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Workshop : 15 & 16 March @ CWFF

Last 9 seats available at the Cape Winelands Film Festival Workshop !

The GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY of independent first time filmmaking in South Africa - how to & not to, take the world by storm while you at it.

15 & 16 March 09.00 – 17.00
PROTEA HOTEL FIRE AND ICE CAPE TOWN
New Church & Victoria Street, Tamboerskloof

Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to reserve your spot. Please include a brief motivation as to why you would like to attend this workshop and include your contact details.

Situated at the almost southernmost tip of Africa in the Cape of Good Hope, filmmaker Uga Carlini and her company TOWERKOP CREATIONS specializes in female driven heroine stories that inspire and entertain while appealing to international audiences.  With two of SA’s biggest international books optioned for the big screen under her company’s creative umbrella, Alison Botha’s I HAVE LIFE and SA’s First Lady of Space and environmentalist Elizabeth Klarer’s BEYOND THE LIGHT BARRIER, Uga is currently in production with the feature documentary versions as well as in development with her current feature THE RETIREMENT with the NFVF. Uga looks forward to presenting the Masterclass on

The GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY of independent first time filmmaking in South Africa – how to & not to, take the world by storm while you at it.

Please email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it if you would like to reserve your spot. Please include a brief motivation as to why you would like to attend this workshop and include your contact details.

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  • Cape Winelands Film Festival Awards

    2011 Awards

    CWFF AWARDS

    2011

    FEATURE FILMS

    • Grand Prix Award : Princess - Dir. Arto Halonen (Finland)
    • Best Director Award : Marko Raat - Snow Queen ( Estonia)
    • Special Mention : Do Elephants Pray ? - Dir. Paul Hills (UK)

    DOCUMENTARIES

    • Best Documentary Award : The World according to Ion B - Dir. Alexander Nanau (Romani
    • Best South African Documentary Award : Afrikaaps - Dir. Dylan Valley (South Africa)
    • Special Mention : There Once Was an Island - Dir Briar March (New Zealand)

    SHORT FILM

    • Best Short Film Award : Flock (Artalde) - Dir. Asier Altuna (Spain)
    • Best South African Short Film : The Bullet - Dir. Michael Klein (South Africa)
    • Special Mention : Through Glass - Dir. Igor Chojna (Poland)

    2010

    • Grand Prix Jury Award: Eyes Wide Open - Director: Haim Tabakman - Israel
    • Best South African Feature Film: Gugu and Andile - Director: Minky Schlesinger RSA
    • Best Short Film Award: Hammerhead - Director : Sam Donovan - UK
    • Best South African Short Film: Hidden Places - Director: Jamie Beron RSA
    • IFG Inspiration Award ( First time feature film directors):  The Other Bank (Gagma Napiri) - Director: George Ovashili - Georgia

    2009

    • Best Feature Film Award: The First Day of Winter - Director Mirko Locatelli - Italy
    • Best Documentary Award: Accidental Son - Director: Robert Zuber - Croatia
    • Best Short Film Award: The Toes - Director Laurent Denis - Belgium
    • Audience Award: My First War - Director: Yariv Mozer - Israel
    • M-Net Lifetime Achievement Award: Idrissa Quedraogo - Burkina Faso

    2008

    • Best Feature Film Award: Mutum - Director : Sandra Kogut - Brazil
    • Best Documentary Award: Taxi to the Dark Side - Director: Alex Gibney - RSA/USA
    • Best Short Film Award: Overleven - Director: Heinrich Dahms - Netherlands
    • Audience Award: Roos vir Mari - Director: Louis du Toit - RSA
    • M-Net Lifetime Achievement Award: Ousmane Sembene - Senegal
  • Masterclasses at 2012 Cape Winelands

    The Cape Winelands will again at the 2012 edition of this festival present a series of Masterclasses and workshops.  These events are sponsored by the City of Cape Town and Wesgro.

     

  • Workshop : 15 & 16 March @ CWFF

    Last 9 seats available at the Cape Winelands Film Festival Workshop !

    The GOOD, the BAD and the UGLY of independent first time filmmaking in South Africa - how to & not to, take the world by storm while you at it.

    15 & 16 March 09.00 – 17.00
    PROTEA HOTEL FIRE AND ICE CAPE TOWN
    New Church & Victoria Street, Tamboerskloof

    Please email info@towerkopcreations.co.za if you would like to reserve your spot. Please include a brief motivation as to why you would like to attend this workshop and include your contact details.

  • Uncle Boonmee: Interview with Apichatpong Weerasethakul

    Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes festival, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s new film has the magic of a fairy tale and the simplicity of a folk tale. Wonderfully immersive, slow and dreamy, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives centres loosely around a sick man in rural Thailand and his relatives, alive and dead.

  • UNCLE BOONMEE : Interview with Apichatpong Weerasethakul

    Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes festival, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s new film has the magic of a fairy tale and the simplicity of a folk tale. Wonderfully immersive, slow and dreamy, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives centres loosely around a sick man in rural Thailand and his relatives, alive and dead.

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