Haitian movie director Raoul Peck has been chosen as a jury member at this year’s Cannes Film Festival along with ‘The Descendants’ director Alexander Payne, Wuthering Heights’ Andrea Arnold and French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier.

A combination made on April 26, 2012 shows file pictures of the members of the 2012 Cannes Film Festival jury (see below), unvealed on April 25, 2012. From left to right, top to bottom: head of the jury, Italian film director Nanni Moretti, British actor Ewan McGregor, Haitian director Raoul Peck, French fashion designer Jean-Paul Gaultier,

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CHINCHILLA FILMS is looking CREW and CASTING for a 10 min. short film about the life of three characters in a story about freedom and redemption.

Lucia is a woman struggling with a secret that she has kept from her husband for ten years. But the day of their 10th anniversary she is preparing to reveal this secret. Although, she is not expecting that her confession will lead her to an unexpected event that will change the course of the rest of her life.

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Midelene Lubins has given birth to twin girls.

The “Men Rat La” movie star welcomed her daughters Haillie-Krystelle and Haillie-Gabrienna into the world on Wednesday March 28, 2012 in Montreal, Canada.

Midelene thanked fans on Facebook for their prayers and support and also released the following statement: “The babies are in very good health. I’m delighted, I couldn’t be happier.”

Congratulations!

Haitian actor Simon Innocent, well-known as Nono died this Friday, February 10, around 10:00 am, at OFATMA hospital in Port-au-Prince. According to sources, Nono died from Cirrhosis, a consequence of chronic liver disease mostly caused by heavy drinking of alcohol.

Nono became famous in Haitian movies  ”Chome-co” and “Alelouya “.  Our sympathies go to his family and the Haitian cinema. [Watch a clip from Alelouya]

[via SawPanse.com] Haitian actor Jacques Maurice is mourning after he lost his 22-year old son following the tragic car accident in Delmas 33, Haiti. According to a source at Shalom FM where Jacky Maurice was a radio host, he died in the hospital last night between 9-10PM.
May he rest in peace.

REMO has officially taken the crown as the first Haitian movie to reach one million views on Movie Lakay’s YouTube channel. Since its official launch 2 years ago, the clip has been viewed more than 1 million times on YouTube and the movie page on MovieLakay.com has been viewed by over 100,000 fans – making it without a doubt, the most watched movie on the site’s history. Remo movie clip hit the 500,000 view mark in late 2010 and hasn’t let up since.

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We are proud to announce that Movie Lakay won the Best Haitian Movie Website Award in the 1st Annual MPAH Movie Awards!

We thank The Motion Picture Association of Haiti (MPAH) and their team for recognizing the innovation and contribution Movie Lakay is making to provide Haitian movie fans original movie reviews, trailers, movie news, analysis, red carpet interviews and photos.

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 Director Robenson “Roby” Lauvince who has done many films with Daphney Derivois finally tied the knot on Sunday October 9th 2011.

Roby made his debut with the drama movie “Victime De La Vie Quotidienne” in 2007 as a director and actor.

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VIP actress and former Telemax news anchor Farah Menard has died in a car accident today.

According to HPN, Farah Menard was returning from Cabaret on Sunday when the brutal accident happened. She was 47.

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Haiti has recently become one of the hot filming locations for Tutu Demosthene’s new movie.

The cast and crew of ‘The Heavenly Side of Hell’, including lead actors Tony Delerme, Tico Armand, Michelle Georges, set off for Haiti two weeks ago to shoot the film. It is said that the first portion of the film was shot in Grand-Goâve while the second half was shot at various picturised locations in Haiti.

‘The Heavenly Side of Hell’ is an action thriller produced by Medgine and directed by Tutu Demosthene. According to a source, lead actor Tony Delerme (son of Raynald Delerme) has apparently decided to perform all the action stunts and fight sequences without using a body double. Continue reading…

Rapper/actress Teyana Taylor has gotten into a bloody fight with Haitian movie director Jean-Claude La Marre on the set of “Gang of Roses 2.”

Teyana Taylor claims La Marre ignored her pleas to be taken home while she dealt with an aching tooth.

According to 20-year-old Teyana, she asked multiple times to be taken home by car service because the pain was just too much to bear — and when La Marre continually refused to allow that … she got in his face and started shouting. Teyana claims La Marre shouted back, “Don’t f**king scream at me bitch” … and pushed her in the face, hitting her aching tooth.

Taylor said she got punched in the nose and mouth and bled. La Marre said he only acted defensive after she jumped on him and “began swinging”.

La Marre ended up killing off Taylor’s character in the movie. The director also said he is not taking the matter further because “she’s 20 years old and I’m 40 …kids lash out.”

Gang of Roses 2 co-stars Amber Rose, her boyfriend Wiz Khalifa, and a few other folks.

[via TMZ]

Synopsis:

Who will change the course of Ayiti? When will she get better? After a harsh and unfortunate accident of a close family member, Zuli soon finds out why her impoverished country is in the state that it is today…. She realizes to save her sister’s life she will urgently need to leave behind the current domineering Haitian mentality.

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Beloved Comedic Actor Johnny Fleurinord well-known as Tonton Nord passed away this morning Thursday July 28, 2011 in a hospital in Gonaives, Haiti from “complications due to Kidney ailment,” a source told Movie Lakay.  He was 36. No other details were available and his manager asked that his family’s privacy be respected.

Continue reading to watch a tribute video…

[via SawPanse.com] Actress Magdaluna Georges, well-known as Mercedes, and boyfriend producer James Lobertho Mireau caused quite at the Haitian Flag Festival last month when they appeared together for the first time since she announced they were dating. The couple seemed extremely happy and really enjoying spending time together.

They both confirmed the relationship with a Facebook relationship status update -from being “single” to “in a relationship”.

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The 1st annual MPAH Haitian Movie Awards are coming November 20, 2011! It goes without saying that we’re excited. If you aren’t familiar, MPAH will honor the hard work of historically important artists that have been an essential cornerstone in shaping the Haitian movie industry. They will also reward the current efforts of the vibrant talents in the Haitian movie industry today.

Of course, we’d be remissed if we failed to mention that Movie Lakay has been nominated.

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Ms. Mallissa Faustin was born on the Caribbean Island of Haiti. She moved to the United States at the tender age of 6. She’s lived in New York and is currently residing in Florida. Mallissa went on to pursue a career in Modeling /Acting in 2008, since then she has been featured as a Model on numerous websites and print Magazines.

She’s also had major roles in two films and is currently working on her third movie titled “Zanmi the movie” which is scheduled to be released on DVD Spring 2011.

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