AFRIKAANS VERSION

Liewe Fliekvriende,

Die Petit Nicolas-boeke vir kinders dateer uit die 1950’s, dus is die Frankryk en die Franse wat u in die film sal sien nie kontemporêr nie. Dit is ‘n heerlike ontsnapping na ‘n ander wêreld en tyd. Hierdie film is so goed soos ‘n vakansie – kom lag vir die mannewales van Nicolas en sy vriende terwyl u die wyse bewonder waarop regisseur Laurent Tirard die boek in ‘n film verander het.

13 November, 19:00.
Waar: Equitas Auditorium

ENGLISH VERSION

Dear Film Friends,

It feels as though we cannot look past the exams at the moment, and yet, soon it will be time to think about the holidays. To help you think, the French Film Club is showing last year’s French blockbuster, Les vacances du Petit Nicolas. The character of the small French schoolboy, freckles and all, was created by those masters of French comic dialogue, René Goscinny (one of the creators of Astérix) and Jean-Jacques Sempé. We need not say more, and we won’t. Not in English, anyway!

When: 13 November, 19:00.
Where: Equitas Auditorium

English Version

Our penultimate film for this year is Ce qui nous lie / Back to Burgundy. This is firstly a film for those who love wine and the wine-making process, as part of the story is about how the children of a winegrower in Burgundy trained his children to take over the estate one day. The film deals with that day; one wine estate, three children.

When: 16 October, 19:00.

Where: Equitas Auditorium

English Version

The German section invites you to our fourth and final Film Evening for 2018. Er ist wieder da (2015) will be screened on 10 October 2018 at 19:00 in the Equitas Auditorium (with English subtitles).

Er ist wieder da is a satirical comedy directed by David Wnendt, and is based on the 2012 German bestselling novel of the same name by Timur Vermes. In 2014, Adolf Hitler wakes up in the park where his wartime bunker once stood. As he wanders disoriented through the city, he interprets contemporary society from a Nazi perspective. The film features unscripted vignettes of Oliver Masucci as Hitler interacting with ordinary Germans, interspersed with scripted storyline sequences.

German Version

Die Abteilung Deutsch lädt Sie herzlich zu unserem vierten und letzten Filmabend für 2018 ein. Er ist wieder da (2015) wird am 10. Oktober 2018, 19.00 Uhr im Equitas Auditorium (mit englischen Untertiteln) gezeigt.

Er ist wieder da ist eine satirische Komödie von Regisseur David Wnendt, und basiert sich auf dem gleichnamigen deutschen Bestseller (2012) von Timur Vermes. Im Jahr 2014 wacht Adolf Hitler im Park auf, wo sich sein Kriegsbunker einmal befand. Während er orientierungslos durch die Stadt wandert, interpretiert er die moderne Gesellschaft aus einer nationalsozialistischen Perspektive. Der Film zeigt ungeschriebene Vignetten von Oliver Masucci als Hitler im Umgang mit gewöhnlichen Deutschen, durchsetzt mit geschriebene Sequenzen.

ENGLISH VERSION

Good day, Friends of the Department,

You are hereby invited to a Dutch movie presented by the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French. The film, De gelukkige huisvrouw (2010), will be shown in the Equitas Auditorium on Wednesday 26 September 2018 at 19:00. Traditional Dutch stroopwafels and something to drink will be served in the foyer from 18:40.

Lea (Carice van Houten) is an immaculate 30-something wife whose husband's (Waldemar Torenstra) job in real estate allows her an enviably glossy lifestyle. After the difficult birth of her son, Harry Jr., she is a little traumatized at having to swap canapés for nappies. The film takes the audience through the brave, yet hilarious story of a woman who fights to get her past - and her present - firmly back on track. De gelukkige huisvrouw is a 2010 Dutch drama comedy directed by Antoinette Beumer and based on the Dutch debut novel by Heleen van Royen.

Visitors must please enter via the Main Gate at Nelson Mandela Avenue. Please show this invitation to security or tell them you are coming to see the Dutch movie. We shall organize with campus security for easy access.

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When: Wednesday 26 September, 19:00
Where: Equitas Auditorium

ENGLISH VERSION

Dear Film Friends,

It seems particularly apt to show a film with an educational theme on a university campus like ours. Although the learner here is a small boy, Paul, although the period is 1920’s France and although Totoche will learn more from nature than from books (like Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s Emile), the questions are the same: what is useful to us to face life, to be a decent human being, to make our way through the world? Join us for this beautifully filmed Bildungsroman in pictures on 11 September.

