Superimposing an African imagination on filmmaking processes, the 5th Talent Campus Durban will ignite the creativity of 40 selected filmmakers from Africa in a series of masterclasses, workshops and industry networking opportunities during the Durban International Film Festival. Talent Campus Durban entices filmmakers to enhance skills, develop collaborations and interface with the dynamic future of the film industry in Africa, and the world.
The five-day programme also includes the 2nd edition of Doc Station, where selected documentary projects submitted by accepted talents will be finessed and packaged for presentation within the DOC Circle at the 3rd Durban FilmMart. Two Doc Station projects won PUMA.Mobility and PUMA.Creative prizes adjudicated by Channel 4 BRITDOC at last year’s Durban FilmMart.
A new addition this year is Talent Press, a mentoring programme for African film critics in collaboration with FIPRESCI and Goethe Institut. Talent Press will publish reviews and reports on the Talent Campus Durban and the festival films and events in general.
Held in co-operation with the Berlinale Talent Campus, and with support from the German Embassy of South Africa, Goethe Institut of South Africa, and the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development and Tourism, Talent Campus Durban runs from 20 to 24 July. Apart from the main event in Berlin, Talent Campus partnerships also take place at selected festivals in Buenos Aires, Guadalajara, Tokyo and Sarajevo. Opportunities for participating talents are enhanced through Talent Campus networks and the Berlinale’s global information platform.
Africa is a great source of stories, and an innovative new wave is emerging from the multiple contexts and challenges of Africa, to tell these stories. Under this year’s theme of Africa Superimposed, Talent Campus Durban will add new layers of inspiration, and skills, to give impetus to this process, and with the talents of this vibrant gathering of filmmakers representing countries and cultures from around the continent, it is hoped that Africa will impose an ever-stronger presence on the world of filmmaking.
Application is open to filmmakers and critics who are resident in Africa. Applicants are encouraged to apply well before the deadline of 15 March in order to submit their work samples timeously.
Visit www.cca.ukzn.ac.za or www.berlinale-talentcampus.de for submission regulations.
The 33rd Durban International Film Festival takes place from 21 to 29 July.The DIFF is organised by the Centre for Creative Arts (University of KwaZulu-Natal) with principal funding from the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund and support from the National Film and Video Foundation, the KwaZulu-Natal Department of Economic Development and Tourism, and the City of Durban. Durban FilmMart is a partnership project between the Durban Film Office and the Durban International Film Festival.
Crown Royal and the DuSable Museum of African American History in Chicago, Illinois have teamed up for Black History Month to present “Crown Royal Black Salutes Chuck D.”, a tribute to the life and accomplishments of the legendary Public Enemy front man.
The tribute consists of a pictorial display featuring photos of Chuck D. taken by acclaimed photographer, Moses Mitchell. Also highlighted will be original paintings by artists Sam Kirk and Rahmaan Statik. The collection is co-curated by DuSable curator Charles Bethea and renowned Chicago artist Sam Kirk.
The opening of the artistic showcase will be held on the evening of February 2, 2012, and will feature an introspective conversation with Chuck D. and Dr. Gaye Theresa Johnson on the subjects of hip-hop activism, the 25th anniversary of Public Enemy, and the soft launch of Chuck’s new company, Enemy Books.
Guests will sip Crown Royal cocktails while enjoying the musical backdrop of WGCI DJ Timbuck 2, and the band Zzaje.
For event details, visit www.guestcode.com (code #929)
A little more than a year ago, radical political and social changes in the Arab world were triggered by a series of mass uprisings and demonstrations. At times bloody, the revolutions in Tunisia and Egypt were only the start. Gaddafi’s fall in Libya followed, as did unrest in other countries of the Maghreb and Mashreq. Civil war-like conditions still prevail in Syria today.
Social networks as well as the many films of these major protest movements and the ensuing violence have contributed substantially to the perception of these uprisings in the Arab world. Pictures from Tahrir Square in Cairo have already become a part of our collective visual memory.
The programme of the Berlinale 2012 addresses what has become known as the “Arab Spring”, and examines its developments from different perspectives and in a variety of forms:
There are documentary films that depict the region and recent events from the viewpoint of Arab directors and of filmmakers from other parts of the world. Though there are also fictional and documentary films by Arab directors that explore these regions without directly addressing the revolution. Instead they deal with crucial existential questions and the need to define their identity; in some cases this has been done with much humour. Besides the films screening in the different Berlinale sections, Arab cinema will be making a good showing at the European Film Market (EFM).
