M-Net's Afrikaans channels division kykNET has released the programme for its 9th Silwerskermfees 2019 with the local South African film festival that will be taking place from 21 to 24 August at The Bay Hotel in Camps Bay in Cape Town.
Since 2010 more than 160 short and feature films in Afrikaans have been produced through the impetus of the Silwerskermfees to support not just the actual making of films in Afrikaans but to grow the local film industry with more talent getting opportunities and also getting the chance to upskill and gain experience with the TV and film business.
Apart from the short films and the feature films that will debut at the 4-day film festival, films that caught attention at other local film festivals will also be screened at the Silwerskermfees 2019, including documentary films on a wide range of topics.
Workshops will be taking place in conjunction with Wesgro and topics under discussion will range from financing the making of a film, to getting a possible international release for a film.
At the Silwerskermfees 2019 there will be a focus on digital film making with Peter Cowley, the British producer of the series Tabloids: The Animated Web Series (2018), who will be sharing his knowledge.
The local digital
element is represented with 4 web episodes that were part of the short film
competition this year and that will be screened on kykNET's web page on 21 August. Viewers will get a chance to vote for their favourite.
Another
international guest at the festival will be Dorothee Wenner.
Dorothee is a German
filmmaker from Berlin and has been involved in the Berlinale for the past 20
years, also as the representative for Sub-Saharan Africa.
Arnold Vosloo, the
South African born actor based in Los Angeles and who appeared in blockbusters
such as The Mummy, will be at the festival
for the première of Griekwastad, the
film about the family murder that shocked the country and in which he plays the
lead.
The
Theatre on the Bay is part of the Silwerskermfees 2019 this year with the public who can attend screenings there. The film festival will also include a special screening of the new Fiela se Kind at the Labia in Cape Town.
Feature films in competition are:
Flatland
Griekwastad
Poppie
Nongena
Racheltjie
de Beer
Toorbos
Short films
in competion are:
Die
begrafnis
Gebles
Hoe om ’n
perd te teken
Janneman
Lakens
Miemie
Die
gelykenis
Oedipus:
Die musical
Rooilug
Sussie
Swaaibraai
Van
nasionale belang
Vinnie +
Olga
Digital web
episodes:
Afrikaans
101
Deur die
blare
Fliektyd
Groener
Other films at the festival are:
Exorcist of
Apartheid
Far from
the Castle
Porselein
Documentary
films:
Billy Monk
– A Shot in the Dark
Buddha in
Africa
Dalene
Goldblatt
Liyana
Sisters of
the Wilderness
Skeef
Stroop
The Colour
of Wine
The Fun’s
Not Over
The Space:
Theatre of Survival
Whispering
Truth to Power
Feature
films not in competition:
Freedom
Knuckle
City
