France First European Country to Release Mandela Film

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France First European Country to Release Mandela Film

On the arrival of the French President François Hollande in South Africa today, Anant Singh announced that France will be the first European country to release Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom on 18 December 2013. The film will be released by French media giant, Pathé.

Pathé will release the film across France on more than 350 screens, and it will be the first release of this magnitude for a South African film. Pathé believe that Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom has wide appeal among the French public as Madiba is one of the most loved international statesmen in France.

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Official Royal Film Performance for Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom

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Official Royal Film Performance for Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom

Anant Singh announced yesterday that Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, has been selected as the 2013 Royal Film Performance and will take place on Thursday 5 December in London.

The Royal Film Performance is the principal fundraising event of the Cinema and Television Benevolent Fund (CTBF), the trade charity for the UK film and television industries with Her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth II as patron. The Royal Film Performance is traditionally attended by members of the Royal family.

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Success of Mandela Film Acknowledged in National Assembly

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Success of Mandela Film Acknowledged in National Assembly

The successful debut of Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom at the Toronto Film Festival in September, was recently acknowledged in a motion in the National Assembly by the Deputy Chief Whip of the Majority Party, Ms Dorris Dlakude which was agreed to by all parties.

Quoted in the Minutes of Proceedings of the National Assembly on 12 September, Ms Dlakude succinctly captured what the film means to South Africa in her motion that the House"

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Aspen Film Festival Audience Award for Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom

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Aspen Film Festival Audience Award for Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom

Following the critical acclaim received at the Toronto International Film Festival last month, the film, Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom won the coveted Audience Favourite Feature Award at the Aspen Filmfest in the United States, it was announced last night. The film emerged as the most popular film at the Festival in an aggressive competitive environment which included films like The Fifth Estate, August: Osage County, Nebraska and One Chance.

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'Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom' Rocks Toronto Film Festival

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'Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom' Rocks Toronto Film Festival

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom, the highly anticipated film adaptation of Nelson Mandela's autobiography, made its debut at the Toronto International Film Festival on Saturday, 7 September 2013. The film received an unprecedented eight minute standing ovation coupled with a rapturous applause at the Festival's Gala venue, the 2600-seater The Roy Thomson Hall, resulting in social media platforms buzzing with praise for the film. The film had a sell-out second screening in the 2000-seater Princess Of Wales Theatre with crowds queuing up an entire block to get to see the film.

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