Theatre and Film workshop

The fundamentals of film scriptwriting
When: 9 September
Where: The Shack coffee Shop, Hector Pieterson Memorial, Soweto

Focusing on the fundamentals of scriptwriting, facilitated by Mtutuzeli Matshoba.

Film icons from Alex

When: 11 – 13 September
Where: Alex Kings Theatre, Alexandra
Icons from the Alex Film Festival will attend the event, which will be facilitated by Michael Motaung.

Shared History

Shabana Azmi-Film Retrospective

When: 18 - 24 September
Where: Montecasino and Hyde Park

Accomplished Indian actor Shabana Azmi, is the daughter of Kaifi Azmi, a renowned Indian poet and writer, and Shaukat Azmi, a well-known stage actress. Having appeared in more than 100 Hindi films, Shabana Azmi received national awards for three years in a row, from 1983 to 1985, for her roles in Arth, Khandhar and Paar. Godmother (1999) brought her another national award. A number of her films have won international acclaim including John Schlesinger’s Madame Sousatzka, Nicholas Klotz’s Bengali Night, Roland Joffe’s City of Joy, Channel 4’s Immaculate Conception, Blake Edwards' Son of the Pink Panther and Ismail Merchant’s In Custody.

Shabana Azmi has been a committed social activist, fighting Aids and injustice. She participated in several plays and demonstrations denouncing communalism.

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Programme is subject to change.