arts & entertainment
Congo’s ‘Viva Riva’ wins Top
African Academy Awards
Filmed By Bike Festival Begins
April 15 at Clinton Street Theater
D
he 9th Annual Filmed
by Bike – a film festi-
val filled entirely
with bike-themed movies
from around the world –
will take place April 15-17
at the Clinton Street
Theater, 2516 SE Clinton
St.
In the films, love can blos-
som, adventures are sought,
races are completed and sto-
ries of two-wheeled adven-
tures cycle across the silver
screen in eight minutes or
less, the festival’s time limit
for each film.
Opening night will feature
the New Belgium Street
Party, a Speed Raffle pre-
sented by Sock Dreams
entertainment and DJ
Beyondadoubt (aka DJ
Beyonda). Generous bike
espite being made in
a country of 70 mil-
lion people devoid
of a single movie theatre,
the Congoleses-Kinshasa
film ‘Viva Riva!’ has won
top honors at the African
Academy Awards.
The film – produced on
location with local actors
and crew – won Best
Picture, Best Director, Best
Cinematography and Best
Production Design, in addi-
tion to Best Supporting
Actor awards.
The film follows Riva, a
small-time crook who
returns to his hometown of
Kinshasa with a major score
of hijacked gasoline. When
Riva encounters the beauti-
ful night club denizen —
and kept woman of a local
gangster – Nora, things get
dicey. With the arrival of an
Angolan crime lord intent
on getting his stolen gaso-
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line back, Riva
Director Djo Tunda Wa
Munga’s look at Kinshasa is
a seductively vibrant, law-
less, fuel-starved sprawl of
shantytowns, gated villas,
bordellos and nightclubs
The film has yet to make
its debut in the United
States, although it is set to
be released in New York
and Los Angeles on June
10, 2011, with more cities to
follow.
For more information
about the film visit
www.musicboxfilms.com/v
iva-riva.
For more information
about the African Movie
Academy Awards visit
http://www.ama-
awards.com/amaa-nomi-
nees-and-winners-2011
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parking and a beer garden
will be available in the mid-
dle of Clinton Street.
The top film, as chosen by
the jury, will be awarded the
Golden Helmet Award, pre-
sented by Nutcase Helmets
with a $250 cash prize pre-
sented Saturday following
the 7 p.m. show. The film
with the best use of inde-
pendent music will be
awarded the GoIndepen -
dent! Award, a $250 cash
prize from Bike Gallery, to
be presented on Friday.
Tickets are available at the
door for $8 or $25 for an
unlimited entry festival pass
that includes a free DVD. A
limited number of advance
tickets are available online
Friday night’s show is 21
and up; the 5 p.m. showings
are all ages.
For a complete schedule
of films visit www.filmed-
bybike.org.