kykNET will stage its 10th-anniversary Silwerskerm Film Festival in a hybrid format that will maintain the festival’s signature glitz, glam and prestige while allowing a broader audience to enjoy the films and festivities in 2022.
Filmmakers, film students, movie buffs and everyone who loves South African storytelling should diarise the Silwerskerm dates: 23 to 26 March 2022.
In partnership with the City of Cape Town, the 10th kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival will play out simultaneously at its usual home – the Bay Hotel in Camps Bay, Cape Town – and virtually on the Silwerskerm website, where movie lovers will have access to the same feature film world premieres, short films and industry discussions.
While a limited number of guests, observing Covid protocols, will attend the festival at the Bay Hotel’s Rotunda, anyone across the country with internet access will be able to watch the festival offerings.
Virtual festival
Some of the feature films from the festival programme will also be screened at selected movie theatres and other venues in Cape Town.
Although there will be a small fee attached to the virtual festival, these takings – as well as those from ticket sales at public venues – will go to the Tribuo Fund, which was created to assist entertainers suffering a loss of income due to the Covid pandemic.
Suzaan Keyter, Senior Publicity Manager: kykNET Channels, says the 10th kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival builds on the pillars the festival is renowned for: “From the outset, the festival’s mission was to support local talent – performers and filmmakers and crews alike – and to create a seminal platform for their latest film projects. We look forward to hosting the milestone anniversary festival in an on-trend hybrid fashion for the first time. This much bigger showcase is a big win for everyone with a heartfelt passion for the local film industry!”
Local feature films
The 10th kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival will mark the world debut of at least five local feature films and the more than 17 short films produced with the festival’s ongoing mentorship.
It will also include more international guests who will share knowledge. The new films will be eligible for the Silwerskerm Film Festival awards.
The complete programme for the celebratory 10th kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival will be available early next year.
In the meantime, the Silwerskerm Film Festival website has been updated with an extensive archive, featuring the more than 50 movies and 160 short films that premiered at the festival since its inception in 2011. Some of these films garnered several international awards, while others were massive box office success stories, contributing to the continued growth of the local film industry. Several esteemed current movie makers also entered the local movie industry with short films at the festival.
The 2019 winner of the Silwerskerm Film Festival Best Film award, Poppie Nongena, directed by Christiaan Olwagen, recently added another international award to its accolades. Poppie Nongena won the Best Foreign Film award at the BRICS Film Festival, where it competed against movies from Brazil, Russia, India and China.
What: Silwerskerm Film Festival 2022
When: 23 – 26 March 2022
Where: Bay Hotel, Camps Bay, Cape Town, and here
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