Location | Camps Bay, South Africa |
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Founded | 2010 |
Awards | Silwerskerm Awards |
Artistic director | Karen Meiring |
No. of films | 6 features and 15 shorts in 2019 |
Website | kyknet |
The Silwerskerm Film Festival (Afrikaans : Silwerskerm FilmFees), usually called the Silwerskerm Fees, is a film festival held annually in Camps Bay, South Africa. [1] The festival has been held every August since 2010 and is one of the only Afrikaans film festivals in the world.
With around 5000 tickets sold and 6500 admissions each year, it is considered as a niche Afrikaans film festival. Up to 30 films are shown in several sections across cinematic genres. Around six films compete for the festival's top feature length awards, and around fifteen short films are in competition.
Year | Film | Director | Country of origin |
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2012 | Die Wonderwerker | Katinka Heyns | South Africa |
2013 | Faan se Trein [2] | Koos Roets | South Africa |
2014 | Die Windpomp [3] | Etienne Fourie | South Africa |
2015 | Dis ek, Anna [4] | Sara Blecher | South Africa |
2016 | Johnny is nie dood nie [4] | Christiaan Olwagen | South Africa |
2017 | Vaselinetjie [4] | Corne van Rooyen | South Africa |
2018 | Kanarie [5] | Christiaan Olwagen | South Africa |
2019 | Poppie Nongena [6] | Christiaan Olwagen | South Africa |
2022 | Gaia [7] | Jaco Bouwer | South Africa |
Year | Film | Director | Country of origin |
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2012 | Nantes | René van Rooyen | South Africa |
2013 | Toevlug | Christiaan Olwagen | South Africa |
2014 | Vuil Wasgoed | Bennie Fourie | South Africa |
2015 | Vryslag | Marcel van Heerden | South Africa |
2016 | Vlees van my Vlees | Matthys Boshoff | South Africa |
2017 | Soldaat | Amy Jephta | South Africa |
Versnel | Dian Weys | South Africa | |
2018 | Axis Mundi | Matthew Jankes & Sean Steinberg | South Africa |
Die Leeftyd van 'n Orgidee | Marí Borstlap | South Africa | |
2019 | Oedipus: Die Musical – 'n Dokumentêr | Stefan Benadé | South Africa |
2022 | Leemtes en leegheid | Jordy Sank | South Africa |
2023 | 'n Doop om Stilte | Emilie Badenhorst & Kanya Viljoen | South Africa |
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