C E L L U D R O I D Mach III

Flamedrop Productions / Shadow Realm, inc. / Cinemaniacs 

present

C E L L U D R O I D 

Mach III

The 3rd Sci-Fi / Anime / Fantasy Film Festival

 

29 June - 5 July 2012

The Labia Theatre (68 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town, ZA)

 

www.CELLUDROID.net 

 

 

The 3rd chapter of the CELLUDROID Sci-Fi / Anime / Fantasy Film Festival will light up the sky at the Labia Theatre on Orange Street across 29 June - 5 July  

(with a book event 27 June).

A not-to-be-missed line-up of indie feature films, short films, classics and documentaries will tele-pod you to another world.

Two chapters created at the South African HorrorFest make their way to Celludroid for the first time, including the Bloody Parchment literary section with a book launch, and a spectacular live movie soundtrack performance.  Velocity also returns with local comic book and graphic novel creators showcasing their work.

(The majority of the movies will have their South African and/or African theatrical premieres).

THE MOVIES (full schedule & times at the end of this message):

The stellar line-up will include:

METROPOLIS

With a live Makabra Ensemble original soundtrack performance 

(One show only - booking essential)

The 7th silent motion picture scored by The Makabra Ensemble is Fritz Lang's legendary 1927 futuristic classic METROPOLIS. The Makabra Ensemble has performed their soundtracks to a range of classic silent films since 2005 at the South African HorrorFest Film Festival, Oppi Koppi Music Festival and Sound & Motion Studios' White Room Sessions.  This will be their first performance at a Celludroid event.  The group consists of members from Terminatryx, Lark, Mr. Sakitumi, V.O.D and Matthijs Van Dijk, utilizing a range of instruments from electric guitar, bass, drums, percussion and voice, to programming, samples, synths, wind instruments, violin and more, to breathe new life into these landmark films.

www.terminatryx.com/makabra

In the world of Metropolis the suffering workers live and struggle underground while the privileged basks high up in their towers.  A woman who may be the saviour of the downtrodden is replaced by a cyborg to sow division and destruction!

Makabra Ensemble web site: www.terminatryx.com/makabra

Live sound by Point Blanc Event Tech Solutions - www.pointblanc.co.za

Live recording by Sound & Motion Studios - www.soundandmotion.co.za

Instrument support: Paul Bothner Music Claremont: www.bothners.co.za

IRON SKY

The Evil Has Landed

In 1945 the Nazi's went to the moon... In 2018 they are coming back!

South African theatrical premiere (one show only).

Several years in the making, Iron Sky is a wild indie movie taking the word by storm.  It is a brand new Finnish-German-Australian science-fiction comedy film, directed by Timo Vuorensol, written by Johanna Sinisalo and Michael Kalesniko.  Featuring Udo Kier.  Soundtrack by Laibach.

(courtesy of Blind Spot Pictures - www.ironsky.net)

CELLUDROID Short Films Vol. 1 & 2

The CELLUDROID Short Film Collection features fantastic shorts from around the galaxy (incl. South Africa, the UK, France, Spain, Finland etc.), and will consist of two separate feature length chapters.  Expect everything from super heroes, dystopian futures and alien infection, to time travel, strange plants, and even stranger stop animation.  The locally made There Are No Heroes and UK short Walkaway will make their world festival premieres.

Volume 1:  Bonsai (Spain), Last Starship To Venus (Finland), There Are No Heroes (South Africa), Walkaway (UK), Crepuscule (Canada).

Volume 2: Decapoda Shock (Spain), Timeslip (UK), The Deep End (France), The Hollow Man’s Tragedy (Spain), Good Planets Are Hard To Find (South Africa), Salvacion (Spain), Wander (USA)

(all shorts courtesy of the producers)

LUNOPOLIS

There are people on the moon - They are from the future - And they changed history!

Heralded as the world's first Sci-Fi insta-classic, Lunopolis weaves a tale of Science-Fiction conspiracy theory which connects UFO's, time travel, ghosts, immortality, religion and life on the moon - documented via unearthed video.

(courtesy of Walking Shadows)

THE STONE

No Soul Unturned

From a dark and ancient past comes the oldest enemy man has known.

A group of seekers arrive at one of the most haunted location in Britain (once the home of Lord Byron), but they find far more than the truth behind life & death...

(courtesy of Reality Entertainment)

SECRET SOCIETIES & SACRED STONES - From Mecca To Megaliths

An in-depth documentary linking in with the movie The Stone, looking at man's relationship with sacred stones from around the globe. Experts include Egyptologists, UFO experts, esoterics, filmmakers and best selling authors.

(courtesy of Reality Entertainment)

TECHNOTISE, Edit & I

A slick Serbian animated feature, taking the viewer into a future world where a memory chip implant leads to extremely unexpected results.

(courtesy of Shoreline Entertainment)

THE SEEKER'S GUIDE TO HARRY POTTER

The secrets and symbols behind Harry Potter's world

Dr. Geo Anthea Trevarthen lectures a course on Harry Potter - here she explores the underlying themes of this popular fantasy character and the mysticism, magic & symbolism within this world created by J.K. Rowling.

(courtesy of Reality Entertainment)

UFOs 1973

Aliens, Abductions & Extraordinary Sightings!

Significant historic events like Watergate and the Vietnam War played itself out in the year 1973.  It is also one of the years with the most active UFO encounters.  This documentary looks at compelling cases and evidence.

(courtesy of Reality Entertainment)

ANDROID RE-ENACTMENT

"A charming, surreal and utterly deranged genre mash-up horrorshow" - Fangoria Magazine

Ermus, an obsessed scientist, tampers with the unstable emotions of android replicas of the people surrounding the greatest heartbreak of his life.  Soon the lines between reality and fantasy are blurred, and Ermus is forced to confront a surreal nightmare.

