13 Months of Sunshine
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Information

Release Date:
January 20, 2008
Genre:
Drama, Comedy, Foreign
Studio:
Independent
 
13 Months of Sunshine
Opening Night!
2009 NEW AFRICAN FILMS FESTIVAL March 19 - 25 AFI Silver is proud to host the fifth annual New African Films Festival, co-presented by AFI, TransAfrica Forum, and afrikafe. T...
Host:13 Months of Sunshine
Time:6:30PM Thursday, March 19th
Location:AFI Silver Theatre & Cultural Center
13 Months of Sunshine

13 Months of Sunshine March 19 – March 25 AFI Silver Theatre and Cultural Center, Silver Spring
-- Special Opening Night Screening and Cocktail Reception -- Washington, DC

Thursday, March 19th is opening night for the New African Films Festival at the AFI Silver Theater and Cultural Center in Silver Spring. Co-sponsors TransAfrica Forum, afrikafé and AFI are presenting some of Africa's finest filmmaking. The weekend festival consists of 14 feature-length films from Senegal, Morocco, Uganda, Ethiopia and other nations.

Opening night brings an Ethiopian film by first time director Yehdego Abeselom. 13 MONTHS OF SUNSHINE explores the tension between traditional values, cultural identity and the pursuit of one's dreams. A marriage of convenience becomes complicated by jealousy and a clash of cultural values.

For more information or review copies of the films, contact Joia Jefferson Nuri, cell 240-603-7905, jnuri@transafricaforum.org or Susan Bluttman, 301 495-6747, sbluttman@afi.com.

February 23 at 1:16pm · Report
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13 Months of Sunshine's Executive Producer and Co-Producer Jeff Bartsch has been expanding his interests and projects into the television commercial realm, producing a top five Finalist in the 2009 Doritos Crash the Superbowl contest...
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Congratulations to Aaron Arefe, co-star of 13 Months of Sunshine, for his celebrated and acclaimed work in the Ethiopian film Teza, as well as his continued growth as an actor and artist. Aaron has announced plans to work on his own film beginning March 2009, entitled Miles from the Heart...
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Hey everyone, Jeremiah here with an update! We're proud to announce that 13 Months of Sunshine is playing in the Pan African Film Festival (in its 17th distinguished year). Our film is scheduled for two screenings, Friday Feb. 6 @ 4:00pm at Macy's Theater in LA, and on Feb...
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13 Months of Sunshine 13 Months of Sunshine will be screening Friday Feb 6 @ 4:00pm at Macy's Theater and again on Tues. Feb 10 at the Wells Fargo Theater in LA as part of the Pan African Film Festival! Ticket information here: http://www.paff.org/film-guide/

February 6 at 1:37pm · Report
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13 Months of Sunshine Thanks for patience everyone! We've just received the DVD proof back from the printers, and we're in final testing now before releasing it for sale! More to come.

February 6 at 1:32pm · Report
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13 Months of Sunshine DVD is at the printers, we are expecting it to be available within two weeks!

January 19 at 11:48pm · Report
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13 Months of Sunshine will be screened at the Pan African Film Festival on Feb. 6 at 4:30pm and Feb. 10, 4:00pm...
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There's still time to buy tickets to see 13 Months of Sunshine at the New York Premiere at Riverside Theater. The screening is part of the African Diaspora Film Festival's Special Event: A Night in Ethiopia at 8pm on December 5. More details here.
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African Musician Profiles reviewed 13 Months of Sunshine after it screened at London's bfm International Film Festival. "Inspired by true events, this is an optimistic portrayal of established Ethiopian immigrant community in USA...
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13 Months of Sunshine DVD on sale soon. More to come!

