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DRC film a surprise hit at Toronto

12 October, 2011 - 10:12

Djo Tunda wa Munga describes the reception to his debut film, Viva Riva, as a 'total fairy tale'. By Theresa Smith

“Sometimes people hear these stories about ‘the director finished the film, he ran with the film to the festival, and people liked it’.

“This is what happened to me,” says the first-time writer-director of Viva Riva, currently on circuit in South Africa.

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Star talent vying for co-production deals at Strategic Partners 2011

25 August, 2011 - 00:00

Michael Auret (Black Butterflies, Master Harold and the Boys), Lance Samuels (The Bang Bang Club, Lucky), Mevlut Akkaka (Five Minarets in New York, with Danny Glover and Mohammad Ali), Australia's Sue Maslin (Japanese Story, Hunt Angels), and Christina Piovesan (The Whistleblower, Amreeka) are among the producers attending Strategic Partners 2011 – Canada's premier international co-production

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