Gold Lion Film Festival 2008
Africa’s Premier Showcase for Short Cinema
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For 2008, Africa’s short film showcase, the Gold Lion Film Festival, again begins its run in the fabled Kingdom of Swaziland, before bringing the best of the world’s short film and video dramas, animation, documentaries, musicals and comedies to South Africa,Lesotho and Mozambique.
Recognized worldwide as the place to exhibit short films in Africa, the Gold Lion Film Festival welcomes submissions from student and professional filmmakers throughout the world. Films from 50 nations received their African or World Premiers at the festival, including entries that have gone on to be nominated for Academy Awards in the short film category.
Filmmakers are invited to explore Swaziland, where African culture and tradition thrive in a beautiful mountainous setting. Mlilwane Game Reserve is only 15 minutes from two of the festival’s principal venues. Our South Africa venue, Casterbridge Cinema, is located in White River, the gateway to Kruger National Park, Africa’s oldest game reserve.
2008 Festival Venues
Swaziland:
House on Fire Entertainment Complex (Malkerns, Swaziland)
Mbabane Theatre Club (Mbabane, Swaziland)
Waterford Kamhlaba College (Mbabane, Swaziland)
U.S. Cultural Centre (Mbabane, Swaziland)
Summerset Botanical Gardens(Matsapha, Swaziland)
Mozambique: Venue in Maputo to be announced
South Africa: Casterbridge Cinema, White River (near Kruger National Park)
Lesotho: Venue in Maseru to be announced
Mission:
The Gold Lion Film Festival presents the latest achievements in short films and videos from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and elsewhere in the world. All genres of shorts subjects are presented.
The festival’s original purpose was to overcome the limitations of commercial film distribution in the region, which is largely restricted to mainstream blockbuster films, and to introduce innovative filmmakers to a new audience and the excitement of today’s Africa.
The Gold Lion Film Festival has become more – a way for African filmmakers to come to world attention and for world filmmakers to have their work showed on a continent where few opportunities for exhibition exist. Film festivals from four continents are either partnering with the festival or using us for programming ideas.
The governments of several nations have found the festival an exciting venue to showcase their filmmakers’ works. (The Gold Lion Film Festival is Swaziland’s largest cultural exchange.) In 2007, special screenings were devoted to French, Italian,Taiwanees and American films, sponsored by the governments of those countries. (Films shown were entirely chosen by the festival selection committee from festival entries.) Portugal is among new nations that have expressed interest in screenings of their own filmmakers at the 2008 festival.
Beyond the festival itself, this organisation is dedicated to the advancement of film scholarship, both critical and production, and cinema appreciation throughout Southern Africa. The educational and cultural programmes of the festival continue throughout the year, bringing film to rural communities and disadvantaged groups. Submitted films, including some not chosen for screening at the festival, are shown at special screenings, some dedicated to social issues like Women’s Rights, HIV/AIDS and artistic accomplishment, or at workshops for filmmaker education. Filmmakers’ permissions are obtained before these screenings.
Recognized worldwide as the place to exhibit short films in Africa, the Gold Lion Film Festival welcomes submissions from student and professional filmmakers throughout the world. Films from 50 nations received their African or World Premiers at the festival, including entries that have gone on to be nominated for Academy Awards in the short film category.
Filmmakers are invited to explore Swaziland, where African culture and tradition thrive in a beautiful mountainous setting. Mlilwane Game Reserve is only 15 minutes from two of the festival’s principal venues. Our South Africa venue, Casterbridge Cinema, is located in White River, the gateway to Kruger National Park, Africa’s oldest game reserve.
2008 Festival Venues
Swaziland:
House on Fire Entertainment Complex (Malkerns, Swaziland)
Mbabane Theatre Club (Mbabane, Swaziland)
Waterford Kamhlaba College (Mbabane, Swaziland)
U.S. Cultural Centre (Mbabane, Swaziland)
Summerset Botanical Gardens(Matsapha, Swaziland)
Mozambique: Venue in Maputo to be announced
South Africa: Casterbridge Cinema, White River (near Kruger National Park)
Lesotho: Venue in Maseru to be announced
Mission:
The Gold Lion Film Festival presents the latest achievements in short films and videos from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and elsewhere in the world. All genres of shorts subjects are presented.
The festival’s original purpose was to overcome the limitations of commercial film distribution in the region, which is largely restricted to mainstream blockbuster films, and to introduce innovative filmmakers to a new audience and the excitement of today’s Africa.
The Gold Lion Film Festival has become more – a way for African filmmakers to come to world attention and for world filmmakers to have their work showed on a continent where few opportunities for exhibition exist. Film festivals from four continents are either partnering with the festival or using us for programming ideas.
The governments of several nations have found the festival an exciting venue to showcase their filmmakers’ works. (The Gold Lion Film Festival is Swaziland’s largest cultural exchange.) In 2007, special screenings were devoted to French, Italian,Taiwanees and American films, sponsored by the governments of those countries. (Films shown were entirely chosen by the festival selection committee from festival entries.) Portugal is among new nations that have expressed interest in screenings of their own filmmakers at the 2008 festival.
Beyond the festival itself, this organisation is dedicated to the advancement of film scholarship, both critical and production, and cinema appreciation throughout Southern Africa. The educational and cultural programmes of the festival continue throughout the year, bringing film to rural communities and disadvantaged groups. Submitted films, including some not chosen for screening at the festival, are shown at special screenings, some dedicated to social issues like Women’s Rights, HIV/AIDS and artistic accomplishment, or at workshops for filmmaker education. Filmmakers’ permissions are obtained before these screenings.