The Berlinale is also organising a number of panel discussions on the Arab world and filmmaking. Guests include writer Tahar Ben Jelloun (Morocco/France), filmmakers Mahmoud Hojeij (Lebanon) and Nadia El-Fani (Tunisia/France), filmmaker and journalist Mohamed Ali Atassi (Syria/Lebanon), artist and curator Maha Maamoun (Egypt), curator Sarah Rifky (Egypt), director and film activist Hala Al Abdallah (Syria/France), producer and filmmaker Hala Galal (Egypt), and producer Javier Bardem (Spain).
Berlinale Talent Campus – Panel discussions
Indie Filmmakers Guide to Cross-Media II:
Engaging 21st Century Audiences Across Multiple Platforms
With Jigar Mehta, video journalist,
Inga von Staden, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (Germany),
Timo Vuorensola, director (Finland)
Moderated by Liz Rosenthal (founder and director of “Power to the Pixel”)
Beirut Calling: Contemporary Video Art from Lebanon
With Mahmoud Hojeij, director (Lebanon),
Ahmad Ghossein, director (Lebanon),
Gheith Al-Amine, director (Lebanon),
Moderated by Marcel Schwierin (filmmaker, curator, artistic director “Arab Shorts”)
Changing perspectives: The Arab World Defining Its Future
With Tahar Ben Jelloun, writer (Morocco/France),
Nadia El-Fani, filmmaker (Tunisia/France),
Viola Shafik, documentary film maker, film scholar, writer (Germany/Egypt)
Moderated by Vincenzo Bugno (WCF)
Supported by the Euromed Audiovisual Programme of the European Union
World Cinema Fund
On February 15, 2012, World Cinema Fund Day will address the topic “Filmmakers and the Arab Spring / Insurgency, Poetry and Engagement” in two panel discussions:
Focus Syria
With Hala Al Alabdallah, filmmaker, producer, film activist (Syria/France)
Mohamed Ali Atassi, filmmaker, journalist (Syria/Lebanon)
Alaa Karkouti, film journalist (Syria/Egypt)
Moderated by Vincenzo Bugno (WCF)
Documenting Revolution
With Hania Mroue, festival organiser, producer (Lebanon)
Nadia El Fani, filmmaker, (Tunisia/France)
Hala Galal, filmmaker, producer (Egypt)
Nora Younis, journalist, activist, blogger (Egypt) tbc
Moderated by Vincenzo Bugno (WCF)
Supported by the Euromed Audiovisual Programme of the European Union
Forum Expanded
Cairo: The City, the Images, the Archives
With Khalid Abdalla, actor, producer, co-founder of Zero Film Productions (Egypt),
Hala Galal, filmmaker, producer, director of SEMAT production & distribution, new director of Cinematheque Cairo (Egypt)
Maha Maamoun, artist, curator and co-founder of Contemporary Image Collective (Egypt)
Sarah Rifky, curator of Townhouse Gallery, founder of Cairo International Resource Center for Art, documenta 13 agent (Egypt)
Moderated by Marcel Schwierin
Forum Expanded Short Films
As they say by Hicham Ayouch, Morocco/United Arab Emirates
Bye Bye by Paul Geday, Egypt
King Lost His Tooth by Gheith Al-Amine, Lebanon
T.S.T.L. by Gheith Al-Amine, Lebanon
My father is still a communist – Intimate secrets to be published by Ahmad Ghossein, Lebanon/United Arab Emirates
Installations (Gutschow-Haus)
On Love and Other Landscapes
Palestine 2011
Yazan Khalili
Road Movie
Canada 2011
Elle Flanders, Tamira Sawatzky
Films in Panorama
Death For Sale by Faouzi Bensaïdi,
Belgium/France/Morocco/United Arab Emirates (funded by WCF)
Three young men living in Tétouan: Malik is in love with Dounia and wants to help her give up her job as a prostitute. Soufiane spends his days pilfering. Allal is a drug runner. The three friends hope that a raid on a jewellery shop will be their path to a new life.
