Mirror of Beauty lifts Nollywood high in Cannes

By Azuh Amatus

In faraway France, at the on – going prestigious Cannes Films Festival, Mirror of Beauty, an epic Nollywood movie shot on 35mm, has made history for Nigeria and indeed, the African continent.

Good news filtering in has it that the movie, from the stable of Atlantic Overseas, has been accepted and endorsed for the main screening at the biggest filmmakers gathering globally. In fact, for over 30 years, no Nigerian movie has ever achieved such an unprecedented feat.

Confirming the good news, Chief Eddie Ugbomah, who is in France, said the official letter confirming the acceptance of the movie from the organisers of Cannes was routed through his office.

Also speaking before jetting out for the revered festival, Mr. Andrien Gbinigie, the executive producer of the historic flick and honcho of Atlantic Overseas, posited that the value of the positive image the feat would confer on Nigeria cannot be quantified in excess of billions of dollars. “ Its invaluable and I’m using this medium to call on the relevant authorities to use this medium, as a positive image making tool globally. With this feat, Nollywood will also stand tall among other great movie making nations that will be at the main screening.”

It would be recalled that Mirror of Beauty, which was directed by Okey Zubelu Okoh, was screened at the Odeon and Cineworld cinemas in the UK. It won the award of the best Music Score, at the recently held AMA-Awards and best Costume at the just ended Zuma Film Festival. The movie stars top thespians like: Olu Jacobs, Chika Ike, Mike Ezuronye, Ebere Okaro, Amaechi Muonagor and several others.

In a brief chat, Ejike Asiegbu, the national president of the Actors Guild Of Nigeria- AGN, argued that the feat was a major boost not only for Nollywood, but the African motion picture industry as a whole. He also called on the government to support such laudable initiatives, for a greater Nollywood.

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Wow, This is Amazing! To think that i have this movie and have yet to see it...All I can say is that I'm watching it today!

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To catch me you gotta be fast, To find me, you gotta be smart, To be me!!! Damn!!! U gotta be kidding!!!

S-M-I-L-E!! It makes ppl wonder wot U r up to!!

The movie was trash.

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big lie abeg.this movie WAS NOT SCREENED IN CANNES!........419 report!

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coming soon.my pple are at cannes !
this report was engineered by some reporters to get the money bag who sponsored the movie to drop more money and he did ................full reports coming soon.

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Chei!

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RIP Pastor Ify Irukwu ....

I'm looking forward to experiencing some Unspeakable Joy!

Thanks. Its certainly something our people can do. Thing is its also easy to disprove/confirm...

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real trash

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Here is a complete list of the movies at this year's cannes and i dont see mirror of beauty in it.

Feature films in Competition
ADORATION directed by Atom EGOYAN
BLINDNESS directed by Fernando MEIRELLES
CHE directed by Steven SODERBERGH
DELTA directed by Kornel MUNDRUCZO
ENTRE LES MURS (THE CLASS) directed by Laurent CANTET
ER SHI SI CHENG JI directed by Zhangke JIA
GOMORRA (GOMORRAH) directed by Matteo GARRONE
IL DIVO directed by Paolo SORRENTINO
L'ÉCHANGE (CHANGELING) directed by Clint EASTWOOD
LA FRONTIÈRE DE L'AUBE (FRONTIER OF DAWN) directed by Philippe GARREL
LA MUJER SIN CABEZA (THE HEADLESS WOMAN) directed by Lucrecia MARTEL
LE SILENCE DE LORNA (LORNA’S SILENCE) directed by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE
LEONERA directed by Pablo TRAPERO
LINHA DE PASSE directed by Walter SALLES, Daniela THOMAS
MY MAGIC directed by Eric KHOO
PALERMO SHOOTING directed by Wim WENDERS
SERBIS directed by Brillante MENDOZA
SYNECDOCHE, NEW YORK directed by Charlie KAUFMAN
TWO LOVERS directed by James GRAY
ÜÇ MAYMUN (THREE MONKEYS) directed by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN
UN CONTE DE NOËL (A CHRISTMAS TALE) directed by Arnaud DESPLECHIN
WALTZ WITH BASHIR directed by Ari FOLMAN


