Selected Titles
UPDATED FESTIVAL FILM SCREENING SCHEDULE - RTF 2017
OPENING CEREMONY SHOWCASE
FINAL LIST OF OPENING FILMS - #RTF2017
For our Opening Showcase this year, we'll be taking viewers through NINE UNIQUE EMOTIONS, as contained in 9 Short films from 8 countries.
All the listed films (Including one shot by a Child) will be shown during the Opening Ceremony come June 25th 2017, at Genesis Deluxe Cinemas, Maryland - Lagos.
All the listed films (Including one shot by a Child) will be shown during the Opening Ceremony come June 25th 2017, at Genesis Deluxe Cinemas, Maryland - Lagos.
(1) AMAKA'S KIN (2) BLACK ROSE (3) NEBEL(4) MO (5) FROM INSIDE (6) LILA (7) SETBACK OF THE SPIRIT (8) BORIS & BABETTE (9) LUNCH TIME
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LIST OF SELECTED MOVIES
REALTIME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION (June 13th, 2017) Eternally Child 10:10 What We Lose 12:09 MARGARET 13:03 Setback of the Spirit 14:49 SITA 5:23 Numbness 12:30 NANHI NEEND (MOM) 3:33 iRony 7:53 Nebel 2:45 in your eyes 1:00 The Secrets of the Trees 4:40 Punarjanma (Rebirth) 14:23 Mo 21:00 Running 16:45 Cain Hill - Trailer 1:03 Ukrainian Make Up History 1:00 Light Sight 7:34 For the Children 27:46 THIS IS MY BODY, THIS IS MY SOUL (ADVERTISING / COMMERCIAL) 0:41 Siren of the South: Stephanie Adlington 4:36 The New Mad Hatter Story 6:30 Others like you 16:34 Lunch Time 15:00 The Camel's Back 21:37 Samurai Rauni 01:20:00 AMAKA'S KIN - The Women of Nollywood 30:50 ITERUM 15:00 COMMON MAN 41:10 SAMOSA 12:45 The Collector 4:14 The Guilt List (Extended version) 16:53 Nobody Dies Here 23:21 |
LIST OF SELECTED MOVIES
REALTIME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION (June 14th, 2017) LIBBY 17:00 LILA 9:00 FUR AWAY 3:00 ALTO EL JUEGO 7:00 BOXGIRLS 19:00 GO TO CITY ELE 9:21 Oh So Quiet | Inure 4:44 Relentless 6:00 Sicela Amanzi (Water, Please) 12:00 Black Widow 01:30:00 Life Syndrome 10:52 Saving Dreams Official Movie Trailer 2:08 Pimp from da Hood - It's all about Meatballs! 1:00 First Encounter With Authority 17:00 HOT DOG BERLIN - WAKE UP YOUR INNER AMERICAN! 3:04 Percent 18:11 One Day Without Gravity 8:40 Below 0° 4:54 La vie d'un clown 10:09 Just words 23:57 Nameless Lands 5:33 Cowboys & Indians 0:00 Stabilia 4:23 Listen Up Emily 20:27 Children of the War 1:45 Agnus Dei 01:50:00 Tell me why you obsess me 3:28 String of the System 10:15 A long time ago in Silesia 15:40 Pechorin 01:36:46 Boris & Babette 8:09 The Interview 6:18 OTTO 10:00 |
LIST OF SELECTED MOVIES
REALTIME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION (June 15th, 2017) Honourable 24:54 Opeyemi. 17:29 My Nation 4:58 Tejumade 17:57 CUP OF WATER 2:47 Pull 3:24 Chamwande's Chronicle 9:08 Mosquito: The Bite of Passage 7:00 NUBUKE "a new dawn" 8:30 THE THRONE 14:44 GOT FLOWERS 4:00 Agorkoli 11:18 "pop" 6:07 from inside 4:51 Ninja 360° Attack 3:43 E Do (Enough) 23:06 WHALE VALLEY 15:00 SEMELE 13:00 RAINBOW PARTY 15:00 RISKY GAME 11:00 NOWHERE LINE: VOICES FROM MANUS ISLAND 15:00 COAT OF HARM 15:00 DO NOT Push the Red Button! 1:45 SILENCE 14:39 SAMEDI CINEMA 11:00 COME AND PLAY 30:00 EVERYTHING WILL BE OKAY 30:00 SCORNED 01:30:00 Black Rose 11:08 Summon Her Children 25:00 My name is Zahra 6:06 The Dark Box 8:00 Raqt pradata jeevan data 18:36 IN A TIME FOR SLEEP 14:18 ADAM MINUS EVE 26:00 WATER WAHALA 01:00 MAKOKO (Futures Afloat) 29:00 RECYCLED 08:00 RUGGED DIADEM 05:00 |
