The highly anticipated South African film Ayanda, directed by Sara Blecher and produced by Real Eyes in association with Leading Lady Productions, has been announced as the opening night film of the 36th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF) which takes place from 16 to 26 July.

“While the time limit places an unusual restriction on the filmmakers, it is also liberating by putting an emphasis on doing instead of talking,” he said. According to Nnaebue, the filmmakers are at liberty to choose their themes, but each team must select the genre for its movie in a random drawing 15 minutes before the start of the competition. He however noted that the teams are given a character, a prop and a line of dialogue that must appear in their film.

Reacting to the allegation that some producers collect what’s due to the stars from Multichoice for using their works without remitting the same to them, Chairman of the newly established Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria,AVRS, Mahmood Ali-Balogun said, he was not aware of anything like that.

As the season 5 of Nigerian Idol ends tomorrow, amidst high expectations, the two finalists, Dolu and K-Peace are set for a showdown that will definitely produce the next Nigerian Idol. At the moment, preparation is in top gear at the Nigerian Idol studio in Bamako Estate, Omole Phase 1, Lagos.

It is the Press! I might just say hello to a girl and the next thing is, Ramsey Nouh is toasting one girl. The media almost destroyed my marriage. But thank God they failed and my marriage is 14 years now blessed with four children. I told my wife to keep away from the press, let me handle them. If they don’t see you, there will be nothing to say about you. Because of that, I have stopped appearing at public functions with my family.