Category Archives: Film Festivals

Mama Goema :: Sound on Screen Music Film Festival 2012

Posted on November 29, 2012 by Calum

Sound on Screen Music Film Festival (SOS) Johannesburg | The Bioscope | December 2012 The third installment of South Africa’s Sound On Screen Music Film Festival is based in Johannesburg for the first time this year! SOS 2012 takes place … Continue reading →

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Mama Goema :: UK Première | Scotland African Film Festival 2012

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Calum

Click: Africa in Motion Scotland African Film Festival

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At DIFF :: Searching for Sugar Man

Posted on July 20, 2012 by Calum

Searching for Sugar Man | Malik Bendjellou | Sweden, United Kingdom | 2012 | 85min Many attempts have been made to dramatise the incredible shift in global consciousness that came about when the Internet started performing its magic in the … Continue reading →

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At Encounters :: Under African Skies

Posted on June 22, 2012 by Calum

Under African Skies | Joe Berlinger | USA | 2011 | 102min Eminently likeable interviewees including Oprah Winfrey, Harry Belafonte, Quincy Jones, Whoopi Goldberg and David Byrne extol the virtues of Paul Simon’s landmark 1986 worldbeat classic Graceland while the … Continue reading →

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At Encounters :: The African Cypher

Posted on June 19, 2012 by Calum

The African Cypher | Brian Little | South Africa | 2012 | 89min “W-O-W!” It’s a line from the film and a fair description of what Brian Little has achieved with his sophomore feature-length documentary, The African Cypher. Like its … Continue reading →

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At Encounters :: A Common Purpose

Posted on June 18, 2012 by Calum

A Common Purpose | Mitzi Goldman | Australia | 2011 | 75min Andrea Durbach & Justice Bekebeke It’s 1985 in a Northern Cape Town town made socio-political pressure-cooker. An “illegal” gathering meets bullish, trigger-happy police and mob violence sees 25 … Continue reading →

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At Encounters :: Jumu’a | Port Nolloth

Posted on June 15, 2012 by Calum

Jumu’a: The Gathering | Dylan Valley | South Africa | 2012 | 48min Just when you thought you knew everything about Cape Town, along comes Dylan Valley with a story about a mosque established by a Scottish Shaykh and a … Continue reading →

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At Encounters :: On the Edge | Between Heaven & Hell

Posted on June 14, 2012 by Calum

On the Edge | Isy India Geronimo | South Africa | 2012 | 44min An indictment of the way homeless people are treated by South African police, On the Edge confronts audiences with the unsettling reality of life of the … Continue reading →

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Mama Goema :: District Six Museum Bioscope

Posted on April 20, 2012 by Calum

The District Six Museum is no stranger to the likes of Mac McKenzie and Hilton Schilder, whose early 2000s museum jams played a role in the genesis of The Goema Captains of Cape Town. What’s more, leafing through the museum’s … Continue reading →

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Mama Goema :: Canadian Festival Screenings | April 2012

Posted on April 16, 2012 by Calum

Vancouver… Vancouver South African Film Festival 2012 | 20-22 April 2012 * Mama Goema screens on Saturday 21 April 2012 at 2pm (Schedule) …& Montréal: Montréal Festival de Cinéma Vues d’Afrique 2012 | 27 April-6 May 2012 * Mama Goema … Continue reading →

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