In The Shadow of a Man by Hanan Abdalla, Egypt
In the wake of the Egyptian revolution four women describe events from their perspective and talk about what it means to be a woman in Egypt on the way to another life in a new society. A courageous, intimate and politically explosive portrait.
La Vierge, les Coptes et Moi (The Virgins, the Copts and Me)
by Namir Abdel Messeeh, France/Qatar/ Egypt (also screening at EFM)
Against the background of the recent Egyptian revolution the director explores the phenomenon of alleged appearances of the Virgin Mary to Coptic Christians. His sceptical search leads to a fictional reinterpretation of reality that turns his film into a comedy about documentary filmmaking.
My brother the Devil by Sally El Hosaini, United Kingdom
Two Arab brothers in London. Fourteen-year-old Mo idolises his nineteen-year-old brother Rashid, who is a gang member and drug dealer. When Rashid decides to lead a completely different life Mo has to face his own prejudices to save his brother’s life.
The Reluctant Revolutionary by Sean McAllister, Great Britain
Yemeni tour operator Kais is at first reluctant to get involved in the protests that engulf Sana’a in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings. But when a friend is shot dead he too decides to rise up against the president and join the revolution.
Wilaya by Pedro Pérez Rosado, Spain
After living in Spain for sixteen years Fatimetu returns to the Saharan refugee camp where she lived as a child, and where she and her sister now find a way of earning a living together. But Fatimetu is torn between life in the desert and her memories of Spain.
Words of Witness by Mai Iskander, USA
This documentary follows a young Cairo journalist named Heba Afify. An impressive portrait of one woman’s attempt to give a voice to the new diversity of opinion in Egypt and struggle for her own place in society.
Forum
Al Juma Al Akheira (The Last Friday) by Yahya Alabdallah, Jordan/ United Arab Emirates
Taxi driver Yousef is forced to bring some order into his failed existence. This lovingly photographed film casts a laconic and occasionally humorous gaze on daily life in the Jordanian capital Amman.
Berlinale Special
Hijos de las nubes, La última colonia (Sons Of The Clouds, The Last Colony) – Documentary by Alvaro Longoria, Spain
The story of a forgotten colonial war in Western Sahara and the dedication of an internationally renowned actor. A documentary that examines the fate of a neglected people and explores the opaque and often callous paths of international diplomacy.
Followed by a discussion with director Alvaro Longoria and producer Javier Bardem.
Althawra… Khabar (Reporting … A Revolution) – Documentary by Bassam Mortada, Egypt
A film about the pivotal role played by independent media during the recent Egyptian revolution. Six journalists share their intense, shocking experiences – and admit to the impossibility of maintaining a neutral stance in the face of such brutal oppression.
Followed by a discussion with the director and other guests.
Films at the EFM
Documentaries:
In My Mother’s Arms by Mohamed Jabarah Al Daradji, Atia Jabarah Al UK/Iraq/Netherlands
El Gusto by Safinez Bousbia, Ireland
Half Revolution by Omar Shargawi, Karim El Hakim, Denmark
Gate #5 by Simon El Habre, Lebanon/Germany/Canada
Cinema Jenin by Markus Vetter, Germany/Israel
5 Broken Cameras by Emad Burnat, Guy Davidi, The Netherlands/ France/Israel/Palestine
Feature films:
Rough Hands by Mohamed Asli, Morocco
My Brother the Devil by Sally El Hosaini, United Kingdom
How big is your Love by Fatma Zohra Zamoum, Algeria/Morocco
The Last Friday by Yahya Al-Abdallah Jordan/United Arab Emirates
Asmaa by Amr Salama, Egypt
The Rif Lover by Narjiss Nejjar, Morocco/France/Belgium
Films screening at the EFM as well as in one of the festival sections:
Panorama:
Death For Sale by Faouzi Bensaïdi
In The Shadow of a Man by Hanan Abdalla
La Vierge, les Coptes et Moi (The Virgins, the Copts and Me) by Namir Abdel Messeeh
Wilaya by Pedro Pérez Rosado
Words of Witness by Mai Iskander
Forum:
Al Juma Al Akheira (The Last Friday) by Yahya Alabdallah
The Blackhouse Foundation events hosted during the opening weekend of the 2012 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah, were attended by such music and film icons as Quincy Jones, Dennis Haysbert, Common, Ice T, Biz Markie, Toni Braxton, and Estelle. Some of the festivities highlighted the changes that The Blackhouse Foundation has brought to Sundance during the past five years and its support of African American independent filmmakers. The closing night event; which was sponsored by Ella Ryan LLC and Devin Hampton, was a salute to all of the filmmakers, actors and supporters of diversity calling The Blackhouse home during the festival’s opening week.
