EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL SPECIAL EVENTS

 

LES MISÉRABLES FILMMAKER ENGAGEMENT

Producer Toufik Ayadi and actors Didier Zonga and Almamy Kanoute of the Cannes Jury Prize winner Les Misérables will participate in two workshop sessions to discuss the making of the film and engage local filmmakers about filmmaking processes in general.

1. Saturday 30 November
10.00 to 13.00
Cinema Nouveau, Rosebank Mall, 50 Bath Avenue, Johannesburg

Organized in conjunction with Wits Film and TV, the Johannesburg workshop includes a special screening of the film. Attendance is free but advance registration is essential to book your participation.
Contact Vuyiswa Tshangela at 011 7179237 or vuyiswa.tshangela@wits.ac.za

2. Monday 2 December
13.00 to 15.00
Cape Investor Centre
46 St George’s Mall, Cape Sun Corner, Strand Street, Cape Town

Attendance is free but advance registration is essential to book your participation.
Tel 0785004488 or email info@creativeworkzone.co.za

 

PUSHING US OUT OF OUR CITIES

The documentary PUSH explores how the acquisition of urban property by financial institutions is becoming a global trend and making living in cities unaffordable. Organized in conjunction with Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education, this session will include a screening of the film followed by a discussion on how this relates to local contexts in South Africa.

Thursday 5 December
18.00
Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education
Bertha House, 69 Main Road, Mowbray, Cape Town 7700

Free and open to the public
Enquiries 021 685 3516

 

SCHOOLS SCREENINGS

Selected schools have been invited to attend special screenings of My Extraordinary Summer With Tess in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town followed by mediated conversation on issues raised by the film.