Amitabh Bachchan, Mira Nair, Gurinder Chadha, Aamir Khan, Om Puri and Dilip Kumar to name a few. It has hosted screentalks, masterclasses and seminars on different subjects and last year, the first BTM Industry Weekend was introduced with overwhelming success.
The Industry Weekend has boasted speakers from all aspects of the filmmaking industry, as well as key figures who provide funding, distribution and international sales. This year, BTM will count with Jimi Mistry, Kristin Kreuk, Richard Attenborough and Geraldine James, subject to work commitments .
With Bradford being a very multicultural city, audiences are very diverse with communities from South Asia, Africa and Europe, as well as our audiences who regularly visit the cinema offerings. For information on previous festivals and guests, please visit www.bitethemango.org.uk
ABOUT THE NORTHERN FILM SCHOOL AT LEEDS MET
During the ten years of its existence, Northern Film School students, now based at the Electric Press building have won over fifty major awards at film festivals throughout the world. These include a BAFTA nomination, five major awards in the Kodak Student Commercial Competition, first prize at the prestigious Student Film Festival in Lodz, Poland, two first place awards at the Manhattan Independent Film Festival, the Yorkshire Film of the Year award, and the Specialist Critics' Award at the Poitiers Film Festival, featuring a screening at Cannes 2003.
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