BOOKINGS have opened for the third annual European Film Festival, which is poised to bring the cream of Europe’s cinematic fare to Cinema Nouveau theatres in Durban from 6 to 15 May.
This is a unique opportunity for South African audiences to see eleven top-drawer films that have been lauded at recent international festivals and awards ceremonies across the world.
Festival director Katarina Hedrén said: “This year’s selection of films does not represent a theme, but rather an ambition to portray a diverse Europe, as well as provoke thought and entertain. It tells the stories of ordinary people, superstars, struggling people and happy ones too. Of events and moments that seem insignificant but are defining and meaningful to those experiencing them, and of immense catastrophes happening alongside ordinary life, though no one seems to notice. Of love, loneliness and alienation. What they have in common is that all 11 are well-crafted films by talented, empathetic and inquisitive filmmakers that we hope will reach and please a diverse audience here in South Africa.”
Among the awards won by the films featured on the 2016 European Film Festival programme are Macondo (Austria), Fire at Sea (Italy), which was awarded The Golden Bear for Best Film at the 2016 Berlin International Film Festival, Body (Poland) which was awarded The Silver Bear for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival and the European Film Award for Best Editing in 2015 and Amy (United Kingdom) which was awarded The 2016 Academy Award as well as the British Academy Film Award for Best Documentary, among many other accolades.
These dramas, comedies and documentaries, representing the apex of European filmmaking, will be screened at Ster-Kinekor Cinema Nouveau theatre in Gateway.
Bookings are now open, with tickets priced at R55. To book, visit www.cinemanouveau.co.za or www.sterkinekor.mobi, or call 0861 668 437. For more information, visit www.eurofilmfest.co.za or join the conversation on Twitter and Facebook: #EuroFilmFestSA
