The final screening dates for the 2011 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) have been announced with the locations:

MBGN Screening Dates and Venues:

• May 31, 2011. Royal Marble Hotel, Benin, Edo State.

• June 2, 2011. Sports Cafe, Silverbird Showtime, Akwa Ibom Tropicana, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State.

• June 4, 2011. Platinum Lounge Silverbird Entertainment Centre, Abuja (FCT)

• June 6, 2011. Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Follow the MBGN on Facebook to see more details, photos and videos of the contestants.

For confirmation and inquiry, please contact: mbgn@silverbirdgroup.com

Fiona Aforma Amuzie was crowned MBGN World 2010 (Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2010 World). MBGN 2010 held on the 22nd of May at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites, Lagos. And she represented Nigeria at MISS WORLD 2010.

The Most Beautiful Girl In Nigeria (MBGN)

Beauty Pageant Holds June 25 at Eko Hotel & Suites ,Victoria Island Lagos .
There are 34 beautiful contestants from different states in Nigeria. The event starts By 6pm .

V1 ABIA Gabriella Ndu
V2 ABUJA Tessy Maduko
V3 ADAMAWA Nwando Ebeledike
V4 AKWA-IBOM Kome Osalov
V5 ANAMBRA Ify Jewana
V6 BAYELSA Sophie Jewal
V7 BAUCHI Chantelle Unachukm
V8 BENUE Josephine Igochie
V9 BORNO Gbemisola Shotade
V10 CROSS RIVER Agotha Eriom
V11 DELTA Chidebe Joyce
V12 EBONYI Delphine Okaban
V13 EDO Onabu Obehioye Liliane
V14 EKITI Awettada Ovoke
V15 ENUGU Obioma Isiwu
V16 GOMBE Jennifer Igwegbe
V17 IMO Urenna Oyeneke
V18 KOGI Okafov Ohichi
V19 KWARA Ngwu Oganna Linda
V20 LAGOS Grace Ndaw
V21 NASARAWA Menkiti Sylvia
V22 NIGER Amanda Simon
V23 OGUN Ige Temifope
V24 ONDO Tobi Banjoko
V25 OSUN Metu Kelechi
V26 OYO Florentina Nneka Agu
V27 PLATEAU Onaja Lovette
V28 RIVERS Mitchelle Ijeh
V29 TARABA Sylvia Nduka
V30 YOBE Lotachukm Ugwu
V31 JIGAWA Eneka Gloria
V32 KADUNA Olanide Aroguma V33 KANO Deborah Enebeli
V34 KATSINA Kenechukm Offiah

Meet the 2011 Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria contestants for 2011

Jeta Amata

Nick Vivarelli of the Variety reported that the ambitious Nigerian filmmaker is already working on a new international film after making “Black Gold”.

Amata’s “Black Gold” had a market premiere at the 64th Cannes Film Festival. The film on the Niger Delta crisis featured top Hollywood actors like Tom Sizemore, Billy Zane and Hakeem Kae-Kazim.

“Journeys of One” will be a way to provide a more genuine take on the Big Pharma in Africa theme tackled by Hollywood in Fernando Meirelles’ “The Constant Gardner”. We like Hollywood coming to tell our story; but they miss some of the essence of the African point of view,” Amata said.

Variety reported that Amata, producer Soledad Grognett and Ranvaud are looking for a name African-American actor for one of the key roles in “Journeys” and likely to also feature an Indian star.

“The idea is to make it Hollywood, Nollywood — as the Nigerian film industry is know — and Bollywood; the three biggest markets in the world,” said Amata. “If you go to the remote villages where they don’t have proper means of communication, you find people just dying unnecessarily,” he added. “And though they don’t realize it, the real thing that killed them was some drug that they weren’t meant to take.”

“The environment in Nigeria makes it a haven for these people (the pharmaceutical companies) to run whatever tests they want and treat people like rats and guinea pigs,” Grognett added.

~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima

CALL FOR ENTRY
2ND EKO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

The 2nd Edition of the Eko International Film Festival (EKOIFF) will be held from 9-14 July, 2011, in Lagos, Nigeria.

The different categories of film to be submitted are:

Feature Length
Short Films
Fiction
Comedy
Drama
Horror
Documentaries
Student
1 minute short films.

