Press Release
17 November 2009

2010 Wild Cinema Windhoek International Film Festival has a new team and
new date!

The 2010 Windhoek International Film Festival will be hosted in September 2010. This new festival date is part of the revamping and restructuring that the Wild Cinema Film Festival Trust (WCFF Trust) has carried out. New board and trustee members will bring their experience to create a truly creative and inspiring film event that showcases Namibian film and talent.

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Press Release
30 April 2009

Namibia Film Awards:
A mixed Bag of Surprises

The 3rd Namibia Film Award Ceremony held last night at a splashy red carpet event saw the best of Namibia’s filmmakers chewing their nails as the nominations and credits for this year’s Wild Cinema official selection rolled over the silver screen of the NTN. Master of Ceremony Neville Basson wittily coaxed Namibia’s cream of the crop up on stage one by one to take their well-deserved spot in the limelight. With a total of 11 Wild Cinema trophies awarded by the independent jury to 11 independent filmmakers the event produced more than a few surprises, bearing testimony to a well-balanced selection process by jurors Tony Figueira, Obed Emvula, Roselia Penda, Vicky Matjila and visiting Namibian film professional Bridget Pickering.



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“The family of Dr. Peter Katjavivi at the Wild Cinema Red Carpet Extravaganza’

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Press Release
21 April 2009

Namibia Film Awards – Win a Weekend for Two:
Official Selection in Competition!

With the Namibian productions in competition for the 3rd Namibia Film Awards kicking off today at Studio 77 at 18h30, expectations are running high amongst the film making fraternity of who will walk away with the highest honor of Best Picture for 2009. While a number of insiders are putting their money on either one of the three short films, which were premiered at the Wild Cinema opening night, this year has also seen submissions by well-known Namibian filmmakers who have previously not taken part in the Namibia Film Awards.

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Press Release
06 April 2009

Wild Cinema goes Team Namibia:
Look out here comes Namiwood

The Wild Cinema Windhoek International Film Festival will launch with a bang on 16 April 2009 at the DHPS Aula with the formal red carpet extravaganza marking the beginning of ten fabulous days of film and fun all over Windhoek. Public screenings commence Friday 17 through 26 April at the Maerua Mall Ster Kinekor, FNCC, Goethe Centre and Studio 77 as well as the ever popular open-air screening at Zoo Park on Sunday 26 April.

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Opening Night Ticket Give-Away Competition:

Keep watching One Africa Television in the run-up to the official opening of the Windhoek International Film Festival to find out the competition question. Find the answer to the question on this website and sms your answer to 2525 to win a ticket for two to the Red Carpet Extravaganza on 16 April at the DHPS Aula premiering the Short Film Competition "18 Years" Rider without a Horse  by Tim Huebschle, Differences by Joel Haikali and The Shop by Perevi Katjavivi and featuring Peace Mission by Dorothee Wenner. 


Press Release
24 March 2009

Win tickets to the official Red Carpet Extravaganza 2009 Wild Cinema Windhoek International Film Festival opening night. 

With the Wild Cinema Windhoek International Film Festival only three weeks away, organizers of the festival have made a total of 10 tickets for the official Red Carpet opening night on 16 April available for ticket give-away competitions. The competitions will be hosted during Wild Cinema’s official advertising promotions on One Africa TV and Radiowave 96.7 FM.

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Press Release
10 March 2009

Sneak preview of 2009 Wild Cinema

Windhoek’s annual international film festival is due to kick off in just over one month with a glitzy, red-carpet extravaganza opening night on 16 April at the DHPS Aula. The event will host the rank and file of Namibia’s film industry with experts, actors and celebrities in attendance, as well as visiting film professionals from the region and abroad. Featuring some 50m of silver-lit red carpet, Namibia will be treated to a screen spectacle not previously witnessed in this country.

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TALENT CAMPUS DURBAN 24 - 28 July 2009 at the 30th Durban International Film Festival
(22 July - 2 August 2009)


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Wild Cinema Windhoek International Film Festival has moved offices to 36 Bismark St, Windhoek West (in the buildings of NamibRand Safaris)

Telephone 061 259914/ 228511;
Fax 061 228503;
P.O. Box 50755 Windhoek;
info@wildcinema.org


Festival Dates 2009

17th – 26th April
Official Opening
16th April
3rd Namibia Film Awards
29th April




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