LIST OF SELECTED MOVIES
REALTIME INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2017 OFFICIAL SELECTION (June 16th, 2017) A Love Letter to the Ancestors from Chicago 13:50 Heaven kid 11:07 THE DESCENDANTS 01:20:00 The Secrets of the Trees 4:40 The Escape Routes - The Refugees Ways 5:30 Her Shoes 15:00 Towards A Sun 4:36 Bubbles Don't Lie 4:58 We've Got Company 6:56 New year new 4:13 OverLove 21:36 NEXT TO ARABELLA 11:00 2WEEKS 24:22 Lost Souls 11:30 Time and love and I 4:52 Roundtrip 6:12 The Tozeur desert 0:40 Full Service 15:30 MUSTAPHA (SHORTFILM) 15:47 Viral 8:20 The little Lumière brothers 7:58 Lights, Music ... Action! 15:20 Sandal 4:48 HIGHMONT 1:00 Dem Dem! 24:56 LEJOE (THE PASSING OF THE STONE) 12:09 Monsoons Over the Moon 8:50 Just Not Married Movie 01:29:46 The Children of the Noon 01:47:00 Oh So Quiet | Inure 4:44 To Shoot and Protect 15:13 Road to Hope 01:11:03 Naija Beta 50:00 I'm not a Band - Easy 4:00 I AM 10:48 Notorious Corn 1:15 A DAY TO REMEMBER 05:30 |
OVERVIEW OF OPENING FILMS
AMAKA'S KIN - The women of Nollywood
TOPE OSHIN NIGERIA director |
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Tope Oshin who has been named one of Africa's Leading Women, Nigeria's Most Inspiring Women, and on the Top 7 Power Women in Nigerian Film, is a multiple award-winning filmmaker who studied at the Lagos State University, Nigeria, Colorado Film School, USA, and is also an alumni of Berlinale Talents and Talents Durban.
She has directed altogether about 500 episodes of Africa's biggest drama series - Tinsel, Hotel Majestic and Hush. Other credits include films, and new documentary Amaka’s Kin-The Women Of Nollywood.
Among her producing credits are 26 TV movies, talk shows, and 2015 BFI premiered theatrical feature Fifty. As Supervising Producer and Consultant, has reviewed over 40 screenplays, and also lent her skill as a trainer at several film workshops in Nigeria.
Tope, was Juror for the International Emmy Awards 2015, Eko International Film Festival 2015, and AfricaMagic Viewers Choice Awards 2016.
She has directed altogether about 500 episodes of Africa's biggest drama series - Tinsel, Hotel Majestic and Hush. Other credits include films, and new documentary Amaka’s Kin-The Women Of Nollywood.
Among her producing credits are 26 TV movies, talk shows, and 2015 BFI premiered theatrical feature Fifty. As Supervising Producer and Consultant, has reviewed over 40 screenplays, and also lent her skill as a trainer at several film workshops in Nigeria.
Tope, was Juror for the International Emmy Awards 2015, Eko International Film Festival 2015, and AfricaMagic Viewers Choice Awards 2016.
AMAKA'S KIN
Dedicated to the memory of Nigeria's most prominent female director, Amaka Igwe (1963-2014), Amaka's Kin follows the stories of Nigeria's most prominent female directors working in male-dominated Nollywood.