The submission deadlines:
Standard Deadline: May 30, 2011
Late Deadline: June 15, 2011
Final Deadline: June 25, 2011

Applications for submitting films to the 2nd EKOIFF will be available on the official EKOIFF.
For more information, visit the official EKOIFF website www.ekoiff.com, or send e-mail to contact@ekoiff.com (see link: http://www.ekoiff.com/submit.htm)

Address: 1 Bajulaiye Road, Opposite Skye bank plc Shomolu, Lagos, Nigeria
Tel: +2348033036171, +2347066379246.
Email: contact@ekoiff.com
Website: www.ekoiff.com

Jury President Robert de Niro (L) shakes hands with producer Bill Pohlad (R) who receives the Palme d’Or award for the film ”The Tree of Life”, by director Terrence Malick, as they pose with Camera d’Or award winner director Pablo Giorgelli (2nd L) during the closing ceremony of the 64th Cannes Film Festival, May 22, 2011.
Credit: Reuters/Eric Gaillard.

Sunday evening, American director Terrence Malick’s The Tree of Life won the prestigious Palme d’Or of the 64th Cannes Film Festival.

This is Malick’s fifth feature, starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain. The film story centers around a family with three boys in the 1950s. The eldest son witnesses the loss of innocence.

SYNOPSIS
The Tree of Life is the impressionistic story of a Midwestern family in the 1950’s. The film follows the life journey of the eldest son, Jack, through the innocence of childhood to his disillusioned adult years as he tries to reconcile a complicated relationship with his father. Jack finds himself a lost soul in the modern world, seeking answers to the origins and meaning of life while questioning the existence of faith.

FEATURE FILMS

• Palme d’Or

  THE TREE OF LIFE directed by Terrence MALICK

• Grand Prix Ex-aequo

  BIR ZAMANLAR ANADOLU’DA (ONCE UPON A TIME IN ANATOLIA) directed by Nuri Bilge CEYLAN

• LE GAMIN AU VÉLO (THE KID WITH A BIKE) directed by Jean-Pierre et Luc DARDENNE

• Award for Best Director

  Nicolas WINDING REFN for DRIVE

• Award for Best Screenplay

  Joseph CEDAR for HEARAT SHULAYIM (Footnote)

• Award for Best Actress

  Kirsten DUNST in MELANCHOLIA directed by Lars VON TRIER

• Award for Best Actor

  Jean DUJARDIN in THE ARTIST directed by Michel HAZANAVICIUS

• Jury Prize

  POLISSE (POLISS) directed by MAÏWENN

• Vulcain Prize for an artist technician, awarded by the C.S.T.

  LA PIEL QUE HABITO (THE SKIN I LIVE IN) directed by José Luis ALCAINE

• Special Distinction by the C.S.T.

  WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN directed by Paul DAVIES, Joe BINI

SHORT FILMS

• Palme d’Or – Short Film

  CROSS (CROSS – COUNTRY) directed by Maryna VRODA

• Jury Prize – Short Film

  BADPAKJE 46 (SWIMSUIT 46) directed by Wannes DESTOOP

• Prize of Un Certain Regard Ex-aequo
ARIRANG directed by KIM Ki-Duk

• HALT AUF FREIER STRECKE (STOPPED ON TRACK) directed by Andreas DRESEN

• Un Certain Regard Special Jury Prize
ELENA directed by Andrey ZVYAGINTSEV

• Directing Prize of Un Certain Regard
BÉ OMID É DIDAR directed by Mohammad RASOULOF

CINEFONDATION :

• 1st Prize Cinéfondation
DER BRIEF (THE LETTER) directed by Doroteya DROUMEVA

• 2nd Prize – Cinéfondation
DRARI directed by Kamal LAZRAQ

• 3rd Prize Cinéfondation
YA-GAN-BI-HANG (FLY BY NIGHT) directed by SON Tae-gyum

The Jury
Robert De Niro
President of the Jury
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Olivier ASSAYAS
Director
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Martina GUSMAN
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Mahamat-Saleh HAROUN
Director
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Jude LAW
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Nansun SHI
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Uma THURMAN
Actress
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Johnnie TO
Director
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Linn ULLMANN