One of The Blackhouse Foundation’s signature events, “Dinner with Bevy,” honored young Hollywood actors Jesse Williams who stars in the ABC hit Grey’s Anatomy and Rashida Jones, daughter of Quincy Jones who stars in the NBC series Parks and Recreation. The exclusive “Dinner with Bevy” was presented by socialite TV’s go-to, gal-about-town and on-air commentator Bevy Smith and hosted by Moet & Chandon. Other celebrity attendees included Meagan Good, Keri Putnam, Franklin Leonard, Hank Willis Thomas, and Rockmond Dunbar.
The Blackhouse Foundation’s mission is to expand opportunities for black filmmakers continues. This year they celebrated and supported the festival’s more than 20 films with black directors, stories and/or casts. The Blackhouse Foundation furthers diversity of programming and increases attendance of African-American, multicultural and diverse filmmakers by providing a physical gathering venue, esteemed events and exclusive engagements at film festivals around the world.
The Blackhouse experience at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival was supported by Premier Sponsors TV One and ING; Official Sponsor Remy Cointreau; and Creative Sponsors Moet & Chandon, CAA, HBO, Ella Ryan, LLC, and Stella Artois. Visit www.theblackhouse.org/events/ to view photos from the events and to learn more about The Blackhouse Foundation’s efforts to change the face of independent film.
Actor Nate Parker has teamed up with Bay Area author China Galland and son, filmmaker Ben Galland, to produce the documentary feature film, Resurrecting Love: The Cemetery That Can Heal a Nation – which documents the powerful racial conflict over the right to visit a cemetery in Marshall, Texas.
This film in-progress follows two women – one black, one white – as they rally the community to fight a large timber corporation, which is denying them access to the cemetery, and in the process, change the face of Texas history. Resurrecting Love shows us how a diverse group of people can come together to heal the deep racial divisions that still threaten to tear our country apart.
The film grew out of China Galland’s book, Love Cemetery, Unburying the Secret History of Slaves, which ignited a controversy about rights to visit cemeteries throughout Texas.
Nate Parker is the star of George Lucas’ Red Tails, the story of the WWII Tuskegee Airmen, which just premiered nationwide. He is also known for his starring role with Denzel Washington in The Great Debaters and The Secret Life of Bees.
After reading about the African American descendent community being locked out of their family burial ground and kept from their ancestor’s graves, he decided to take on the role of Executive Producer to help them finish this important documentary. He also established the Nate Parker scholarship fund for young African American men at historically black Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, where Wiley students help maintain Love Cemetery.
Of the 200 hours of footage shot over the past ten years, 80 hours of poignant interviews were completed, including interviews with Pulitzer Prize winner Professor Leon F. Litwack; Reverend Professor Peter J. Gomes; Congressman John Lewis; Marianne Williamson; and the Founder of Northeastern University’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project Margaret A. Burnham.
The San Francisco Film Society is the fiscal sponsor so that people can join the cause to help finish the film. All donations are tax deductible. For more details, visit www.resurrectinglovemovie.org
The IndieGoGo campaign for Resurrecting Love can be found online at http://igg.me/p/30353
Due to the phenomenal success of the inaugural ARISE Magazine Fashion Week 2011, where 5,000 guests, 51 designers, 81 models, 5 musical acts performed over three days – ARISE is once again proud to announce that it will return to Lagos in March 2012.
The ARISE Magazine Fashion Week 2012 fashion extravaganza will run for an extended period of SIX days from Tuesday 6th to Sunday 11th March 2012.
Once again, ARISE will invite 50 designers to participate in its 2012 Fashion Week show. The much anticipated finale will host the spectacular ARISE Magazine Fashion Awards. The very best of the designers will be invited to participate in the annual ARISE Magazine Fashion Gala at the Mercedes-Benz New York Fashion Week in September 2012.
