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Image Nation
Image Nation Abu Dhabi, (formerly Imagenation), is an Emirati film studio established in 2008. It is based at twofour54’s Yas Creative Hub in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. The studio focuses on creating films, TV series, documentaries, and entertainment content, becoming the first United Arab Emirates, UAE company to have multiple productions stream on Netflix. The studio's productions have been screened at over 400 international film festivals and have received prestigious awards, including two Academy Awards, a British Academy of Film and Television Arts, BAFTA, and an Emmy Awards, Emmy. Image Nation is a subdivision of Creative Media Authority. Background and History Image Nation Abu Dhabi was established as part of an economic diversification strategy in Abu Dhabi, with a focus on promoting cultural development. The goal was to create a media and entertainment industry that would contribute to the cultural identity and economic growth of the region.It focuses on suppor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Imagenation
Imagenation is an organization based in Harlem, New York. The organization was founded in the late 1990s by Moikgantsi Kgama. Moikgantsi Kgama has been involved in the promotion of independent movies and documentaries which share the theme of the African Diaspora. In October 2005 of ''Essence Magazine'', Moikgantsi Kgama was named one of the top 25 women who were shaping the world. The organization hosts two events: *Imagenation Film Festival *Imagenation Revolution Awards ReferencesDawn, Randee. "Imagenation Takes Hold in Harlem Theater Plans." ''The Hollywood Reporter.'' May 30, 2006. Organizations based in New York City {{film-company-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fair Game (2010 Film)
''Fair Game'' is a 2010 biographical political drama film directed by Doug Liman and starring Naomi Watts and Sean Penn. It is based on Valerie Plame's 2007 memoir '' Fair Game'' and Joseph C. Wilson's 2004 memoir '' The Politics of Truth''. Watts stars as Plame and Penn as her husband, Joseph C. Wilson. It was released in 2010 and was one of the official selections competing for the Palme d'Or at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film won the "Freedom of Expression Award" from the National Board of Review. The film marked Watts' and Penn's third collaboration, having previously co-starred in the films ''21 Grams'' and '' The Assassination of Richard Nixon''. Plot Valerie Plame is employed by the Central Intelligence Agency, a fact known outside the agency to no one except her husband and parents. She is an intelligence officer involved in a number of sensitive and sometimes dangerous covert operations overseas. Her husband, Joseph C. Wilson, is a diplomat who most recently ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Snitch (film)
''Snitch'' is a 2013 American action thriller film directed by Ric Roman Waugh and starring Dwayne Johnson, based on the experiences of DEA informant James Settembrino. The film was released in the United States on February 22, 2013. The film also stars Barry Pepper, Susan Sarandon, Jon Bernthal, Benjamin Bratt, and Michael Kenneth Williams. The plot focuses on John Matthews, who goes undercover for the DEA after his estranged son Jason Collins is framed in a drug deal by his best friend. Plot In Missouri, college student Jason Collins is persuaded by his friend Craig to allow a shipment of drugs to be sent to his house. He signs for the package which contains pills and a tracking device. DEA officers break into the house; Jason flees but is chased down and arrested by Agent Cooper. While at a barbecue, John Matthews, Jason's estranged father and owner of a construction company, is called by his ex-wife Sylvie about Jason's arrest. The ex-spouses meet with an investi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Promised Land (2012 Film)
''Promised Land'' is a 2012 American drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Matt Damon, John Krasinski, Frances McDormand, Rosemarie DeWitt and Hal Holbrook. The screenplay by Damon and Krasinski is based on a story by Dave Eggers. ''Promised Land'' follows two petroleum landmen who visit a rural Pennsylvania town in an attempt to buy drilling rights from the local residents. Damon also produced the film with Krasinski and Chris Moore, and was originally attached to direct, but was replaced by Van Sant. Filming took place mainly in Pittsburgh from early to mid-2012. During filming and afterward, the film's highlighting of the resource extraction process hydraulic fracturing, known as "fracking," emerged as a topic of debate. The film had a limited release in the United States on , 2012 and followed with a nationwide expansion on , 2013. The film had its international premiere and received Special Mention Award at the 63rd Berlin International Film Festival in Februar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flight (2012 Film)
''Flight'' is a 2012 American drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis, written by John Gatins and produced by Walter F. Parkes, Laurie MacDonald, Steve Starkey, Zemeckis, and Jack Rapke. The film stars Denzel Washington as William "Whip" Whitaker Sr., an alcoholic airline pilot who miraculously Emergency landing, crash-lands his plane after a mechanical failure, saving nearly everyone on board. Although hailed a hero, an investigation soon begins to cast the captain in a different light. ''Flight'' premiered at the New York Film Festival on October 14, 2012, and was theatrically released the following month on November 2. It received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Washington's performance and Zemeckis' return to live-action filmmaking, his first such film since ''Cast Away'' and ''What Lies Beneath'' in 2000. The film was also a commercial success, grossing $161.8 million against a production budget of $31 million. ''Flight'' appeared on multiple critics' year- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Djinn (2013 Film)
