German Cultural Weeks 2007 in the
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 Thomas Schoppa
Cultural Attaché
German Consulate General
19th Floor, Safmarine House
22 Riebeek Street
Cape Town
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In the tradition of recent years the German Consulate General in Cape Town is hosting German Cultural Weeks in the Cape region, again, this year.
Due to the success over the past few years the German Foreign Office decided to support our efforts with a substantial subsidy in order to enable us to organise a number of bigger events throughout the 3 Cape Provinces in 2007.
Starting in April Capetonians could listen to a fascinating concert of the multinational Jazz group “Trio Ivoire” at the Centre for the Book, followed by various performances of the “Tri-buehne”-theatre ensemble from Stuttgart in collaboration with the Teatro Avenida from Maputo/Mocambique at the Klein Libertas Theatre in May.
In July the Jazz ensemble “SOKO” from Hanover/Lower Saxony extended their stay in the Eastern Cape province after taking part in the Grahamstown National Arts Festival to give 2 acclaimed performances in Nelson Mandela’s home town of Qunu and East London.
During the course of the months of October and November the main part of the Cultural Weeks has taken and will still take place.
2007 Film Festivals in Cape Town!
From 5th to 14th October we organized a German Film Festival at the LABIA Cinema on Orange Street with an array of films from comedies by well-known German director Doris Doerrie to more history-related productions like “The 9th Day” by Volker Schloendorff or “The Unknown Soldier” by Dr. Michael Verhoeven.
The highlights of the Film Festival, though, were 2 films that premiered internationally during said Festival. One of these films was "Against the Grain - With a kind of Poetry - The Film Legend Bernhard Wicki" - a documentary film about the life of the famous late German artist Bernhard Wicki (director of the well-known German Anti-War film "The Bridge"). The film was produced by Bernhard Wicki's wife, Ms Elisabeth Wicki-Endriss, who was present throughout the whole Film Festival for talks and discussions.
Film Director
Stefanie Sycholt
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German Cultural Attaché Thomas Schoppa with actors Mo Schwarz, Dieter Kirchkechner and film director Stefanie Sycholt
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The second film was called "Gwendolyn" - a feature film about a German family whose life is in turmoil after the arrival of their Namibian grandmother. She - as they have to find out - is dying and wants to sort various matters out with her daughter before. The film’s producer, Stefanie Sycholt – well-known for her first feature film MALUNDE, for which she received numerous prestigious South African awards in the year 2001 – as well as 2 of the actors, Ms Mo Schwarz and Mr Dieter Kirchlechner, were also available during the Film Festival for discussions.
Then, from 18th to 20th October, young German pianist Andreas Kern, gave various performances, among others, in cooperation with famous author Lutz van Dijk and Amici String Quartet at different venues throughout Cape Town.
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