ARTS:  Spotlight on Mandela Film
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BERLIN, Feb 12 (IPS) - The 57th International Film Festival in Berlin has  got off to a strong start with the South  African film Goodbye  Bafana on Nelson Mandela's long incarceration emerging as an  early  front-runner for honours. In all 26 movies are chasing the  top Golden Bear award.
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A new film about a meeting between two  mothers over the deaths of their daughters in Jerusalem, a New  York play set in the West Bank and a ceramic art exhibit are  each being hailed for getting Israelis and Palestinians to talk  to each other.
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The first Oscar nomination for a South African film will boost the burgeoning industry and grab the attention of Hollywood, the film's director said on Tuesday.
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A look at Oscar contenders in the Best Documentary Film category.
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Take a look at some of the week's top movies stories.
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Derek Luke and Tim Robbins star in this film set in apartheid-era South Africa.
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An interview with the master filmmaker about his new films.
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Ask a black actor which person he would be most nervous about playing, and he may well say Nelson Mandela.
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A decade after apartheid ended, South African filmmaking has come of age and is able to tell stories about the country's troubled past with humor and affection, several of the country's directors said on Tuesday.
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At the Berlin International Film Festival, the subjects range from Abu Ghraib to the Rolling Stones.
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A statue of Nelson Mandela will be unveiled in central London.
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Politics had top billing at the Toronto film festival last night with the screenings of The Motorcycle Diaries and a drama about post-apartheid South Africa.
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A decade after apartheid ended, South  African filmmaking has come of age and is able to tell stories  about the country's troubled past with humor and affection,  several of the country's directors said on Tuesday.
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The movie is being shown in theatres as the country commemorates 100 years of Satyagraha movement launched by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa.
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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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The film has many an interesting nugget about it.
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