Nollywood Babylon – Dir. Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal – 74mins

REELWORLD FILM FESTIVAL 10TH ANNIVERSARY NOLLYWOOD BABYLON Sponsored by CBC Co-presented by Hot Docs AT: CINEPLEX CANADA SQUARE THEATRE | 2100 YONGE  FRIDAY APRIL 9TH | 3:30 PM  SATURDAY APRIL 10TH | 3:30 PM

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Move over Hollywood! Watch out Bollywood! Nollywood is the new kid on the block. In just over ten years Nigeria has become the third-largest movie industry in the world. Nollywood Babylon is a feature documentary exploring the explosive popularity of Nigeria’s movie industry.

The film drops viewers into the chaos of Lagos' Idumota market. Here, among the bustling stalls, films are sold and unlikely stars are born. At the centre of the documentary, director Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, known in Lagos as “Da Governor,” is one of the most influential men in Nollywood. Unfazed by low budgets, enterprising filmmakers create a brash, inventive and wildly popular form of B-Movie that has Nigerians Nollywood-obsessed. In these films, voodoo and magic infuse urban stories, reflecting the collision of traditional mysticism and modern culture that Nigerians experience every day.

Ben Addelman and Samir Mallal, present an electric vision of a modern African metropolis and a revealing look at the powerhouse that is Nigerian cinema.

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Off World - Dir. Mateo Guez – 77 mins. REELWORLD FILM FESTIVAL  10TH ANNIVERSARY  OPENING NIGHT GALA SCREENING

APRIL 7th | 7:30PM  AT: SCOTIABANK THEATRE | 259 RICHMOND ST. W

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Celebrating their 10th Anniversary ReelWorld Film Festival (RWFF) kicks off with the North American premiere of Canadian film Off World, the much anticipated feature from writer, director and co-producer Mateo Guez. ReelWorld’s Gala screening will be hosted once again at Scotiabank Theatre because of their long successful partnership with Cineplex Entertainment. The Opening Night is made possible through the generous support of TD Bank Financial, another long standing partner of ReelWorld.

Off World follows 'Lucky', a young man in his twenties, who travels to the Philippines in search of his birth parents. His journey leads him through the slums of Manila to Smokey Mountain, an infamous landfill where the air is so hot and toxic that it sometimes ignites the surrounding waste. Adopted as an infant and a foreigner in his birthplace, Lucky has arrived not at home, but at the edge of the earth. His quest for his origins forces him to come to terms with his own identity and provokes him to embrace life fully before it is too late. This beautifully shot drama tells the story of a person and a place at the same time. It explores, in profound ways, the idea that finding one's origin requires travelling to the most alien places.

ReelWorld Film Festival (RWFF) celebrates cultural diversity in the Film industry. 2010 is a milestone year for ReelWorld, for the past decade the festival has delivered groundbreaking films from diverse communities to a broad spectrum of Toronto audiences. This year’s five day line-up continues to support films from the Aboriginal, Asian, Black, Latino, Middle Eastern, South Asian and other multi-racial communities, and promises to surpass the standards set in previous years.

CHECK OUT FULL SCREENING SCHEDULE NOW! Features, Documentaries, Shorts, Music Videos, Industry Panels and so much more. Films from Nigeria, Philippines, India, Korean, Ethiopia, South African, Iran, Mexico, with over 60% Canadian content. Come Celebrate with us!