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- “THE FIRST GRADER” receives 5 NAACP Image Awards for BEST FILM, BEST INDIE FILM, BEST ACTOR, BEST SCREEPLAY and BEST MUSIC - . OLIVER LITONDO also receives the AARP Movies for Grown-ups BEST ACTOR Award and multiple Black Critic Circle Nominations.
- “THE FIRST GRADER” wins first ever SATELLITE AWARD for BEST EDUCATIONAL FILM - .
- CONGRATULATIONS to OLIVER LITONDO for being named BEST ACTOR by the Black Film Critics Circle for his portrayal of Maruge in “THE FIRST GRADER”.
- “THE FIRST GRADER” nominated for the Gotham Genius Audience Award.
- “THE FIRST GRADER” takes home BEST PICTURE, BEST ACTOR for Oliver Litondo and BEST ACTRESS for Naomie Harris at the Kenya International Film Festival.
- SSP signs first studio deal with SONY and Overbrook..
- “THE FIRST GRADER” wins the Audience Choice Award at the 2011 Durban International Film Festival.
- “THE FIRST GRADER” opens in Japan.
- “THE FIRST GRADER” opens SIFF 2011 to a crowd of 3000 in Seattle.
- “THE FIRST GRADER” wins top honors at the 2011 Sedona International Film Festival.
- “THE FIRST GRADER” to close the 2011 Palm Springs International Film Festival on January 16.
- “THE FIRST GRADER” wins the 2010 Audience Choice Award at the Doha Tribeca Film Festival presented by Robert De Niro.
- SSP has partnered up with Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment and legendary Hollywood producer Mace Neufeld (INVICTUS, PATRIOT GAMES, THE SAINT, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER) to produce the remake of an Australian comedy which is currently being kept under wraps. Writing duo Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais have been tapped to adapt the remake. Their credits include THE BANK JOB, ACROSS THE UNIVERSE, FLUSHED AWAY and THE COMMITMENTS.
- “THE FIRST GRADER” announced as the runner-up to Toronto Film Fest People's Choice Award.
- Microsoft will be sponsoring a special Gala for “THE FIRST GRADER” at the 54th BFI London Film Festival in October.
- Official Announcement: “THE FIRST GRADER” will have its world premiere at the 37th Telluride Film Festival and then at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival.
- SSP has partnered up with Will Smith's Overbrook Entertainment and legendary Hollywood producer Mace Neufeld (INVICTUS, PATRIOT GAMES, THE SAINT, THE HUNT FOR RED OCTOBER) to produce the remake of an Australian comedy which is currently being kept under wraps.
- SSP win option to Daoud Hari's acclaimed best selling memoir "The Translator: A Tribesman's Memoir of Darfur" which is currently in development.
- SSP will develop the feature film “GREEN FIELDS” based on the award winning documentary “YIDDISH THEATRE: A LOVE STORY”. The story is currently being kept under wraps, but it will center on the Yiddish Theatre in New York City. The documentary's acclaimed Israeli writer/director Dan Katzir and writer/producer Ravit Markus will Executive Produce.
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