The Photo & Film Expo to be held
at the Coca-Cola Dome promises to be exactly what every South African
photographer has been yearning for... Our very own dedicated expo! The
Photo & Film Expo in association with PiX magazine is the largest
Photographic Expo on the continent, nowhere in Africa can you see all
your favourite photographic brands under one roof.
The Photo & Film Expo will highlight the excellence in Still
Photography and Film Production in SA. This event will showcase the
latest hardware, software, technology, lighting, techniques, facilities
and courses available in these fields.
Workshops and training sessions will take place each day at the event.
These sessions will be free. All visitors and exhibitors to this event
will be able to participate in educating and gaining first hand
knowledge from experts in their fields, of all aspects of these dynamic
industries.
Out in Africa was launched in 1994 to celebrate the inclusion, in the
South Africa
Constitution, of the clause prohibiting discrimination on the grounds
of sexual orientation. It's now Africa's biggest Gay and Lesbian film
festival.
The triple Oscar nominee Albert Nobbs will première at this film
festival. Glenn Close received her sixth Oscar nomination for her role
as a woman passing as a man in order to work and survive in 19th Century
Ireland. Janet McTeer, nominated as Best Supporting Actress, also has a
cross-dressing role, and the film is up for Best Makeup. Rising star
Mia Wasikowska (Alice in Wonderland, Jane Eyre) is the love interest.
The director Rodrigo Garcia, son of the Nobel Prize winning novelist
Gabriel Garcia Marquez, is an Emmy-nominee.
The Festival will host three international guests, Lead actress and
producer Dreya Weber, Swedish actor and producer Josefine Tengblad and
Belgian director Bavo Defurne. Soweto-born Fanney Tsimong is also a
guest of the festival as the writer and director of The Secret
(Imfhilo).
The guests will present the following interesting films 'A Marine
Story', which has won 16 major awards, 'The Gymnast', 'Kyss Mig' (Kiss
Me), 'North Sea Texas' which was named Best Feature Début at the
Montreal World Film Festival and won the Fipresci International Press
Award and 'The Secret' which will play with two South African short
films: 'Anders' by Werner Coetzee and Mthokozisi Lembethe’s 'Paving
Forward'.
Other festival highlights include:
• The award-winning, wickedly funny British film 9 Dead Gay Guys - the queer flick Guy Ritchie should have made…
• Christopher and His Kind, a lush drama and the real story of
Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin, fabric of the cult classic Cabaret
• The award-winning Chilean My Last Round, an exquisite South American sleeper in the fashion of the runaway hit Undertow
• German must see Romeos, a trendy, unconventional and very contemporary take on the issues facing queer teens.
Venue: Nu Metro Hyde Park
Tickets: R50 - but there are lots of concessions available - Clicks, Metropolitan, NuM OAPs and half-price Wednesdays for Fanatics.
Macufe Festival
When: Friday, 05 October 2012 to Sunday, 14 October 2012
Where: Bloemfontein
Categories: Annual Festivals / Arts & Culture / Entertainment
Macufe, the 10-day Mangaung African Cultural Festival, showcases the cream of African and international talent.
The Makufe Festival features jazz, gospel, kwaito, hip-hop, R&B,
rock and classical music, as well as dance, drama, cabaret, musical
theatre, poetry, fine art and traditional arts and crafts. First held in
1997 before an audience of 30 000, Macufe now attracts over 140 000
people from South Africa, Africa and the world.
The festival is presented annually in early October by Bashomi ba Africa.
For additional information contact
Telephone +27 (0)51 447-8169 or +27 (0)51 451-2381
Sasol Marakele Birding Breakaway
When: Dates to be confirmed (Sunday, 14 October 2012 to Tuesday, 16 October 2012)
Where: Marakele Natational Park
Categories: Fauna & Flora
Sasol Marakele Birding Breakaway
Book now to join us for a weekend
of birding, entertainment, prizes and lots more! Ian Michlery from
African Geographic is our guest speaker on Friday night followed by a
finger supper.
On Saturday, there will be bird ringing and ‘Birding by tractors’. To
wind down from our busy but fun day there is a bring and braai in the
evening. Sunday morning we start the day with a big South African
breakfast and prize giving from Sasol and BirdLife South Africa.
For more information please contact:
Ampie Venter 083-258-5924 or Eddie Cassani 084-370-5255
Poetry Africa Festival
When: Monday, 15 October 2012 to Saturday, 20 October 2012
Where: Durban
Categories: Arts & Culture
Poets, predominantly from
South Africa
and elsewhere on the African continent, will participate in the 16 th
Poetry Africa international poetry festival in Durban from 15 to 20
October 2012.
The extensive week-long programme includes performances, readings, music
and book-launches Monday to Friday at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre
(University of KwaZulu-Natal) with the Durban SlamJam and festival
finale at BAT Centre. Day activities include seminars, workshops, open
mic opportunities, and school visits. A schools poetry competition will
also take place.
Contact: Centre for Creative Art on +27 (0)31 260-2506