(courtesy of God In The Grass Productions)

PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE

Unspeakable horrors from outer space paralyze the living and resurrect the dead!

Ed Wood's 1959 cheesy cult classic has become a fixture at every Celludroid, so why break tradition?!

Still a riot after all these years.

All tickets R30 (except Metropolis: R45)

Booking opens 25 June (call the Labia Theatre on 021 424 5927)

BLOODY PARCHMENT LITERATURE (27 June):

We're proud to announce the launch of Nerine Dorman's INKARNA, a novel of ancient Egyptian myth and magic set in a contemporary Cape Town.

Death is not the end when your enemies can hunt you down throughout eternity.  Elizabeth Rae Perry underestimated the dangers associated with immortality when she joined an ancient Egyptian reincarnation cult.  And, as one of the magic-wielding Inkarna, she’s about to discover exactly how wrong things can go.

The Cape Town author (and co-ordinator of Flamedrop & The HorrorFest's Bloody Parchment events) will launch INKARNA (two days before the movie leg of Celludroid) at The Book Lounge, 71 Roeland Street, on Wednesday June 27 - 5:30pm for 6pm.  

RSVP: booklounge@gmail.com

Additional info: nerinedorman@gmail.com

Sonja Ruppersberg (Flamedrop Productions & Celludroid / HorrorFest co-organiser) will have a live chat with Dorman about her work at The Book Lounge launch event.

COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS (30 June):

For all your comic book-, graphic novel-, figurine- and related clothing needs, visit Dark Carnival at www.darkcarnival.co.za or find them on Facebook.

Local comic book and graphic novel writers & artists of the Velocity series will be present again with their work (on Saturday 30 June).  Copies will be on sale and can be autographed by the artists, who will include Moray Rhoda, Jayson Geland, Vincent Sammy, Stefan Roodt, Chris Beukes and Michael Crafford (more may be confirmed).

PRIZES / GIVE-AWAYS / SPECIALS:

Movie tickets, books, graphic novels, T-shirts, sambuca! 

> THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN

With the new 3D Amazing Spider-Man being released a week after Celludroid, there are some double tickets up for grabs from Ster Kinekor!

To be in line for a set, join the Celludroid Facebook Group at www.facebook.com/groups/115015623659 and leave a message on the wall.

> INKARNA

Copies of Nerine Dorman's new novel Inkarna will be up for grabs at selected Celludroid movie screenings.

> VELOCITY GRAPHIC

Audience members at selected Celludroid shows will stand the chance of going home with a copy of the new Velocity graphic novel volume.

> ANDROID RE-ENACTMENT

Expect audience give-aways of T-shirts and buttons linked to the movie Android Re-Enactment.

> PHANTOM

The licensed bar at the Labia Theatre will have the rather tasty Phantom Sambuca on special throughout the event. 

The Labia is a licensed venue and drinks can be taken into the cinema. (No alcohol will be sold or served to anyone under the age of 18).

Official Celludroid site: www.CELLUDROID.net

Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/159496737516153

Join the Celludroid Facebook group page at: www.facebook.com/groups/115015623659

CELLUDROID Mach III Schedule:

(Literary event at The Book Lounge, all movies at The Labia Theatre, 68 Orange Street)

WEDNESDAY 27 JUNE

5:30 for 6:00pm - INKARNA Book Launch - at The Book Lounge, Roeland Str. (two days before the main movies kick off at The Labia)

FRIDAY 29 JUNE

6:15 pm - PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE

8:30 pm - IRON SKY (African premiere - one screening only!)

SATURDAY 30 JUNE

1:45 pm - UFOs 1973 - Aliens, Abductions & Extraordinary Sightings

4:00 pm - TECHNOTISE, Edit & I

6:15 pm - CELLUDROID Short Films Part 1 (incl. festival world premiere of the SA-made There Are No Heroes)

9:00 pm - METROPOLIS (with a live Makabra Ensemble soundtrack performance - 1 show only!)

(Velocity Graphic artists will be in the venue foyer from 6pm on Saturday)

SUNDAY 1 JULY

1:45 pm - THE SEEKER'S GUIDE TO HARRY POTTER

4:00 pm - ANDROID RE-ENACTMENT

6:15 pm - CELLUDROID Short Films Part 2

8:30 pm - LUNOPOLIS

MONDAY 2 JULY

4:00 pm - THE SEEKER'S GUIDE TO HARRY POTTER

6:15 pm - THE STONE

8:30 pm - SECRET SOCIETIES & SACRED STONES - From Mecca To Megaliths

TUESDAY 3 JULY

4:00 pm - CELLUDROID Short Films Part 1

6:15 pm - ANDROID RE-ENACTMENT

8:30 pm - PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE

WEDNESDAY 4 JULY

4:00 pm - THE STONE

6:15 pm - LUNOPOLIS

8:30 pm - TECHNOTISE, Edit & I

THURSDAY 5 JULY

4:00 pm - SECRET SOCIETIES & SACRED STONES - From Mecca To Megaliths

6:15 pm - UFOs 1973 - Aliens, Abductions & Extraordinary Sightings

8:30 pm - CELLUDROID Short Films Part 2

All tickets R30 (except Metropolis: R45)

Booking opens 25 June (call the Labia Theatre on 021 424 5927)

Official Celludroid site: www.CELLUDROID.net

Facebook event page: www.facebook.com/events/159496737516153

Join the Celludroid Facebook group page at: www.facebook.com/groups/115015623659

www.FLAMEDROP.com/events