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BUY TICKETS FOR THIS SCREENING Fri 18th of May 7:30pm. R25 or R45 for a DOUBLE BILL ticket for Otelo Burning screening at 9pm.
In celebration of the start of this years Festival Du Cannes, The Bioscope has put together a special selection of trailers and clips from some of this year’s competition films. The evening will also include a selection of short films by some of the award winning directors premiering their films this year.
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Inspired by the release of local surf feature Otelo Burning, The Bioscope has curated a special series of surf films that will screen througout the month of May.
From local film Taking Back The Waves (Nic Hofmeyr), to some rare classics, Surf Cinema is one of best curations to date. We have even gone so far as to include a surfing film from Johannesburg with Surfing Soweto, the previous film by Otelo Burning director Sara Blecher which delves deep into the dangerous life of train surfing.
BUY TICKETS for SURFING SOWETO screening Sat 19th 7:30pm.
SURFING SOWETO
Over the course of 3 years the …
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BUY TICKETS HERE for Sat 12 May. 8pm. R40
Off-beat lo-fi folkster Tape Hiss and Sparkle is up in Joburg for one night only, joined with visual artist and singer songwriter Givan Lötz.
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BUY TICKETS HERE Fri 4th May. 7:30pm. R80
‘Rob van Vuuren – Live’ is the latest award winning stand-up comedy show written and performed by Rob van Vuuren who was, in 2011, once again identified by the Mail and Guardian as one of the 200 young South Africans you should take out to lunch. So yes he will accept free lunches.
2011 also saw Rob awarded the Breakthough Act Award at the inaugural Comics Choice Awards. Following the runaway success of the premiere of ‘Rob van Vuuren – Live!’ at the National …
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BUY TICKETS FOR THE SPECIAL SCREENING OF MAMA AFRICA. 3 MAY. 7:30PM. R10
THE GATA LE NNA FILM PROGRAM
‘Gata le nna’ in Setswana means ‘walk with me’. The saying is also the title of a popular song by the much loved South African hip hop artist JR. The film programme Gata le nna, Walk with me is part of the Shoe Shop project, which addresses issues of physicality and movement in public space, varying from the very basic notion of being on foot and walking to more complex questions of territorial segregation, mobility and migration …
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BE.BOP 2012. BLACK EUROPE BODY POLITICS
Screening and presentation at The Bioscope
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BUY TICKET HERE FOR April 22, 2012 05:00-07:00 p.m.
R40
A Project of ArtLabour Archives in collaboration with Allianz Kulturstiftung and Ballhaus Naunynstrasse
José Manuel Barreto (England) / Manuela Boatca (Germany) / Artwell Cain (Holland) / Teresa María Díaz Nerio (Holland) / Simmi Dullay (South Africa) / Elvira Dyangani Ossé (Spain) / Jeannette Ehlers (Denmark) / Fatima El Tayeb (Germany) Quinsy Gario (Holland) / Ylva Habel (Sweden) / Philipp Khabo Köpsell (Germany) / Grada Kilomba (Germany) / William Kentridge (South Africa) Michael Küppers-Adebisi (Germany) …
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12 April 7:30pm. R50
More men have been to the moon than have dived below 300 meters. There can be neither a rescue nor a body recovery if something goes wrong for Nuno Gomes at the ultimate depth.
THE BIOSCOPE IS PROUD TO HAVE WORLD RECORD HOLDER NUNO GOMES IN DISCUSSION AFTER THE SCREENING OF THE FILM BEYOND BLUE
“Beyond Blue: Mankind’s Deepest Dive” takes the viewers on the fantastic journey of one man’s attempt to penetrate the blackness of the abyss – at a depth of 318 meters and his …
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BUY TICKETS HERE 22 March. 7:30pm.
Phones are financing war in DR Congo
We love our cell phones and the selection between different models has never been bigger. But the production of phones has a dark, bloody side.
The main part of minerals used to produce cell phones are coming from the mines in the Eastern DR Congo. The Western World is buying these so-called conflict minerals and thereby finances a civil war that, according to human rights organisations, has been the bloodiest conflict since World War II: During the last 15 years …
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BUY TICKETS HERE 5 May. 8pm. R60
Legendary singer songwriter Matthew van Der Want launches his latest album, here at The Bioscope.