At last year’s AMFW 2011 fashion event SEVEN designers: Lanre Da Silva-Ajayi, Jewel by Lisa, Asibelua, Bunmi Koko, Tsemaye Binitie, Pierre-Antoine Vettorello and KlûK CGDT were given a golden ticket invitation to showcase their designs in September 2011, as part of the Made in Africa by ARISE Magazine Collective at the Avery Fisher Hall, New York.
ARISE Magazine founder Nduka Obaigbena says: “There is a side of Lagos that chimes well with the international fashion scene. We at ARISE Magazine recognise that the city has much to offer in the way of vibrancy and extraordinary talent in abundance making it the cultural capital of Africa. Once more we are proud to be associated with nurturing new designers from the vast continent – and continuing our support of those who are more well-known in Nigeria and in the diaspora.”
As seen on HBO, “THE PUNANY POETS” will stimulate all of your senses & rock your soul with a scintillating brew of erotic entertainment and HIV/AIDS awareness this Valentine’s Season. All are invited to join them for their annual traveling showcase of poetry, dance, comedy and storytelling laid on a sensual soundtrack of R&B, Jazz, House and Hip Hop.
Punany cabaret shows are unique among African American entertainment, providing not only humor, but also sex education and historical insight on the perils of Black Sexuality shaped by a controversial and painful past. Never preachy, always original, and dedicated to the preservation of Black love and marriage and romance in the age of HIV and AIDS, The Punany Poets promise an unforgettable Valentine’s Experience in a 10 city tour beginning Feb 4th, 2012. All tickets are available online at www.punanytickets.com.
Saturday, Feb. 4th, Berkeley, CA, 6:00pm
Black Repertory Theater
3201 Adeline Street, Berkeley, CA 94703
Show: The Second Sin Again
Friday, Feb. 10th, Philadelphia, PA, 7:00pm
Second Stage at the Adrienne Theater
2030 Sansom St, Philadelphia, PA 19103
Show: Black Love American Style
Saturday, February 11th, New York, NY, 7:00pm & 10:00pm
Roy Arias Studios & Theaters, The Off Broadway Theater
300 W 43rd St, Suite 506, New York, NY 10036
Show: Black Love American Style
Sunday, Feb. 12th New York, NY, 3:00pm
Roy Arias Studios & Theaters, The View Theater
300 W 43rd St, Suite 506, New York, NY 10036-6404
Show: Black Love American Style
Monday, Feb. 13th, Baltimore, MD, 8:00pm
Eubie Blake Center, 847 North Howard Street
Baltimore, MD 21201
Show: Black Love American Style
Tuesday, Feb. 14th, Washington, DC, 7:00pm
FUR Nightclub
33 Patterson St NE # A, Washington, DC 20002
Show: Black Love American Style
Friday, Feb. 17th, Detroit, MI, 8:00pm
1515 Broadway (Theater Name)
1515 Broadway, Detroit, MI, 48226
Show: The Head Doctor Show
Saturday, Feb 18th, Burbank, IL
ROYAL BANQUET & BAR
5001 W 79th Street, Burbank, IL 60459
Show: The Head Doctor Show
Sunday, Feb 19th, Stone Mountain, GA
The Atrium
5479 Memorial Drive, Stone Mountain, GA 30083
Show: The Head Doctor Show
Saturday, March 10th – Miami, FL
Joseph Caleb Auditorium
5400 NW 22nd Avenue, Miami, FL 33147
Show: Black Love American Style
A fundraiser for Empower U
The city of Cordoba and Al Tarab, NGO behind the African Film Festival-FCAT, announce changes in both the host city and the dates. The festival was organized since 2004 during the spring in Tarifa, Spain, and will now take place every autumn in Córdoba, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with 2,000 years of history, cradle of civilizations and cultures.
“We are very excited about the new period ahead. It is both a challenge and a big opportunity. Cordoba’s infrastructure, institutional and economic support will greatly help FCAT to fulfill its goals towards a better understanding of African realities through the works of African filmmakers” says Ms. Mane Cisneros, director of the festival. “Cordoba will also allow us to screen films from the Middle East for the first time”.