Un Certain Regard
A FESTA DA MENINA MORTA (THE DEAD GIRL'S FEAST) directed by Matheus NACHTERGAELE
AFTERSCHOOL directed by Antonio CAMPOS
DE OFRIVILLIGA (INVOLUNTARY) directed by Ruben ÖSTLUND
HUNGER directed by Steve MCQUEEN
JE VEUX VOIR directed by Joana HADJITHOMAS, Khalil JOREIGE
JOHNNY MAD DOG directed by Jean-Stéphane SAUVAIRE
LA VIE MODERNE (MODERN LIFE) directed by Raymond DEPARDON
LOS BASTARDOS directed by Amat ESCALANTE
MILH HADHA AL-BAHR (SALT OF THIS SEA) directed by Annemarie JACIR
O' HORTEN directed by Bent HAMER
OCEAN FLAME directed by Fen Dou LIU
SOI COWBOY directed by Thomas CLAY
TING CHE directed by Mong-Hong CHUNG
TOKYO SONATA directed by Kiyoshi KUROSAWA
TOKYO! directed by Michel GONDRY, Leos CARAX, Joon Ho BONG
TULPAN directed by Sergey DVORTSEVOY
TYSON directed by James TOBACK
VERSAILLES directed by Pierre SCHOELLER
WENDY AND LUCY (WENDY ET LUCY) directed by Kelly REICHARDT
WOLKE 9 (CLOUD 9) directed by Andreas DRESEN


Out of Competition
INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL directed by Steven SPIELBERG
KUNG FU PANDA directed by Mark OSBORNE, John STEVENSON
MARADONA BY KUSTURICA directed by Emir KUSTURICA
SURVEILLANCE directed by Jennifer LYNCH
THE CHASER directed by Hong-Jin NA
THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE WEIRD directed by Jee-woon KIM
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA directed by Woody ALLEN
WHAT JUST HAPPENED? directed by Barry LEVINSON


Special screenings
ASHES OF TIME REDUX directed by Kar Wai WONG
C'EST DUR D'ÊTRE AIMÉ PAR DES CONS directed by Daniel LECONTE
CHELSEA ON THE ROCKS directed by Abel FERRARA
OF TIME AND THE CITY directed by Terence DAVIES
ROMAN POLANSKI: WANTED AND DESIRED directed by Marina ZENOVICH
SANGUEPAZZO directed by Marco Tullio GIORDANA
THE THIRD WAVE directed by Alison THOMPSON


Cinefondation
BA YUE SHI WU (AUGUST 15TH) directed by Xuan JIANG
BLIND SPOT directed by Johanna BESSIERE, Cécile DUBOIS HERRY, Nicolas CHAUVELOT, Simon ROUBY, Olivier CLERT, Yvon JARDEL
EL RELOJ (THE WATCH) directed by Marco BERGER
ET DANS MON COEUR J'EMPORTERAI (AND I’LL KEEP IN MY HEART ) directed by Sung-A YOON
FORBACH directed by Claire BURGER
GATA directed by Diana MKRTCHYAN
GESTERN IN EDEN (THE OTHER DAY IN EDEN) directed by Jan SPECKENBACH
HIMNON (ANTHEM) directed by Elad KEIDAN
ILLUSION DWELLERS directed by Robb ELLENDER
INTERIOR. SCARA DE BLOC (INTERIOR. BLOC OF FLATS HALLWAY) directed by Ciprian ALEXANDRESCU
KESTOMERKITSIJÄT (ROADMARKERS) directed by Juho KUOSMANEN
NAUS directed by Lukás GLASER
O SOM E O RESTO (SOUND AND THE REST) directed by André LAVAQUIAL
SHTIKA (SILENCE) directed by Hadar MORAG
STOP directed by Jae-Ok PARK
THE MAID directed by Heidi SAMAN
THIS IS A STORY ABOUT TED AND ALICE directed by Teressa TUNNEY


Short films in Competition
411-Z (411-Z) directed by Dániel ERDÉLYI
BUEN VIAJE (GOOD TRIP) directed by Javier PALLEIRO, Guillermo ROCAMORA
DE MOINS EN MOINS directed by Mélanie LAURENT
EL DESEO (THE DESIRE) directed by Marie BENITO
JERRYCAN (JERRYCAN) directed by Julius AVERY
LOVE YOU MORE (LOVE YOU MORE) directed by Sam TAYLOR-WOOD
MEGATRON (MEGATRON) directed by Marian CRISAN
MY RABIT HOPPY (MY RABIT HOPPY) directed by Anthony LUCAS
SMÁFUGLAR (2 BIRDS) directed by Rúnar RÚNARSSON

na wah ...not even one naija movie is on that list ...heheheheh

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SOMETIMES IT IS HARD TO SEE THE PLACE,GOD HAS CALLED YOU AS A PLACE OF BLESSING, BUT THATS WHEN YOU'VE GOT TO HOLD ON AND TRUST THE PROCESS
PEOPLE TEND TO DRAW OTHERS BACK FROM THINGS THEY SECRETLY WOULD HAVE LOVED TO DO BUT ARE NOT CAPABLE OR DARING ENOUGH TO DO
THEY WILL ALWAYS TALK BUT YOUR CHOICE IN WHO YOU LISTEN TO IS WHAT MATTERS......

that's the thing with most Nigerian lies... they're usually the most basic, easiest things to disprove and i wonder why they even bother at all...

Any film can be screened in Cannes just pay the application fee and walaaaaaaa

Too bad it wast that good sha..

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Shame!

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