{"id":3098,"date":"2016-12-10T20:14:53","date_gmt":"2016-12-10T18:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=3098"},"modified":"2016-12-10T20:14:53","modified_gmt":"2016-12-10T18:14:53","slug":"moonlight-times-media-films-scoops-film-for-distribution-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/12\/10\/moonlight-times-media-films-scoops-film-for-distribution-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Moonlight &#8211; Times Media Films Scoops Film For Distribution In Africa"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Times Media Films is proud to confirm that they have acquired the distribution rights for MOONLIGHT in Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The film is generating substantial buzz internationally and looks to be a front runner during this Award Season.<\/p>\n<p>MOONLIGHT has won accolades at numerous prestigious Awards Ceremonies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS \u2013 Best Independent Film<\/li>\n<li>CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL \u2013 Audience Choice Award and Best Narrative Feature<\/li>\n<li>GOTHAM AWARDS \u2013 Audience Award, Special Jury Award and Gotham Independent Film Award<\/li>\n<li>HOLLYWOOD FILM AWARDS \u2013 Hollywood Breakthrough Award<\/li>\n<li>HOLLYWOOD MUSIC IN MEDIA AWARDS (HMMA) \u2013 HMMA Award \u2013 Best Original Score<\/li>\n<li>LOS ANGELES FILM CRITICS ASSOCIATION AWARDS \u2013 Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor<\/li>\n<li>MAR DEL PLATA FILM FESTIVAL \u2013 Best Actor<\/li>\n<li>NATIONAL BOARD OF REVIEW, USA \u2013 Best Director, Best Supporting Actress<\/li>\n<li>NEW YORK FILM CRITICS CIRCLE AWARDS \u2013 Best Director, Best Supporting Actor, Best Cinematographer and Best Director<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The film is set for release on the Art House Circuit and select commercial cinemas on the 10th of February 2017 .<\/p>\n<h6>SYNOPSIS<\/h6>\n<p>A timeless story of human connection and self-discovery, MOONLIGHT chronicles the life of a young black man from childhood to adulthood as he struggles to find his place in the world while growing up in a rough neighbourhood of Miami \u2013 Directed by Barry Jenkins<\/p>\n<h6>CAST<\/h6>\n<p>Mahershala Ali \u2013 Juan<br \/>\nShariff Earp \u2013 Terrence<br \/>\nDuan Sanderson \u2013 Azu<br \/>\nNaomi Harris &#8211; Paula<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Moonlight | Official Trailer HD | A24\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9NJj12tJzqc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Times Media Films is proud to confirm that they have acquired the distribution rights for MOONLIGHT in Africa. The film is generating substantial buzz internationally and looks to be a front runner during this Award Season. MOONLIGHT has won accolades at numerous prestigious Awards Ceremonies: BRITISH INDEPENDENT FILM AWARDS \u2013 Best Independent Film CHICAGO INTERNATIONAL&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2016\/12\/10\/moonlight-times-media-films-scoops-film-for-distribution-in-africa\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Moonlight &#8211; Times Media Films Scoops Film For Distribution In Africa<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3098\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}