9th FCAT Córdoba 2012:
9º FCAT Córdoba 2012: 13 – 21 October
More than 120 films will be screened
Middle East films: curated by Dubai International Film Festival
Co-production forum and script development workshop
Photo exhibitions and citizen participation workshops
Cordoba, at the heart of ancient Al-Andalus is linked via speed train to Madrid, a journey of just 90 minutes that will make the festival more accessible to public and media.
“We are very pleased to host such an event. FCAT has proved in its eight years in Tarifa the power of films to bring people together. Cordoba will show its hospitality to the world, a tradition that is part of our character probably since the times of the Caliphate” Says Mr. Juan Antonio Nieto Ballesteros, mayor of Cordoba.
“Our dream in 2004 was to let both the Spanish public and film industry know better one of the most fragile film sectors in the world. We continue to believe that African filmmakers are best positioned to portray the problems and hopes of the African continent’s societies, to provide a dignified vision of the African men and women” continues Ms. Cisneros.
FCAT Cordoba main sponsors are AECID, Casa África, the city of Cordoba and Junta de Andalucía. For more information visit http://www.fcat.es :
Ask Around Entertainment, the distribution shingle of Ask Around Productions, is releasing urban independent movie EXIT STRATEGY, an un-romantic comedy for Valentine’s Day, starring Jameel Saleem, Kimelia Weathers, Quincy “QDeezy” Harris, with Big Boy and Kevin Hart, at AMC Loews Cherry Hill 24 and AMC Franklin Mills Mall 14 in the Philadelphia area on February 10, 2012. Additional releasing cities and locations TBA.
In the movie, James (SALEEM) gets evicted from his apartment and moves in with his girlfriend of three months Kim (WEATHERS) and quickly discovers she’s everything he never wanted in a woman. He enlists best friends Carville (HARRIS), Leona (NOELLE BALFOUR) and strangers BIG BOY and KEVIN HART to find a relationship exit strategy, but for Kim, breaking up just isn’t an option.
Local Philadelphia radio personality Quincy “QDeezy” Harris was instrumental in bringing the first theatrical release of the movie to Philadelphia audiences by securing a media partnership with his Radio One urban format station WPHI Hot 107.9. FM. The station will be supporting the film’s release with significant on-air content focused on the movie’s relationship and break-up themes, a sponsored listener screening at the AMC Franklin Mills Mall 14 on February 10, and an opening night VIP screening at AMC Loews Cherry Hill 21, full details to be announced.
EXIT STRATEGY’s Executive Producer is nationally-syndicated morning radio host Big Boy from the nation’s top hip-hop station KPWR Power 106 in Los Angeles. Big Boy’s production company Ida’s Son Productions helped finance the independent film, in association with Los Angeles-based production company Ask Around Productions.
The movie’s soundtrack, including songs featured-in and inspired by EXIT STRATEGY, will be released on February 6, 2012 by Ocean View Entertainment, the digital distribution label of Stampede Management in Los Angeles – the team behind Snoop Dogg and Far East Movement. The soundtrack will be available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon.com, among others.
The screenplay was written by Baltimore and Philadelphia native and Slamdance screenwriting finalist Jameel Saleem, who also stars in the film. EXIT STRATEGY is directed by Michael Whitton and produced by Kellie Maltagliati and Quincy “QDeezy” Harris.
Kevin Hart has been featured in films such as The 40-Year-Old Virgin, Soul Plane, Scary Movie 4, Death at a Funeral, Little Fockers, and Steve Harvey’s upcoming Think Like a Man. Hart has also done several stand-up TV specials for Comedy Central, including I’m a Grown Little Man (2009) and Seriously Funny (2010), which was released as both an album and DVD on Comedy Central Records. His stand-up movie Laugh At My Pain, which released theatrically in September 2011, has earned more than $7 million in domestic box office and released on DVD January 17, 2012.
Big Boy and his morning show Big Boy’s Neighborhood is syndicated nationwide and Big been named “Personality of the Year” by the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) three times, four times by the Radio Music Awards and six times by Radio & Records. Big Boy has appeared in Adam Sandler’s The Longest Yard, Charlie’s Angels 2, Deuce Bigalow: Male Gigolo and the HBO show Entourage. His book, An XL Life: Staying Big at Half the Size released earlier this year.