When: 11 September 19:00
Where: Equitas Auditorium

English Version

Dear Film Friends,

This month’s movie is not new (it’s from 2007), but it is quite extraordinary. It is also a true story, that of Jean-Dominique Bauby, a victim of ‘locked-in syndrome’. The mundane Bauby had everything: cushy job, beautiful women (one was his ex-wife), vintage cars. Despite his condition, he will do something extraordinary: communicate from within the ‘diving-bell’ that is now his unresponsive body by writing his story by blinking, according to a pre-established code. By doing this, he becomes a butterfly, albeit only for a few blessed moments.

The diving-bell and the butterfly, of Le scaphandre et le papillon, is die ware verhaal van die hoofredakteur van die tydskrif Elle, wat op ‘n jong ouderdom ‘n massiewe beroerte kry. Die titel verwys na sy nou nuttelose liggaam aan die een kant en sy geheue en verbeelding, die vlinder, aan die ander kant. Die film is deur regisseur Julien Schnabel, met roerende spel deur die akteur Mathieu Almaric.

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When: 14 August, 19:00
Where: Equitas Auditorium

English Version

Department of Afrikaans and Dutch, German and French invites you to a Dutch movie screening. The film, Tirza (2010), will be shown in the Equitas Auditorium on Tuesday, 31 July 2018 at 19:30. Coffee, tea and traditional Dutch stroopwafels will be served in the foyer from 19:00.

Jörgen's (Gijs Scholten van Aschat) world is crumbling. Forced into early retirement and harassed by his ex-wife, the only part of his life which makes sense - his beloved daughter Tirza (Sylvia Hoeks) - is shattered when she disappears on holiday in Namibia. After weeks of terrifying uncertainty, Jörgen goes searching for her, but the heat, his drinking and bad memories combine to unhinge him. His only ally is a child prostitute called Kaisa. Together they journey into the wilderness on Tirza's trail to discover her fate. Tirza is a drama film directed by Rudolf van den Berg and based on the Dutch bestseller of the same name by Arnon Grunberg.

When: Tuesday 31 July, 19:30
Where: Equitas Ouditorium

Teaser trailer for Tirza on YouTube

English Version

The German section cordially invites you to our third Film Evening for 2018. Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008) will be screened on 1 August at 19:00 in the Equitas Auditorium (with English subtitles).

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex is a 2008 German crime film directed by Uli Edel, and is based on the 1985 German bestselling non-fiction book of the same name by Stefan Aust. The film tells the true story of the West German far-left militant group the Rote Armee Fraktion (Red Army Faction, or RAF) from 1967 to 1977. The radicalised children of the Nazi generation led by Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof and Gudrun Ensslin, (starring Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck, and Johanna Wokalek) are fighting a violent war against what they perceive as the new face of fascism: American imperialism supported by the German establishment. Their acts of terror rocked the very foundations of the still fragile German democracy post-WWII.

German Version

Liebe Mitglieder des deutschen Kinoklubs

Die Abteilung Deutsch lädt Sie herzlich zu unserem dritten Filmabend für 2018 ein. Der Baader Meinhof Komplex (2008) wird am 1. August um 19.00 Uhr im Equitas Auditorium (mit englischen Untertiteln) gezeigt.

Der Baader Meinhof Komplex ist ein deutscher Kriminalfilm von Regisseur Uli Edel und basiert sich auf dem gleichnamigen deutschen Bestseller (1985) von Stefan Aust. Der Film erzählt die wahre Geschichte der militanten Roten Armee Fraktion (RAF), eine westdeutsche Gruppe aus der extremen Linke, von 1967 bis 1977. Die radikalisierten Kinder der Nazi-Generation, geführt von Andreas Baader, Ulrike Meinhof und Gudrun Ensslin, (mit Moritz Bleibtreu, Martina Gedeck und Johanna Wokalek in den Hauptrollen) führen einen gewalttätigen Krieg gegen das, was sie als das neue Gesicht des Faschismus betrachten: den amerikanischen Imperialismus, der vom deutschen Establishment unterstützt werden soll. Ihre Terrorakte erschüttern die Grundlagen der fragilen deutschen Demokratie nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg.

English Version

Dear Film Friends,

The world / South Africa is a difficult place for children. One of the most moving films made in French about the things adults do to children, is Philippe Claudel’s Il y a longtemps que je t’aime (I’ve loved you so long), which the French Film Club will be showing on 12 June. But because it’s an art movie, don’t expect the obvious. What the obvious seems to be, is that Juliette killed her son and served a long prison sentence for it. The film is about Juliette’s release into society, into her family, and especially into the home of her much younger sister Léa.

It is often very difficult and draining listening to the South African news. Don’t let the subject matter of this film deter you from coming. This is a story about what happens between a caring, sensitive mother and a suffering son. It is not cruel or brutal or aggressive, and you will walk out with something we need so very much in our everyday lives and in the country and world we live in: hope for humanity, and belief in a mother’s love. Hoping to see you there!

