If it’s month-end it must be Coalstove
Celebrate month-end Sundays in an arty way with a bunch of enthusiastic film-loving supporters at the jaw-dropping Private Practice rooftop venue in Jozi inner city. They’ll be showing three films made by emerging South African film makers. Sold? If not, read on for Coalstove‘s description, if yes, read on anyway: From the rip-roaring to the ravishing, the energizing to the engaging…
FINEST SHORT FILMS BY EMERGING YOUNG FILMMAKERS
FROM JOBURG & BEYOND.
SUNDAY, 30TH AUGUST 2009
ENTRY R20
6.30 PM FOR 7.00 PM
@ PRIVATE PRACTICE
NO. 195 JEPPE STREET (ENTRANCE ON BREE…See map below for directions)
Kamakastig Land
The South African entrant ‘Kammakastig Land’ which was written and directed by Brandon Oelofse, tells the story of Fourie (H.O.Meyer), a young Afrikaans man who sets out on a journey from Johannesburg to Cape Town to scatter his fathers’ ashes into the ocean at Cape Point. Fourie journeys the distance finding along the way a true sense of the man his father was, and by confronting the past ultimately finds his future in the process. The film is said to be a meditation on the current identities that have emerged out of the transition towards the new South Africa and in particular the psyche of the White Afrikaans Male. According to the filmmakers the narrative uses a number of devices – the classic American Western, the Road Movie and parallel narratives to guide its translation, meaning and style.
The film was completed in 2007 and as an AFDA honours graduate film garnered ten awards at the AFDA Johannesburg film awards including for Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor.
Dir: Brandon Olofse & Prod: Anthonie van der Walt & Peter Adolphis
Nine Miles Beautiful
Rebuilding faith, love and family is the long journey home.
After a stint in jail, Darren arrives at his run-down family home to confront the aftermath of the tragic event that tore his family apart 18 months ago. He finds a resentful brother confined to a wheelchair for the rest of his life, a worn-down mother at breaking point and the rusting wreck of the car that he was driving when their lives changed forever. Now Darren must find a way to bridge the gap between guilt, anger, despair and forgiveness to bring his family together again, and begin the journey towards healing they must all share.
Prod: Peter Blackburn
Prod: Graham Young
Love in The Time of Blackouts
Directed by : Thabang Phetla
FOLLOWED BY A Q&A WITH THE FILMMAKERS IN ATTENDANCE
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