Ezra wins top African film prize
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The Nigerian film Ezra takes the top prize at the biennial African Film Festival, Fespaco, in Burkina Faso.
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(London) For the first time a gay novel has won the prestigious Booker Prize. Alan Hollinghurst was awarded the prize Tuesday night in London for the critically acclaimed &quot;The Line of Beauty.
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British director Mike Leigh&#39;s &amp;quotVera Drake&quot;, a movie portraying a back-street abortionist in 1950s London, won the top prize on Saturday for the best film at the 61st Venice International Film Festival.
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Nigerian novelist Chinua Achebe won the 2007 Man Booker International Prize for fiction Wednesday, beating such celebrated nominees as Philip Roth, Margaret Atwood and Ian McEwan.
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âAtonement,â adapted from the Ian McEwan novel and starring Keira Knightley and James McAvoy as suffering lovers, was named best film at the British Academy of Film and Television Awards (popularly known as the Baftas) on Sunday night in London, The Associated Press reported. Daniel Day-Lewis, above, came away with best actor honors for his performance as the oilman in âThere Will Be Blood,â and Marion Cotillard was named best actress for her portrayal of Ãdith Piaf in âLa Vie en Rose.â Joel and Ethan Coen won the award for directing for âNo Country for Old Men,â and the prize for best original screenplay went to Diablo Cody for âJuno.â.
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She is the first African woman to be awarded the peace prize since it was created in 1901. A surprised Mrs Maathai broke the news to reporters minutes before the official announcement.
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Mozambique's ex-President Joaquim Chissano wins the inaugural $5m Mo Ibrahim prize for African leadership.
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"Hotel Rwanda" and "Omagh" won the top awards at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sunday as audiences embraced movies inspired by the real life horrors of genocide and civil conflict.
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South Africa toasted its first film nominated for an Oscar on Wednesday, hoping the poignant story of a woman's battle with AIDS could help the fledgling film industry take flight.
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Cristian Mungiu, the first Romanian to win the Cannes Film Festival's top prize, says his country's recent movie output helped him win the award.
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South Africa toasted its first  film nominated for an Oscar on Wednesday, hoping the poignant  story of a woman's battle with AIDS could help the fledgling  film industry take flight.
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Arts & entertainment: Â· Judges hail 'astonishing' story of Biafra conflictÂ· Writer's second novel voted top title by readers
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A gracious monarch and a charismatic dictator took the top prizes Sunday at the British Academy Film Awards.Comment
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Iraq war film Turtles Can Fly takes the top prize at Spain's San Sebastian Film Festival.
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"Juno", the story of an American teenager faced with an unplanned pregnancy, won the top prize at the Rome film festival on Saturday.
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Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai  became the first African woman to win the Nobel Peace Prize on  Friday, honored for aiding democracy and seeking to save the  continent's shrinking forests.
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Mozambique's former President Joaquim Chissano won the first Mo Ibrahim Prize for Achievement in African leadership on Monday.