FILM

INDIAN FILM FESTIVAL



To celebrate the 50th anniversary of India's independence, the Centre for Creative Arts and the Indian Cultural Centre will host an Indian Film Festival at the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre from September 23 to 30.

The festival includes ten film titles - nine of which are films originating from India and the other is the locally-made The Making of Mahatma about the life of Mahatma Gandhi.

The programme features films made in the early 80's as well as later films by well-known directors such as K R Mohanan, Pamela Rooks, Aparna Sen, Mira Nair, G V Iyer, Shyan Benegal, Vijaya Mehta, Satyajit Ray, Buddhadeb Das Gupta and Mani Rathnam.

Tickets at R10 from the Elizabeth Sneddon Theatre. Details from 260-2296 or 260-2594 during office hours.

LIBRARY FILMS

The Durban Municipal Library offers free lunch hour films in the Museum Theatre, first floor, City Hall. The programme for September is:

Sept 2 (13h05): Pole to Pole. BBCTV with Michael Palin - Part 1: Kenya;

Sept 9 (12h45): 100 Years of Olympic Glory - Part 2;

Sept 16 (13h05): Louis Armstrong: What a wonderful world;

Sept 23 (13h05): Royal Blood: Life and death of an African lion pride. The African experience, and

Sept 30 (13h05): World at War: The definitive story of WWII - part 18.

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CRACKER IS BACK

One of the most popular British television series, Cracker, makes a welcome return on M-Net, in its second series on September 23 at 20h00.

M-NET MOVIES

M-Net's line-up of premieres this month offers a wide choice, as always.

Among them is Cry, the Beloved Country (Sept 27) based on Alan Paton's acclai- med 1948 novel starring James Earl Jones and Richard Harris.

For those who like to watch movies on the edge of their seats, there's The Babysitter's Seduction with Keri Russell and Stephan Collins.

For those who like their drama a little less tense, there's The Scarlet Letter (Sept 4), loosely based on Nathaniel Hawthorne's classic novel, which stars Demi Moore, Gary Oldman, Robert Duvall and Joan Plowright. Robert de Niro, Cybill Shepherd and Jodie Foster appear in Taxi Driver (Sept 13), the controversial vision of hell as seen through the eyes of a disturbed New York taxi driver. Casino (Sept 14) stars Robert de Niro and Sharon Stone in this story of a casino boss who falls for a prostitute.

Swedish director Ingmar Bergman's epic story of his parents' often stormy relationship is interpreted in The Best Intentions (Sept 15) with Samuel Froler, Pernilla Gusts and Max von Sydow.

SUPERB

There's also the superb film A Month by the Lake (Sept 17), a gentle comedy set in the 30's starring Vanessa Redgrave, Edward Fox and Uma Thurman.

Jane Eyre

(Sept 18), the classic story of a young governess who falls in love with her mysterious employer, features William Hurt, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Joan Plowright and Geraldine Chaplin. Other titles to watch out for are Bambino Mio (Sept 22), Down Came a Blackbird (Sept 26), Jumanji (Sept 28), Heat (Sept 7), The Late Shift (Sept 8) and Pat and Margaret (Sept 10).

VISUAL VOICE

Visual Voice Film Museum Projects set up a display of ancient film equipment which complemented the 100 years of film exhibition put up by the British Council in the foyer of the Sneddon Theatre during the recent Durban Inter- national Film Festival.

The British Council has offered this display as the beginnings of the VVFMP's permanent collection of 100 Years of Film.

Regarding the proposed Heroes of Tekwini project, progress has been made and the contract covering the grant of R50 000 from the National Department of Arts, Culture, Science and Tech-nology is presently being finalised.

Further information about the training programmes linked to this social docu-drama will be available soon.

Anyone interested in this project should contact Mikhail Peppas on 083 750 1744 or Lindi Gross on 23-1236.

FRENCH FILMS

From September 12 to 28 the Alliance Fran‡aise will host a French Film Festi-val at Musgrave Centre sponsored by Waterman and Air France.

The more than 20 different films include a retrospective of the career of Alain Delon. All the films will be either in English or with English sub-titles.

Tickets will be available from Computicket or at the cinema. The programme is available from Alliance Francaise or at the cinema.