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YAABA

Feature Film
Director: Idrissa Ouédraogo In Attendance
90 min Burkina Faso
CAST: Noufou Ouédraogo, Roukietou Barry, Fatimata Sanga
28 March 20.30
Labia Orange Screen 2

Living in a small West African village are the boy Bila (Noufou Ouédraogo) and his girl friend Nopoko (Roukietou Barry). Their days are spent on the lush savannah – where they blissfully occupy themselves by fetching water for their parents, playing hide-and-seek and swimming. As time passes by, a tension begins to brews in the nearby village. A pretty woman married to an alcoholic is having an shameless affair! But this is where director Idrissa Ouedraogo’s film departs from narrative design of the so many other similar African stories. He doesn’t judge the alcoholic, who seems to make a lot of sense in his endless diatribe of the immeasurable immorality of his wife's treachory. As the tension mounts and uneasiness creeps into the once calm village - young Bila becomes increasingly fascinated by Sana, the ancient woman who lives like a hermit on the outskirts of the village. Called a witch by the villagers, Bila affectionately names her 'Yaaba', or grandmother. The villagers’ prejudice undergoes an 'acid- test' when Bila's friend Nopoko falls desperately ill. Will the villagers send for Western medicine? Or will they allow Yaaba – the witch - to treat Nopoko? Yaaba is a typical realist film, its unobtrusive form allows the camera to 'wander' through the village like an impartial observer, taking in an earthy mix of sex and chickens. This makes the characters sympathetic and creates a strongly humanistic impression. Beautifully shot, this film is as timeless as an African fable. 1989: Cannes Film Festival - FIPRESCI Prize 1989: Tokyo International Film Festival - Golden Award 1989: FESPACO - Prize for Best Music & Audience Award

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Call for Entries for the 2011 Edition of CWFF

Call for Entries for the 2011 Edition of CWFF The 4th edition of Cape Winelands Film Festival (CWFF), which is scheduled to take place from 16–26 March, 2011, in Cape Town and Stellenbosch, has launched its call for ent... Read more...

Opening Night Film

MASTER HAROLD........ AND THE BOYS WORLD PREMIERE AND OPENING NIGHT FILM South Africa/USA 2009 88 minutes A Director: Lonny Price Cast: Freddie Highmore, Ving Rhames, Patrick Mofokeng, Michael Maxwell, Jennifer Steyn, Nicky Rebelo... Read more...

A TRIBUTE TO ALAIN RESNAIS

Closing Night Film

St George shoots the Dragon Serbia 2009 120 minutes 0-13 V Director: Srdjan Dragojevic (In Attendance) Cast: Lazar Ristovski, Natasa Janjic, Milutin Milosevic Awards: Special prize for the best artistic achievement, Montreal fil... Read more...

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Photos from The Festival

Cape Winelands at Ischia Global Film Festival Prof Martin Botha, Danny Glover and Regardt vd Bergh Attending to final touches of the exhibition Danny Glover opening the South African Exhibition &nb... Read more...

Awards 2010

On behalf of the Cape Winelands Film Festival, I want to take a moment to formally thank all of our sponsors, volunteers and staff that put forth the effort in this year's 2010 Festival to help make it as successful as it was. Read more...

2010 Festival Photos

Here are just a few images of the 2010 Cape Winelands Film Festival. Read more...

Headlines & Films

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Feature Films

Opening Night Film

MASTER HAROLD........ AND THE BOYS

WORLD PREMIERE AND OPENING NIGHT FILM

South Africa/USA 2009

88 minutes

Director: Lonny Price

Cast: Freddie Highmore, Ving Rhames, Patrick Mofokeng, Michael Maxwell, Jennifer Steyn, Nicky Rebelo

Tribute to Idrissa Ou�draogo

The Cape Winelands Film Festival is proud to present a special focus this year on the work of an outstanding African filmmaker. While constantly seeking to expand African audiences for his work, Idrissa Ouedraogo also acknowledges the necessity of funding and audiences outside Africa.

ANGER OF THE GODS/ La Col�re des dieux

Feature Film Director:
Idrissa Ouédraogo In Attendance
94 min Burkina Faso
CAST: Omar Ouedraogo, Rasmane Ouedraogo, Ina Cisse
21 March 14:30
Labia Orange Screen 2

THE HEART�S CRY/LI CRI DU COEUR

Feature Film
Director: Idrissa Ouédraogo In Attendance
86 min Burkina Faso
CAST: Richard Bohringer, Said Diarra, Felicite Wouassi
23 March 14:30
Labia Orange Screen 1

TILAI

Feature Film
Director: Idrissa Ouédraogo In Attendance
81 min Burkina Faso
CAST: Rasmane Ouedraogo, Ina Cisse, Roukietou Barry
23 March 20:30
Labia Kloof Screen 2

UNDER THE MOONLIGHT/SOUS LA CARTE DE LA LUNE

Feature Film
Director: Idrissa Ouédraogo In Attendance
90 min Burkina Faso
CAST: Amadou Ouattara, Rasmane Ouedragogo, Moussa Sanou
24 March 14:30
Labia Orange Screen 2

YAABA

Feature Film
Director: Idrissa Ouédraogo In Attendance
90 min Burkina Faso
CAST: Noufou Ouédraogo, Roukietou Barry, Fatimata Sanga
28 March 20.30
Labia Orange Screen 2

Documentary

Closing Night Film

St George shoots the Dragon

Serbia 2009

120 minutes

0-13 V

Director: Srdjan Dragojevic (In Attendance)

Cast: Lazar Ristovski, Natasa Janjic, Milutin Milosevic

Awards: Special prize for the best artistic achievement, Montreal film festival

Serbian official entry for the Foreign Language Oscar 2010

A TRIBUTE TO ALAIN RESNAIS

The organisers of the CWFF in collaboration with the French Embassy, Culturesfrance, IFAS as well as UniFrance are delighted to celebrate the magnificent films by French master Alain Resnais. One of Franceâ€™s most distinctive and highly regarded directors, Resnais was born in Vannes, France, in 1922. He studied at the L`Institut hautes Ã©tudes cinÃ©matographiques before starting a career as a film-maker in the mid-1940s, making short films. Of these, the most celebrated is Nuit et brouillard (1955), an eye-opening and devastatingly poignant documentary about deportations and Nazi concentration camps during the Second World War.