English
For 2008, Africa’s short film showcase, the Gold Lion Film Festival, again begins its run in the fabled Kingdom of Swaziland, before bringing the best of the world’s short film and video dramas, animation, documentaries, musicals and comedies to South Africa,Lesotho and Mozambique.
Recognized worldwide as the place to exhibit short films in Africa, the Gold Lion Film Festival welcomes submissions from student and professional filmmakers throughout the world. Films from 50 nations received their African or World Premiers at the festival, including entries that have gone on to be nominated for Academy Awards in the short film category.
Filmmakers are invited to explore Swaziland, where African culture and tradition thrive in a beautiful mountainous setting. Mlilwane Game Reserve is only 15 minutes from two of the festival’s principal venues. Our South Africa venue, Casterbridge Cinema, is located in White River, the gateway to Kruger National Park, Africa’s oldest game reserve.
2008 Festival Venues
Swaziland:
House on Fire Entertainment Complex (Malkerns, Swaziland)
Mbabane Theatre Club (Mbabane, Swaziland)
Waterford Kamhlaba College (Mbabane, Swaziland)
U.S. Cultural Centre (Mbabane, Swaziland)
Summerset Botanical Gardens(Matsapha, Swaziland)
Mozambique: Venue in Maputo to be announced
South Africa: Casterbridge Cinema, White River (near Kruger National Park)
Lesotho: Venue in Maseru to be announced
Mission:
The Gold Lion Film Festival presents the latest achievements in short films and videos from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and elsewhere in the world. All genres of shorts subjects are presented.
The festival’s original purpose was to overcome the limitations of commercial film distribution in the region, which is largely restricted to mainstream blockbuster films, and to introduce innovative filmmakers to a new audience and the excitement of today’s Africa.
The Gold Lion Film Festival has become more – a way for African filmmakers to come to world attention and for world filmmakers to have their work showed on a continent where few opportunities for exhibition exist. Film festivals from four continents are either partnering with the festival or using us for programming ideas.
The governments of several nations have found the festival an exciting venue to showcase their filmmakers’ works. (The Gold Lion Film Festival is Swaziland’s largest cultural exchange.) In 2007, special screenings were devoted to French, Italian,Taiwanees and American films, sponsored by the governments of those countries. (Films shown were entirely chosen by the festival selection committee from festival entries.) Portugal is among new nations that have expressed interest in screenings of their own filmmakers at the 2008 festival.
Beyond the festival itself, this organisation is dedicated to the advancement of film scholarship, both critical and production, and cinema appreciation throughout Southern Africa. The educational and cultural programmes of the festival continue throughout the year, bringing film to rural communities and disadvantaged groups. Submitted films, including some not chosen for screening at the festival, are shown at special screenings, some dedicated to social issues like Women’s Rights, HIV/AIDS and artistic accomplishment, or at workshops for filmmaker education. Filmmakers’ permissions are obtained before these screenings.
Recognized worldwide as the place to exhibit short films in Africa, the Gold Lion Film Festival welcomes submissions from student and professional filmmakers throughout the world. Films from 50 nations received their African or World Premiers at the festival, including entries that have gone on to be nominated for Academy Awards in the short film category.
Filmmakers are invited to explore Swaziland, where African culture and tradition thrive in a beautiful mountainous setting. Mlilwane Game Reserve is only 15 minutes from two of the festival’s principal venues. Our South Africa venue, Casterbridge Cinema, is located in White River, the gateway to Kruger National Park, Africa’s oldest game reserve.
2008 Festival Venues
Swaziland:
House on Fire Entertainment Complex (Malkerns, Swaziland)
Mbabane Theatre Club (Mbabane, Swaziland)
Waterford Kamhlaba College (Mbabane, Swaziland)
U.S. Cultural Centre (Mbabane, Swaziland)
Summerset Botanical Gardens(Matsapha, Swaziland)
Mozambique: Venue in Maputo to be announced
South Africa: Casterbridge Cinema, White River (near Kruger National Park)
Lesotho: Venue in Maseru to be announced
Mission:
The Gold Lion Film Festival presents the latest achievements in short films and videos from Europe, the Americas, Asia, Africa and elsewhere in the world. All genres of shorts subjects are presented.
The festival’s original purpose was to overcome the limitations of commercial film distribution in the region, which is largely restricted to mainstream blockbuster films, and to introduce innovative filmmakers to a new audience and the excitement of today’s Africa.
The Gold Lion Film Festival has become more – a way for African filmmakers to come to world attention and for world filmmakers to have their work showed on a continent where few opportunities for exhibition exist. Film festivals from four continents are either partnering with the festival or using us for programming ideas.
The governments of several nations have found the festival an exciting venue to showcase their filmmakers’ works. (The Gold Lion Film Festival is Swaziland’s largest cultural exchange.) In 2007, special screenings were devoted to French, Italian,Taiwanees and American films, sponsored by the governments of those countries. (Films shown were entirely chosen by the festival selection committee from festival entries.) Portugal is among new nations that have expressed interest in screenings of their own filmmakers at the 2008 festival.
Beyond the festival itself, this organisation is dedicated to the advancement of film scholarship, both critical and production, and cinema appreciation throughout Southern Africa. The educational and cultural programmes of the festival continue throughout the year, bringing film to rural communities and disadvantaged groups. Submitted films, including some not chosen for screening at the festival, are shown at special screenings, some dedicated to social issues like Women’s Rights, HIV/AIDS and artistic accomplishment, or at workshops for filmmaker education. Filmmakers’ permissions are obtained before these screenings.
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