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THE LEDGEND OF THE SKY KINGDOM @ London Film Festival 2003


"GIVE US PEACE" (2002) a short film by Ingrid Sinclair


Shamila Kara & Jonathan Kamupando in "Pie Jesus" from the film "Give us Peace"

'Give Us Peace' ::a short film, filmed in 2002, based on the experiences of a dancer, Jonathan Kamupando, who leaves his young daughter to go to perform in the 'Pie Jesu' section of Faure's 'Requiem' choreographed by Viv Hamblin DANCE PEOPLE. On the way he encounters 'pre-election' troubles in Harare.

 

 

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Zimbabwe International Film Festival

Check out the latest on ZIFF’s exciting new website developed by Cyberplex Africa.You will be able to access information on ZIFF’s profile; our background, festival highlights, outreach projects, film submission guidelines, sponsorship information, Short Film Project and Film Forum facts. Watch out for ‘What’s New’ for regular updates of what’s screening at the Harare Film Society, progress on the Short Film Project and, as our next edition takes shape, what to anticipate in the upcoming Zimbabwe International Film Festival in September 2003.

 


THE LEDGEND OF THE SKY KINGDOM @ London Film Festival UK (Oct 2003)
Ewen Findlay writes::

Finally, the Zimbabwean junk movie hits the shores of England!
We have just heard back from the London Film Festival that our movie "The Legend of the Sky Kingdom" has been accepted and will be showing twice within the period of the festival 22 Oct - 6 Nov. The times and locations are as follows:
Sun 26 Oct 16.00 National Film Theatre 2 (160 seats)
Thu 30 Oct 14.30 Tricycle Theatre (North London) (280 seats)
For booking information etc. you can access their website at www.lff.org.uk
The movie has done extremely well in terms of its acceptance into various other festivals and from the feedback received, the film was edited down by 10mins. The new version screened at an animation festival in Korea last month and actually premiered in Zim on Friday!
We thought we would let you know in case you got a chance to see the completed product in London. The website is now up and running at www.thelegendoftheskykingdom.com
Best regards, Ewen Findlay
Sunrise Productions, Harare, Zimbabwe

 

THE LEDGEND OF THE SKY KINGDOM :: due to be released in mid 2003
A first in Africa - full length Animation feature
Sunrise Productions, an innovative young company based in Zimbabwe, Africa,
will make history later this year when it releases its full-length animation
adventure "The Legend of The Sky Kingdom".

This is an exciting and unusual independent production with a unique African
flavour – loads of fun and action for the whole family. While
Africa has produced many short animated films, never before has a
full-length (90 minutes) feature been attempted.

Using model animation, the talented production team has developed an
extremely original African-flavoured style within the discipline of
stop-motion animation. The story is of three children who make a daring
escape from the underground city in which they are slaves of the Evil
Emperor. They go in search of the Sky Kingdom and the great Prince Ariel. An
epic journey follows their escape, fraught with dangers, during which they
meet many different animals – some friends and some foes!! In a dramatic
roller coaster ride, from forest to plain, through rivers and
canyons, their exciting journey unfolds and as it does – so do their
characters.

Issued on behalf of Sunrise by Activate Communications, tel +263-4-885107,
mbanga@hms.co.zw