Hungary 2006, Hungarian with English subtitles, 35mm, 91 min
Director: György Pálfi
Screenplay : Zsófia Ruttkay, György Pálfi
Cinematography: Gergely Pohárnok
Cast: Adel Stanczel, Csaba Czene, Geza Balkay, Peter Blasko, Ivan Dengyel
Print Source: Fortissimo Films
Taxidermia is probably the strangest film at this year's festival and certainly the most perverse. From its opening moments, the film is obsessed with human flesh from a multiple of perspectives. Composed of three tales of three generations of men: a soldier with rich sexual fantasies who ejaculates fire, an obese speed-eating champion and a taxidermist. At the end of each story the connection to the next is established, the film coming together in a twisted and at times revolting whole. But dark and grim as the film is, its also hilariously funny, infused with a deep cynicism, and has a brilliant climax.
Way off the beaten track, this is deviance, sexual and otherwise, at its most entertaining and fans of the bizarre will love it. Just make sure not to watch it on a full stomach!
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.
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, 