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“Songwriting extraordinaire” Mail and Guardian
“Music borne from the power of oscillating emotions and delivered with the simplicity of flat directness. Music upon which the clarity and unobtrusiveness of the lyrics are carried entwined on the notes and forced upon the listener with often heart-numbing effect.” Pete Townshend for Artslink
“the finest South African exponents of the singer-songwriter art.” Niren Tolsi in Mail and Guardian of Matthew van …
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BUY TICKETS for this Sunday 4th March. 1pm. R40
It’s the first day of school. With a group of 16 filmmakers, Shannon Walsh chronicles life over a 24-hour period in a Montreal neighbourhood that finds itself in the midst of massive changes. Gentrification has come to St-Henri and a more affluent population has moved in near the Lachine Canal. But much of the community is still immersed in daily strugges. Jobs disappeared when the factories closed, and the imposing husks of old industrial buildings remain, a reminder of area’s industrial past. …
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The new Homage series, sees The Bioscope paying tribute to a range of not so obvious cinema greats. Out of the archive come their most famous, as well as the not so famous work.
Following after John Cusack in February, comes ballroom dancing, drag wearing action hero Patrick Swayze.
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BUY TICKETS FOR THE OPENING NIGHT MAN ON GROUND FRI 10 FEB. 7PM. R20
BUY TICKETS FOR THE SHORT FICTION FILMS SAT 11th FEB 4PM. R20
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Now the first festival on the yearly South African film festival calendar, Jozi Film Festival is a new annual event that showcases the latest films made by Johannesburg and Gauteng film-makers as well as provides a space for film-makers, local or international, to tell stories about Jozi and her inhabitants. This year, we are happy to announce that …
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8 – 10 MARCH 2012
The Bioscope Independent Cinema in partnership with the Goethe Institut Johannesburg will be presenting a selection of renowned German documentarian Thomas Heise’s films in March 2012. Mr Heise is one of Germany’s foremost filmmakers and his award-winning and controversial work has documented both a divided and reunified Germany over the past 30 years. The selection will be one of the first times that his work is presented in South Africa.
Proposed Schedule.
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8 MAR 7:30pm BUY TICKETS “Vaterland” / Fatherland …
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BUY TICKETS FOR THE 9TH FEB 7;30PM. R40
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DOC NIGHT is a new regular favourite at The Bioscope that shows the very best in local & international documentaries.
FILMMAKER IN ATTENDANCE
This month we have Jihan El-Tahri’s BEHIND THE RAINBOW, one of the most insightful political films to ever come out of South Africa. BEHIND THE RAINBOW explores the transition of the ANC from a liberation organization into South Africa’s ruling party, through the evolution of the relationship between two of its most prominent veterans, Thabo …
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BUY TICKETS FOR THURS 2 FEB 7:30PM with musician Feya Faku (trumpet , flugelhorn) to the film Metropolis.
BUY TICKETS FOR FRI 3 FEB 7;30PM with musician McCoy Mrubata (saxophones) to the film Nosferatu.
CINEMA IMPROVISANDO
Originally organized in 2006 in commemoration of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s 250th birthday anniversary, the Johannesburg International Mozart Festival has developed into a highly successful and well-loved annual classical music event, with popular conductor Richard Cock at the helm as Music Director, together with concert pianist Florian Uhlig as Artistic Director. Composer in Residence Paul Hanmer will be hosting two …
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13th Feb - GROSSE POINTE BLANK
14th Feb - HIGH FIDELITY (Perfect for Valentines Day)
15th Feb - IDENTITY
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The Bioscope, and our new friends Jo and Kris have taken the liberty of representing South Africa and we will be hosting this 2011/2012 Future Shorts Global Film Festival. The Future Shorts Festival is the first ever global pop-up festival, showcasing the most exciting short films from around the world.
The festival currently takes place in 142 cities in 54 countries and comprises a worldwide audience of more than half-million people, on and offline. Best enjoyed in conjunction with a meal and saunter through MARKET …
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We did it last year, and will continue to do it whenever this date occurs! Enjoy a whole bunch of people getting killed one by one in true 1980′s horror style, not to mention a starring role of an early Kevin Bacon.
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The Bioscope Christmas Special is our present to you! A carefully selected group of OUR favourite Christmas films, to get you in the spirit!
BAD SANTA 15 DEC. 9PM
A miserable conman and his partner pose as Santa and his Little Helper, in oder to rob department stores on Christmas Eve. But they soon run into problems when the conman befriends a troubled kid, and the security boss gets wind of the plot.
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DIE HARD 17 DEC. 7PM.
On Christmas Eve, New York cop John McClane gives terrorists a dose of their own medicine …
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A favourite here at The Bioscope, indie folk singer songwriter Julian Redpath gets his own show here at The Bioscope.
READ Mail and Guardian’s review of Julian Redpath’s debut ep
