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Documentaries and Oscar nominated shorts feature at the Bioscope --
Wed, 04 Feb 2015 10:49
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In February the Bioscope Independent Cinema in Johannesburg screens Unearthed, Shield and Spear as well as this year s Oscar Nominated short films in the Live Action and Animation categories.
Live Action short films
Parvaneh (25 minutes/Switzerland): In this film, directed by Talkhon Hamzavi, a young Afghan refugee living in Switzerland asks a local woman to help her wire money to her family.
Boogaloo and Graham (14 minutes/UK): Two young boys from Belfast are delighted when their father gives them two baby chicks to care for. They are soon faced with the reality of life with help from their new pets.
Aya (39 minutes/Israel): A girl is waiting to meet someone at the airport and is mistaken by a Danish music researcher as his assigned driver.
Captivated by the chance encounter, she does not tell him of the mix-up.
The Phone Call (21 minutes/UK): A shy woman working at a helpline call centre receives a phone call from a suicidal man and the encounter changes her life.
Butter Lamp (15 minutes/France, China): A young photographer and his assistant take pictures of Tibetan nomads in front of different backgrounds and are able to find unique links between the villagers.
Animated short films
Me and My Moulton (14 minutes/Canada, Norway): This film tells the story of a young girl and her sisters who ask their unconventional parents if they can have a bicycle, knowing they will likely disappoint them.
Feast (6 minutes/USA): This non-dialogue short is set in a restaurant and tells the story of one man s romantic encounter through the eyes of his dog.
The Bigger Picture (7 minutes/UK): Two brothers argue over taking their mother to an old age home, but she refuses to go. In a surreal world they try to deal with what to do in the situation.
A Single Life (2 minutes/The Netherlands) In this non-dialogue film, one girls life is showcased through a series of flashbacks when she plays a vinyl single.
The Dam Keeper (18 minutes/USA): Without dialogue, this film tells the story of a pig tasked with being the windmill dam operator in a small town. The windmill dam blows poisonous clouds away from the town, but when a new student joins Pig s class, everything changes.
Unearthed
In a search to learn more about a controversial method of gas exploration in the Karoo, South African director Jolynn Minnaar is sent to the US where she uncovers the hidden truths about hydraulic fracking.
This film runs at the Bioscope until 5 February.
Tickets cost R45.
Watch the Unearthed trailer.
Shield and Spear
Shield and Spear, directed by US filmmaker Petter Ringbom, examines the impact of Brett Murray s painted caricature of President Jacob Zuma and looks at stories of identity, art, race, and freedom of expression in South Africa.
This film runs at the Bioscope from 27 February.
Watch the Shield and Spear trailer
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