Saturday 31 October 9pm at Odeon Cinema (Greenwich) – UK Première

SYNOPSIS
The Figurine (Araromire) is a multi-cultural and contemporary feature highlighting essence and efficacy of tradition, friendship, betrayal and love.

It transcends both the ancient and the modern day.
Two buddies and a girl…all down on their luck have their lives changed after one of them discovers “ARAROMIRE”, a mysterious figurine in an abandoned shrine which according to ancient legend bestows seven years of good luck.
But, no one told them about the next seven years…

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Invitation

Golden Effects and DJMedia in association with the London African Film Festival invites you to the UK premiere of :

VENUE

ODEON Greenwich
Bugsby’s Way, Greenwich, London, SE10 0QJ (Next to Holiday Inn Express)

TIME

Doors open 9pm, Red Carpet & Photo Ops 9.30pm,
Premiere starts 10.30pm prompt

CONFIRMED INVITED GUESTS

Kunle Afolayan, Ramsey Nouah, Funlola Awofiyebi – Raimi, Lola Maja
+ UK based celebrities from the Film & Music industry
+ Media personalities from TV, Magazines & Newspapers.

TICKETS

Standard: £10
Premier: £15.

TICKET OUTLETS

Available from October 13th.

East: Tomi’s Kitchen (Hackney) Tel: 020 8986 6226
East: Bronze Bar (Barking rd, Canning Town) Tel: 020 7511 4252
South East: Tomi’s Kitchen (Deptford) Tel: 020 8694 9352
South East: Presidential (Old Kent rd) Tel: 020 7708 4491 ,
South East: Tasty’s (Woolwich) Tel: 020 8854 2171 ,
West: Mama Calabar (Wembley Park) Tel:020 8902 2277
North West: D’Den (Cricklewood) Tel: 020 8830 5000

24HR TICKET HOTLINES

Tel: 079 56 37 44 73
Tel: 078 59 92 61 00
Tel: 079 32 42 41 75

INFO

Tel: 079 46 81 12 53
WEB: www.figurinemovie.com

AFTER PARTY

Follows immediately @ PLANET NOLLYWOOD with DJ ABASS.
TIME: 10pm – 4.30am
With cast & crew and all invited celebs on 2 Floors of Music.
DJ’s: Shola-B, Whateva & Mc Data

MEDIA PARTNERS

HITV (Sky 204)
Nollywood Movies (Sky 329)
Trumpet Newpapers
Check Out Magazine
Vivacity PR
Masino Magazine
M&M Magazine
Gbedu Magazine

Saturday 28 November 4.00pm at The Lexi Cinema – UK Première – Book Now!

This award winning drama is a South African Romeo and Juliet tale, GUGU AND ANDILE is a love-story set against the backdrop of the war that raged through South Africa’s townships in the early 1990s. It tells the tale of two star-crossed lovers, unlucky enough to be born into families on opposite sides of the political and cultural divide. Gugu, a sweet and innocent sixteen-year old, comes from a Zulu-speaking family, while Andile, eighteen and equally ready for love, comes from a family steeped in the Xhosa tradition.
Their love is thoroughly disapproved of by the rest of the community. In the prevailing climate it is forbidden for two people from such different backgrounds to form a connection. The war, with its cultural differences and associated political allegiances, encroaches on Gugu and Andile’s lives and, in spite of their resistance, they become deeply embroiled. As in the original Romeo and Juliet, they will both lose loved ones and go through flame and fire for the sake of their love.

Director: Minky Schlesinger
Writer: Lodi Matsetela
Cast: Litha Booi,Lungelo Dhladhla
Country: South Africa
Year: 2008
Runtime: 96 min

Saturday 28 Nov 6.30pm at Ciné Lumière – UK Première – Book Now!

Amal Setta and Hicham Bahloul in Burned Hearts

Amin’s uncle is dying. He returns hurriedly to Fes in the hope of freeing himself from the pain inflicted to him by the man who brought him up. The confrontation between the two is not what Amin expected. Every corner of the city reminds him of his difficult childhood, and the film cleverly interweaves his memories and internal struggles with the lives of those around him. Revealing with subtlety conflicts in contemporary Moroccan’s society, Burned Hearts also features an excellent soundtrack.

Director: Ahmed El Maanouni
Writer: Ahmed El Maanouni
Cast:
Country: Morocco
Year: 2007
Runtime: 84 min

Thursday  3 December 6.30pm at Rich Mix – UK Première – Book Now!

Winner of the best documentary at the African Movie Academy Awards 2009, the documentary is about the the Galmi purple, the onion from Niger that pervades West African markets with 400,000 tons a year. In Galmi, Salamatou’s been waiting for her wedding for 2 years. Her father Yaro, urged both by her future in-laws and the village gossip makes a decision : «The wedding will take place at the harvest !» Yaro is aware that to be up to his commitment this time, he has to produce more and sell at a higher price …

Director: Sani Elhadj Magori
Writer: Sani Elhadj Magori
Cast:
Country: France-Niger
Year: 2008
Runtime: 52 min

Monday 30 November 8.30pm at Rich Mix – UK Première – Book Now!

Adera is a heart wrenching story about a young woman Marlan who is an Ethiopian immigrant in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa. She quickly discovers that Johannesburg is not the promised city of gold and struggles to provide for her children back home in Ethiopia. Through a series of twisted circumstances, she ends up as a surrogate mother for a wealthy Ethiopian couple, Tiru and Fre.Their fate is tied up with that of Biru a shady middleman who is central to story’s dramatic turns of love, deception and the human spirit to survive.

Director: Nega Tariku
Writers: Alemayehu Kifle
Cast: Alemayehu Kifle,Rahel Ashenafu
Country: Ethiopia-South Africa
Year: 2008
Runtime: 107 min

Sunday 29 November 6.30pm at Rich Mix – UK Première – Book Now!

This simple and very likeable debut feature is set in central African country of Chad. Majid as a captain of a local club who dreams of dreams of one day of playing in the Nu Camp, home of Barcelona Football Club. The young captain is only a few days away from the town’s championship game when Faiza, the team president’s daughter, catches his eye and that of the coach too. In the wake of his glory on the pitch and his wish to take Faiza’ hand in marriage, Majid makes a decision of grave impact.

Director: Abakar Chene Massa
Writer: Abakar Chene Massa
Cast: Abkar Chene Massar, Naadech Ngaryo,Ousman Adoum
Country: Chad-Canada
Year: 2009
Runtime: 96 min