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Cape Town gets feast of films
03/11/2005 12:19 - (SA)
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| Mary-Anne Barlow and Leon Schuster in a scene from Mama Jack. (Video Vision Entertainment) |
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Cape Town - The fourth Cape Town World Cinema Festival (CTWCF) takes place in and around Cape Town from the November 11 to 20.
This year the CTWCF will showcase over 110 feature films, shorts and documentaries and will be screened at a variety of venues around Cape Town.
These venues include the Artscape Theatre Centre, Cinema Nouveau at the V&A Waterfront; V&A Amphitheatre and the Labia Theatre on Orange to Cinemax in Mitchell's Plain, the Kismet in Athlone and the FAWU Hall in Gugulethu and the Zolani Multi-purpose Hall in Nyanga.
"The 2005 Festival will be completely different to last year," says CEO & Festival Director Michael Auret.
"It is my objective to increase audience participation in the festival and grow audiences for film. For instance we have included Leon Schuster's latest slapstick comedy Mama Jack. If by doing this more people look at the programme and go to other films, then we will have achieved something."
This year's festival will cater for the entire international spectrum of taste and culture that is encapsulated in Cape Town.
Latest films by iconic directors such as Lars von Trier, Ousmane Sembene, Wong Kar-Wai and David Cronenberg complement an African Retrospective to mark the 10th anniversary of the Sithengi Film & TV Market as well as 50 years of African Cinema.
Bright lights and bling
South African highlights include Gavin Hood's Tsotsi, Khalo Matabane's Conversations of a Sunday Afternoon, Kevin Du Toit's, Tau ya Soweto and Darrel Roodt's much anticipated Faith's Corner.
And, says Michael Auret, the bright lights, fashion and spectacle will be in full swing too!
"The bling and glamour of the Oscars is reflected in the two daily Red Carpet Screenings of the movies that are in contention for the Annual Awards."
Auret says Cape Town will emulate the traditions of the Cannes Film Festival and the Fespaco Film Festival in Ouagadougou, the oldest film festival in Africa, in not only honouring the best from Africa but also the whole world.
Equally exciting is the 10th anniversary incarnation of the Sithengi Film and Television Market, the business component that runs concurrent to the CTWCF.
Once again top international co-producers, film financiers and sale agents will participate with their local counterparts and interface with aspiring young producers and new talent.
This is where producers, directors, broadcasters, distributors and actors come from all over the world to network and make deals.
Want more information? Go to www.sithengi.co.za.
- News24
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