''Djinn'' is a 2013 Emirati supernatural horror film directed by Tobe Hooper and written by David Tully. It is set in the United Arab Emirates and features the djinn. The film, produced by Image Nation, is in both Arabic and English languages. The film's theatrical release has been delayed since 2011. ''Djinn'' premiered at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival on 25 October 2013. The film was Hooper's final directorial effort before his death in 2017. Plot In the near future, a young Emirati couple returns to their home country and moves into a high-rise apartment in Ras al-Khaimah. They discover that their neighbors may not be human. The film also flashes back to an abandoned fishing village, where the apartment was eventually built. In the area of the village, an American backpacker learns about djinn from local Emiratis. Cast *Khalid Laith * Razane Jammal * May Calamawy as Ayisha * Aiysha Hart *Carole Abboud *Paul Luebke as Bobby (backpacker) *Ahmed Abdullah *Abdullah Al Junaibi * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Men In Black 3
''Men in Black 3'' (stylized as ''MIB³'') is a 2012 American science fiction action comedy film based on the comic book series, in turn based on the conspiracy theory. It is the third installment in the ''Men in Black'' film series. Directed by Barry Sonnenfeld and written by Etan Cohen, the film stars Will Smith, Tommy Lee Jones and Josh Brolin, with Jemaine Clement, Michael Stuhlbarg, Bill Hader and Emma Thompson in supporting roles. In the film, Agent J is required to go back in time to prevent the assassination of his partner Agent K, the fallout of which threatens the safety of Earth. Development of the sequel began during filming of its predecessor, with its premise suggested by Smith to Sonnenfeld. Despite rumors of a fallout between Smith and Sonnenfeld during the filming of ''Men in Black II'', their returns were confirmed alongside Jones by May 2010. David Koepp and Jeff Nathanson were later hired to perform uncredited rewrites to Cohen's original screen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spirit Of Vengeance , the spirit of a dead person who returns from the afterlife to seek revenge for a cruel, unnatural or unjust death
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Spirit of Vengeance may refer to: * Spirit of Vengeance (comics), a Marvel Comics character * Spirits of Vengeance, a Marvel Comics species and team * '' Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance'', a 2011 American film See also * Vengeful ghost In mythology and folklore, a vengeful ghost or vengeful spirit is said to be the spirit of a dead person who returns from the afterlife to seek revenge for a cruel, unnatural or unjust death. In certain cultures where funeral and burial or crem ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel
''The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'' is a 2011 British comedy-drama film directed by John Madden. The screenplay, written by Ol Parker, is based on the 2004 novel ''These Foolish Things'' by novelist Deborah Moggach, and features an ensemble cast consisting of Dev Patel, Judi Dench, Celia Imrie, Bill Nighy, Ronald Pickup, Maggie Smith, Tom Wilkinson, and Penelope Wilton, as a group of British pensioners moving to a retirement hotel in India, run by the young and eager Sonny, played by Patel. The film was produced by Participant Media and Blueprint Pictures on a budget of $10 million. Producers Graham Broadbent and Peter Czernin first saw the potential for a film in Deborah Moggach's novel with the idea of exploring the lives of the elderly beyond what one would expect of their age group. With the assistance of screenwriter Ol Parker, they came up with a script in which they take the older characters completely out of their element and involve them in a romantic comedy. Pr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Double (2011 Film)
''The Double'' is a 2011 American spy film directed by Michael Brandt, written by Brandt and Derek Haas, and starring Richard Gere, Topher Grace, Stephen Moyer and Martin Sheen. The film tells the story about a retired CIA operative working with a rookie FBI agent to solve the murder of a US senator caused by a Soviet assassin. It was released on October 28, 2011. The film garnered negative reviews from critics, and was a box office bomb. Plot Two FBI agents are conducting surveillance at a warehouse. As U.S. Senator Dennis Darden walks out of the door, he is approached by an assassin from behind who slits his throat and escapes. The agents rush to the scene to find the man dead. However, they could not identify the assassin as he committed the murder in darkness. Later, CIA officers arrive on the scene and take charge. Retired operative Paul Shepherdson is summoned by CIA director Tom Highland to look into the murder. He is introduced to a young FBI agent, Ben Geary who is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sea Shadow (film)
''Sea Shadow'' is a 2011 Emirati coming-of-age film written by Mohammed Hassan Ahmed and directed by Nawaf Al-Janahi. The film was the first from Image Nation to be filmed in the United Arab Emirates. The film premiered at the Abu Dhabi Film Festival in October 2011 and was released in theaters throughout the Arab states of the Persian Gulf in November 2011. It premiered in the United States at the Palm Springs International Film Festival in January 2012. Synopsis Two Emirati teenagers, Mansoor and Kaltham, live in a small neighborhood by the sea. They face their families' traditional values as they consider what paths to take as adults. Cast Production ''Sea Shadow'' is written by Mohammed Hassan Ahmed and directed by Nawaf Al-Janahi, who directed the short film ''Mirrors of Silence'' and the feature film ''The Circle''. Al-Janahi read the screenplay for ''Sea Shadow'' in late 2009 and was considering directing it when Imagenation Abu Dhabi (now Image Nation), impressed wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Contagion (2011 Film)
''Contagion'' is a 2011 American medical thriller film directed by Steven Soderbergh. Its ensemble cast includes Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Jude Law, Marion Cotillard, Kate Winslet, and Gwyneth Paltrow. The plot concerns the spread of a highly contagious virus transmitted through respiratory droplets and fomites, attempts by medical researchers and public health officials to identify and contain the disease, the loss of social order as the virus turns into a worldwide pandemic, and the introduction of a vaccine to halt its spread. To follow several interacting plot lines, the film makes use of the multi-narrative " hyperlink cinema" style, popularized in several of Soderbergh's films. The film was inspired by real-life outbreaks such as the 2002–2004 SARS outbreak and the 2009 flu pandemic. Following their collaboration on '' The Informant!'' (2009), Soderbergh and screenwriter Scott Z. Burns discussed a film depicting the rapid spread of a virus. Burns consulted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
