CAPE TOWN - Once again, The Cape Town International Film Market and Festival is proud to
present a series of films focused on LGBTQ stories from around the world. This
diverse selection of films speak to the diversity of experiences from within
the LGBTQ community and yet also resonate strongly with universal themes of
love, acceptance, and self-discovery.
Two African films, one from South
Africa and one from Nigeria, will have red carpet premieres during the festival
and tickets will be available via the website, http://filmfestival.capetown/.
The
South African Premiere of the film Kanarie on October 10th at
8:30pm SK Nouveau V&A Waterfront (https://www.kanariefilm.com/) The film, directed by Christiaan Olwagen and
starring Schalk Bezuidenhout has won numerous awards
Set in South
Africa in 1985 against a backdrop of apartheid, religion, and war, Kanarie follows a teen boy, Johan Niemand, who has
always been bullied in his small town for his flair for British new wave music
and love of Boy George. After he gets called on by the military and auditions
for the Kanaries (the South African Defence Force Church Choir and
Concert Group), he believes the choir will be his ticket out of fighting the
war, but he begins to see the role he plays in the oppression and injustice
around him. On tour, he develops feelings for a fellow Canary and he starts
to question everything he knows about himself, leading to a confrontation with
his commanding officers.
Kanarie
is a love story. A film about finding individuality
in a world of the oppression and uniformity.
The Nigerian / UK co-production Walking
with Shadows will have its World Premiere at the CTIFMF on 12 October
8:00pm @ Nu Metro5. Based on the novel by Nigerian author Jude Dibia, the film
tells the story of a man who has to come to terms with his dark secret and
choose between keeping his family or accepting a life of possible loneliness
and rejection.
Hot off its USA
theatrical release, and a win at the Sundance Film Festival, The Miseducation of Carmen Post
is based on the celebrated novel by Emily M. Danforthand ollows Cameron (Chloë
Grace Moretz) as she is sent to a gay conversion therapy center after getting
caught with another girl in the back seat of a car on prom night.
Cape
Town International Film Festival Director Leon van der Merwe describes this
year’s selection this way: “Queer cinema has never offered a more richly complex
and diverse characters and stories than we have seen recently and that shines through in the quality of
films that the program team have put together. This diversity of films reflects
shifts in cultural conversations around identity, but also the festival’s own spirit
as welcoming and inclusive.
We try to forget the
labels and look for queerness in all kinds of films. It really works because
this section of the festival is very successful within the community but also
for an audience who’s just interested in seeing these films.”
Below is the full list of films competing within the LGBTQ category of
this year’s Cape Town International Film Festival:
Girl
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Belgium,Netherlands
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Lukas Dhont
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I Miss you when I see you
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Hong Kong
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Simon Chung
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Just Friends
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The Netherlands
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Ellem Smit
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Kanarie
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South Africa
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Christiaan Olwagen
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Malila:The Farewell Flower
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Thailand
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Anucha Boonyawatana
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Mario
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Poland
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Marcel Gisler
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Postcards From London
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UK
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Steve McLean
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Retablo
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Peru/Germany/ Norway
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Alvaro Delgado Aparicio
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Soldiers Story From Ferentari
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Belguim,Romania,Serbia
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Ivana Mladenovic
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The Miseducation of Cameron Post
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USA
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Desiree Akhavan
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Walking with Shadows
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Nigeria,UK
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Aoife Kelly, Funmi Iyanda
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From the 10th -19th of October, 80 Feature
Films, 20 documentaries and 66 short films will be screened at various venues
at the V & A Waterfront. Full schedules and ticketing information can be
found on the the website, www.filmfestival.capetown.
The Cape Town International Film Market and Festival is proudly hosted
by the City of Cape Town.
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