October 29, 2008 at 2:11pm · Report
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13 Months of Sunshine will screen on Friday, December 19th 2008 at Toronto's well-known Bloor Cinema...
Jonathan
Jonathan
Are you going? Toronto is great... I may even be up there sometime around then.
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13 Months of Sunshine has been scheduled to screen on Friday, Dec. 5th at 8:00pm as part of a special evening program entitled Ethiopian Night. The film will be screened at the Riverside Theatre in the Riverside Church located at 95 Claremont on 120th Street in Manhattan, New York...
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13 Months of Sunshine is being screened on Saturday 8th November, 8pm at the BFI (British Film Institute) Southbank, London as part of the bfm International Film Festival. If you're in the area, consider going to the screening!
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Coming to DC
Playing Every Weekend (Sat. & Sun) from Aug. 23 - Sept. 7 at 5:00 & 7:00 PM (each day) 13 Months of Sunshine is the story of an Ethiopian man who marries a woman so she can g...
Host:13 Months of Sunshine
Time:5:00PM Saturday, August 23rd
Location:Goethe Institute
13 Months of Sunshine
13 Months of Sunshine will be playing for three weeks at the Goethe-Institute in Washington DC. Film opens August 23 and plays every Saturday and Sunday through September 7. Show times are at 5:00pm and 7:00pm. Goethe-Institut
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13 Months of Sunshine is playing at the Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center on September 6 at 5:00pm and September 7 at 4:00pm and 7:00pm. The Langston Hughes Performing Arts Center celebrates, nurtures, presents and preserves African American performing arts and cultural legacies...
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13 Months of Sunshine has been accepted into the bfm Media International Film Festival. Occurring Nov. 7-17 in London, the bfm Media International Film Festival strives to bring "the unseen to light" by exploring and screening black world cinema...
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July 21, 2008 at 6:38pm · Report
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We're proud to announce that 13 Months of Sunshine has been accepted into the Africa In The Picture Festival...
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Now playing thru June!
If you missed 13 Months in theaters last week, you'll have the chance to see it when it plays at the Culver Plaza Theaters @ 9919 Washington Blvd. in Culver City, CA. Please c...
Host:13 Months of Sunshine
Time:9:30PM Friday, June 13th
Location:Culver Plaza Theaters
June 13, 2008 at 2:06pm
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We had the official Los Angeles and North American premiere for 13 Months of Sunshine last night at the Culver Plaza Theaters in Culver City. It was a smash hit event, with the house almost completely packed and the crowd excited about seeing the film for the first time...
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Cinematical Indie gives 13 Months of Sunshine a shoutout and a positive review. While Abselom strove particularly to make a film that Ethiopians living in other countries could relate to, you certainly don't have to be Ethiopian to enjoy the film and the storyline...
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Here we are in front of a local Culver City coffee shop, The Conservatory for Coffee, Tea, and Cocoa who have graciously allowed us to put up our poster in their door. We're 3 days away from a premiere and four days away from our first official United States theatrical run...
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ETHIOPIAN-AMERICAN ‘13 MONTHS OF SUNSHINE’ TO PREMIERE JUNE 5 Perky coffee drama is one of the most anticipated films to target Ethiopian-Americans, but also reaches home audiences through language of love and the American Dream...
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ETHIOPIAN COFFEE DRAMA ‘13 MONTHS OF SUNSHINE’ WRAPS POST, PERKS UP FOR NORTH AMERICAN PREMIERE Multicultural Concoction Stirs in Large Doses of Romance, High Fashion & Gov’t Red Tape in African Take on the American Dream LOS ANGELES -- Ethiopian director and writer Yehdego Abeselom and...
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Director Yehdego "Bobby" Abeselom is on AfricaTelevision.tv for a 30 minute interview with Charles Anchang, producer and editor of The Immigrant magazine. We'll post a video of this very soon. You can see the interview air again at 6:30pm PDT and 8:20pm PDT on Wednesday, May 21, 2008.
13 Months of Sunshine
13 Months of Sunshine is a witty moral fable with great performances from its first time stars. The film is a delight, especially when Solomon and Hanna are together on the screen. It’s sexy, it’s funny, and even moving all at the same time without really forcing itself onto the audience...
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The most anticipated film for the Ethiopian community is having its US premiere in Los Angeles, CA...
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We are looking for official sponsors for our upcoming Los Angeles premiere and theatrical run. We have a tiered package with very reasonable prices for either the premiere gala event, the regular theatrical run, or both...
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