BLACK ROSE
PASCAL AKA NIGERIA director Director Pascal Aka was born in Ivory Coast and raised in Ghana. He finished his education in Ontario, Canada where he earned a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Film Studies at Carleton University.
He began the first 6 years of his career in Canada directing independent action films Souls of Strife (2007) and EVOL (2010) that have won multiple awards at the Action On Film Festival in California in 2009 and 2010. His various music video and commercial works have been showcased on Much Music, CBC, Rogers TV, CNN, and many major Canadian networks. He is a former Director’s General and Vice-President of Independent Filmmaker’s Cooperative of Ottawa where he also served as a directing and cinematography instructor.
In 2011 he relocated to Ghana where he formed Breakthrough Studios, one of the leading music video production companies in Ghana. Awarded for Best African Music Video at the 2016 AFRIMAA Awards in Lagos, Nigeria as well as "Best Directed Video" in 2016. Throughout his African film career, he has entertained the audience by challenging the African norm of filmmaking through short films “Mr.Q”, “Redemption”, “Ghana Police” and “Her First Time” which have recently won the award for “Best African Short Film” at the Real Time Film Festival in Lagos, Nigeria. In 2015, he directed the blockbuster action thriller "Interception" (2015) to rave reviews. After a good run in North America and West Africa, Aka continues to break creative boundaries to take African Cinema to a global audience |
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SYNOPSIS
Black Rose is an African film noire that explores the inner thoughts and feelings of a restaurant manager, seeking for a personal escape.
MO
DAMILOLA ORIMOGUNJE NIGERIA Nigeria The director is a professional writer who has written over three award-winning, good box office films in Nollywood. He is also a Tv producer and has worked in various TV stations in Nigeria amidst other independent projects. He is inspired by the works of Quentin Tarantino, Wong Kar-Wai, Terrence Malick and Ingmar Bergman. He is currently working on his debut feature film.
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SYNOPSIS
MO revolves around a teenage girl who became a sex-slave “Prostitution” for her aunt, a religious adept procuress. It is a personal project because of the prominence of its subjects in my home country. The film was shot on set in Lagos and explores the themes Prostitution & Fate, Love Conquers All, Death, Triumph over Adversity.
NEBEL
Mallory Grolleau DIRECTOR NEBEL |
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ABOUT THE DIRECTOR
Mallory Grolleau a réalisé un long-métrage, plusieurs courts-métrages, plusieurs clips, un documentaire historique et de nombreux films de commande.
Il a travaillé avec des acteurs de talent comme Marilou Berry ou Jean-Claude Dreyfus, pour de grandes marques (Nestlé, Vinci, Valéo, HSBC, etc.) et des institutions publiques (Conseil Général de Moselle, Conseil Régional de Lorraine).
Après son cursus universitaire en Lettres Modernes et parallèlement à ses premières réalisations en S8mm et S16mm, il a été technicien Image (lumière, cadre) pendant plusieurs années (1999-2005) pour la TV (TF1, Arte, Canal J), le théâtre et le cinéma.
En parallèle à son activité de réalisateur, il a été associé dans deux sociétés de productions (2006-2012) avec lesquelles il a participé à la fabrication de films de commande, mais aussi de fictions, de documentaires, d’EPK et de clips.
Sur certains de ces films, il a aussi été monteur et graphiste.
Il est également régulièrement lecteur de scénarios, notamment pour le CNC (Commissions de l’Aide à l’Ecriture et de l’Avance sur Recettes).
www.mallorygrolleau.com
Il a travaillé avec des acteurs de talent comme Marilou Berry ou Jean-Claude Dreyfus, pour de grandes marques (Nestlé, Vinci, Valéo, HSBC, etc.) et des institutions publiques (Conseil Général de Moselle, Conseil Régional de Lorraine).
Après son cursus universitaire en Lettres Modernes et parallèlement à ses premières réalisations en S8mm et S16mm, il a été technicien Image (lumière, cadre) pendant plusieurs années (1999-2005) pour la TV (TF1, Arte, Canal J), le théâtre et le cinéma.