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When: 12 June, 19:00

Where: Equitas Auditorium, Bloemfontein Campus

English Version

Mon père ce Héros

When: 15 May 2018, 19:00

Where: Equitas Auditorium

English Version

Section Afrikaans and Dutch cordially invites you to the first Dutch film evening of 2018.

The film, The Broken Circle Breakdown (2012) will air on Wednesday, 23 May, 19:00 in the auditorium, Economic and Business Management

Elise (Veerle Baetens) and Didier (Johan Heldenbergh) fall in love the moment they meet. She is the owner of a tattoo shop and he plays banjo in a “bluegrass band”. They share a love for American music and culture and their romance flourish on and behind the stage. Then suddenly tragedy strikes and their relationship is tested. The Broken Circle Breakdown is a romantic melodrama of high quality.

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Visitors, please enter the UFS campus via the main gate at Nelson Mandela avenue. Present this invitation to gain easy access to the campus

English Version

The German section cordially invites you to our second Film Evening for 2018. Victoria (2015) will be screened on 2 May at 19:00 in the Equitas Auditorium (with English subtitles). Victoria is a German crime thriller film directed by Sebastian Schipper, starring Laia Costa and Frederick Lau. It is one of the few feature films shot in a single continuous take. A young Spanish woman who has recently moved to Berlin finds her flirtation with a local guy turn potentially deadly as their night out with his friends reveals a dangerous secret.

German Version

Die Abteilung Deutsch lädt Sie herzlich zu unserem zweiten Filmabend für 2018 ein. Victoria (2015) wird am 2. Mai um 19.00 Uhr im Equitas Auditorium (mit englischen Untertiteln) gezeigt. Victoria ist ein deutscher Kriminalfilm von Regisseur Sebastian Schipper und mit Laia Costa und Frederick Lau in den Hauptrollen. Es ist einer der wenigen Filme, der mit einer einzelnen Kameraeinstellung gedreht wurde. Eine junge spanische Frau, die neulich nach Berlin umgezogen ist, erfährt wie ihr Flirt mit einem Berliner sich tödlich entwickelt wenn ein Abend zusammen mit seinen Freunden ein gefährliches Geheimnes aufdeckt.

English Version

Dear film friends

Who spares a thought for art museums before declaring war? What happens to art during war time? In the magnificently filmed Francophonia, these and other important questions are asked about the fate of the Louvre Collections during the Second World War. Curiously, not by a French director, but a Russian – Aleksandr Sokurov. In this film, half documentary, half dream sequence, Sokurov reflects on much more that the contribution of the director of the Louvre and the German officer who, as the invading power, is now his superior. Is art important? What is the true loss felt by a nation when an art work is moved, hidden or destroyed?

When:17 April, 19h00.

Where: Equitas Auditorium

Dear film friends,

We start the year with an entertaining film about Life and Death: Sage Femme (2017, Martin Provost) means midwife, but also wise woman. Claire (Catherine Frot) is an excellent midwife, but is her lifestyle wise? Béatrice (Catherine Deneuve) on the other hand, symbolically named for Dante’s aloof beloved, leads a hedonistic existence, but her self-centred actions unintentionally lead to a suicide. But life is short, death waits for us all, it is time to make amends.

Come 15 minutes before the film starts to listen to the music of Serge Reggiani, to take us back to the 1960’s and the mythical world of Saint-Germain-des-Prés.

When: 20 February 2018, 19:00.
Where: Equitas Auditorium

English Version

The German section cordially invites you to our first Film Evening for 2018. Barbara (2012), a drama set in the former GDR (East Germany), will be screened on 28 February 2018 at 19:00 in the Equitas Auditorium (with English subtitles). Set in 1980, director Christian Petzold's latest work centres on a doctor exiled to a small town in East Berlin as punishment for applying for an exit visa from the German Democratic Republic.

German Version

Die Abteilung Deutsch lädt Sie herzlich zu unserem ersten Filmabend für 2018 ein. Barbara (2012), ein Drama, das in der ehemaligen DDR (Ost-Deutschland) spielt, wird am 28. Februar um 19.00 Uhr im Equitas Auditorium (mit englischen Untertiteln) gezeigt. Das Drama, für das Petzold auch das Drehbuch verfasste, ist zur Zeit der DDR im Jahr 1980 angesiedelt und stellt eine Ärztin in den Mittelpunkt, die an ein Provinzkrankenhaus versetzt wird, nachdem sie einen Ausreiseantrag gestellt hat.
Mit freundlichen Grüße

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