FILM NEWS

Open air community film screenings

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:53

A series of open air community film screenings will kick off the 2012 Franschhoek cultural calendar. Situated along the R45, 3km from the town centre, the event takes place in the heart of the township of Franschhoek North, at Mooiwater.

The former informal settlement "Vietnam", where a majority of the inhabitants of Mooiwater used to live, inspired the name of the event Cinema Vietnam.

The brainchild of Mzansi (a collective name for new cultural developments in South Africa) and PublicWorx (a local public artworks network), Cinema Vietnam is based on the belief that positive change can be brought about through cultural events, creating spaces for people to meet, to exchange and debate, reflection and inspiration through film and the arts.

The event is aimed at locals who live in the Franschoek Valley and its townships but hopes to attract audiences from all corners of the Franschhoek Valley as well as tourists looking for something nice to do on hot summer nights.

Screenings will take place from Thursday 12 to Saturday 14 January 2012.

Entrance is free to all and films will start at sunset and every show will include two to three screenings per evening.

Cinema Vietnam proudly presents a varied programme of quality movies and documentaries, local and continental as well as international productions, including reel classics and undiscovered recent treasures that will be screened for three nights only.

Among the titles selected are a number of award-winning films such as La Noire de…, Skeem, Fire in Babylon, Pumzi, Bob Marley & the Wailers – Carribean Nights (also known as The Life and Times of Bob Marley) and Shaka Zulu.

As a trial for the concept of community cinema, the evenings will be complemented by performances of local artists and DJs before and after the shows; local food and produce will also be for sale as well as original local crafts.

For more information contact Dirk Scheerlinck on +27 (0)84 96 80 990 and email e. dirkscheerlinck@hotmail.com or Charles Palm on 079 9440355 and email
e. publicworx@rocketmail.com.

Cinema Vietnam poster
Cinema Vietnam
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