Three visiting filmmakers will participate in filmmaker workshops in Johannesburg and Cape Town during the European Film Festival. Producer Toufik Ayadi and actors Didier Zonga and Almamy Kanoute are in the country to promote their film Les Misérables. Recently selected as France’s entry to the Academy Awards in 2020, this Cannes Jury Prize winner is the Opening Film of the festival on 29 November. Ayadi, Zonga and Kanoute will thereafter be in attendance at its first screenings in Pretoria and Cape Town while the workshops provide an opportunity for in-depth discussion and exchange. Targeting young filmmakers in particular the workshop sessions will interrogate the making of the film and engage local filmmakers about filmmaking processes in general.
Cape Town workshop:
2 December, 13.00 – 15.00
Cape Investor Centre One Stop Shop
46 St.Georges Mall, Cape Sun Corner
The workshop is free but producers, actors and interested parties are advised to pre-register in order to book their participation. Contact 0785004488 or info@creativeworkzone.co.za
Cape Town Screenings of Les Miserables at Cinema Nouveau, V&A Waterfront:
17.00 on 1 December
19.00 on 2 December
The European Film Festival runs from 29 November to 8 December at Cinema Nouveau theatres in Johannesburg, Pretoria and Cape Town – for more about the festival films, including trailers, visit www.eurofilmfest.co.za