'08 Multicultural Short Film Festival - December 12

"Four Films.  Your Vote.  One Winner." 

The 2008 Multicultural Short Film Festival

Friday, December 12, 2008 from 7pm-10pm

The Center 208 W. 13th Street ( bet. 14th and 7th Ave) Room: 412 

New York, NY 10011.

Your vote will determine the winner! 

Admission is $6.00 at the door or online.

Film Submissions EXTENDED to Dec 5

We are extending our film submission entry deadline to December 5, 2008.
Entry fee is $20 per film.
For more information, please contact us at Life as a Lemon Submissions Page Online!

Blessings,

M.

Now Submissions for Film Competition!

We are still accepting short film submissions for our Multicultural Short Film Competition to be held on December 12, 2008.  The winner will receive $100 cash prize money!  Entry fee is $12 per film.  Please send all submissions along with check or money order payable to "Life as a Lemon Productions" to 

Life as a Lemon Productions

PO Box 20675 

Brooklyn, New York 11202

For more information, please see our website at Life as a Lemon Productions! Deadline is November 24, 2008.

Night to Fly NY Premiere Photos

Thank you to all those who attended the New York Premiere of "Night to Fly" at Joloff Restaurant and Lounge on Friday, October 3, 2008. It was truly a night to remember with the film's director, producers, and crew available on hand to discuss the film. We celebrated with delicious Senegalese cuisine prepared by Papp and his family, owners of Joloff Restaurant and Lounge.

Check out photos from the event on our website at
http://www.lifeasalemon.com/NTFPhotos.html

For more information on future screenings and other films from director Andrew Madueke please visit their website at www.nighttofly.com

IMENA, Inc - One in a million Beauty Extravaganza!

We would like to congratulate our advisory board member, Tami Grady of Imena INC, on a job well done at her Beauty Festival on Saturday, November 8, 2008. It was a lovely event with food, drinks, amazing raffles, hair & beauty services along with makeovers galor! It was truly the event to be at yesterday and if you missed it well I guess you'll have to wait until next Spring to attend! Check out her blog at www.imenaproject.blogspot.com.

Life as a Lemon Productions was pleased to be an official sponsor and look forward to many more events!

NY film premiere of Nigerian thriller

Please join us for the New York film premiere,

"Night to Fly" 

on Friday, October 3, 20008

This feature length thriller was written and directed by Andrew Madueke.

It is the first in a series of narrative features that explore the cultural relationship between Nigerians and Americans in the United States.

Admission is Free!

Please join us for a screening and discussion following the movie.

Reserve your seat today at www.lifeasalemon.com.

Women in Cinema Presents Camille Holder-Brown

Life as a Lemon Productions presents Women in Cinema Series featuring Award Winning Independent filmmaker, Camille Holder-Brown.  Director of "A Period Piece" Winner Best Student Picture at 2007 Daytona Film Festival.  

August 16, 2008 6-9pm Manhattan World Culture Open 19 West 26th Street, 5th Floor New York 212.244.7200  TRAIN: F/V/B/D to West 23rd St.  

About the Artist

Camille studied at University of Miami where she double majored in 

Anthropology  and Film, she later earned her MFA from 

Howard University where she made her  award-winning short 

“A Period Piece” winning The Paul Robson Award for Film 

sponsored by Final Draft and Kodak in addition to winning 

Best Student Film at the Daytona Beach Film Festival.  Her short film has aired 

nationally and has screened in over thirty film festivals.  

She has also studied film in Scotland and worked with acclaimed film directors Spike Lee and 

Haile Gerima.

Recently Camille attended the NBPC New Media Institute where she worked with other

 filmmakers in the Delta.  Presently, Camille resides in Brooklyn, New York 

with her husband and two small children that have inspired her first feature film,

 a comedy about parenting, entitled "Parenting 101".

Additionally, Camille splits her time as a full-time wife & mother while lecturing and serving as 

guest speaker for film festivals nationally.  She is the founder of 

Cinemomma Pictures, a collective group of creative artists dedicated to lifting the unit

through the medium of film.  For more information, please visit www.cinemomma.com

Please join us for this FREE screening and discussion.  Refreshments will be served.

Women in Cinema Series: Abiola Abrams

Women in Cinema Series
Featuring the film works of

Abiola Abrams

Author, Independent Filmmaker, and

popular host of BET Jazz “THE BEST SHORTS”

Using pop culture entertainment to create uncommon inspiration: culturally, politically, emotionally and sexually in film, Abrams' work ranges from edgy 'chick flicks' to socially conscious docs - investigate the themes of gender, race and empowerment. Her work has screened and been performed in theaters, museums, galleries and festivals in London, West Africa, Germany, South America, the West Indies and in the US including Pan African Film Festival, CinWomen, and Berlin Int'l Film Festival.

Currently Ms. Abrams is touring her debut novel "DARE" (Simon & Schuster) an intelligent, fun and sexy story about finding true love and self-esteem in the crazy world of entertainment.

Life as a Lemon Productions is committed to creating opportunities for filmmakers to showcase work that is innovative and creative in nature while finding new and interesting ways to bring about diversity in film making. “Women in Cinema” achieves this by focusing on films that explore the independent nature of filmmaking while giving voice to female talent across the world. We hope you'll join us on February 16, 2008 to support this cause!

Please join us for a FREE screening and book signing of Ms. Abrams debut novel "DARE" published by Simon & Schuster.

Refreshments will be served

February 16, 2008 6-9pm
Manhattan World Culture Open
19 West 26th Street, 5th Floor New York
212.244.7200
TRAIN: F/V/B/D to West 23rd St.