En parallèle à son activité de réalisateur, il a été associé dans deux sociétés de productions (2006-2012) avec lesquelles il a participé à la fabrication de films de commande, mais aussi de fictions, de documentaires, d’EPK et de clips.
Sur certains de ces films, il a aussi été monteur et graphiste.
Il est également régulièrement lecteur de scénarios, notamment pour le CNC (Commissions de l’Aide à l’Ecriture et de l’Avance sur Recettes).
www.mallorygrolleau.com
FROM INSIDE
Ramy El Gabry EGYPT director |
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SYNOPSIS
after an exciting entertainment show at a birthday party, a group of curious youngsters sneak into an entertainer's changing room only to discover the surprise he hides behind his costume.
BORIS & BABETTE
Merlijn Remmig Netherlands director Merlijn Remmig (22-11-2002, Rotterdam The Netherlands) is a second year student at the Theater Highschool in Rotterdam, where he attends filmclasses six hours per week.
At the age of seven he began following theater lessons at Jeugdtheaterschool Hofplein in Rotterdam and started acting in various tv-commercials, videoclips, shorts and tv-series. During those years he not only learned a lot about acting, but also a lot about filmmaking and he started to get interested in not only being in front of the camera, but also being behind it. It was then that his passion for filmmaking began. After making some short movies over the years, in 2016 he finally decided it was time to join his first film contest: making a kids movie within just 48 hours. His first "professional" movie was made: Boris & Babette. |
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SYNOPSIS
A writer has trouble with writing an adventurous story, which makes the young character in his script getting bored. But the story all turns when the young character sees this mysterious girl and suddenly find himself in a great adventure.
SETBACK OF THE SPIRIT
Sa’ed Arouri JORDAN director Sa’ed Arouri is filmmaker and professional Video Editor and trainer in the media field with more than 12 years of experience in production and education, Sa’ed is expert in documentary some of them takes international awards, he worked 80 documentary short film and 15 films for Al Jazeera and he works on the First Adventure series in Middle East ‘Ethiopia on steps’ and ‘ Indonesia and discovering the Unknown’ for Al Jazeera documentary Channel with executive director.Also Sa’ed Works Directed a documentary film ‘Violence on University’ for Al Jazeera channel, Saed now studying BA Digital Film Making at SAE instituted in Amman Jordan,while he studying he Directed 2 Fiction Films ‘ Yalla Nteer - Lets Fly’ and ‘ Nakset Rouh - Setback of the Spirit’
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The film "Setback of the Spirit", directed by Sa'ed Arouri, portrays the Palestinian cause through the life of a 'Jeddeh', a grandparent that finally returns with her grandson to one of the Palestinian cities after the demise of the occupation. She finds her home exactly as she left it. Her memory takes her back to 1967 where she remembers the last moments she spent in the house. In these memories she finds something completely unexpected. Setback of the Spirit stars Ishaq Ilias, Nibal Al Awadi and Monther Khaleel Rehaneh. Story and production by Laura Haddadin, dramatic treatment by Rifqi Assaf. Ahmad Saif as the Director of Photography and Ahmad Hamaydeh as the Art Director. Set design by Natalie Soumbouloglou.
LILA
CARLOS LASCANO Argentina director CARLOS LASCANO (ARGENTINA, 06/08/1973) is internationally known for his work in animation “A short love story in stop motion”, “Shadow
of Blue” and “The Legend of the Scarecrow” have amassed over 9 million online views, and garnered hundreds of film festival selections and awards worldwide, including a Goya Award selection and Academy Award pre-selections. In 2010 wrote, produced, and directed a spot for Amnesty International 50th anniversary, the music was composed by Oscar winner, Hans Zimmer. His new film, “Lila”, beautifully combines live action with animation and features one of his most charming characters yet. |
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Armed with her sketchbook, Lila walks off to the world, convinced that she has the power to make it a better place. Sitting at a bar, hanging out at a park or walking down a street, Lila draws the lines that fill up the magic lost by those around her.
