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The 13th European Film Festival South Africa is here. Over 10 days across 4 cities, audiences will have the opportunity to see some of the best films in current European cinema, fresh from Cannes, Venice, Berlin and beyond. Featuring award-winning films by giants of European cinema alongside bold new voices and starring Europe’s biggest names: this year’s films follow families of all kinds – biological, chosen, broken, rebuilding – fighting to hold together and carve out a future against everything working to pull them apart.
ALL FOREIGN LANGUAGE FILMS WILL BE SCREENED WITH ENGLISH SUBTITLES.
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A Family (The Netherlands)Directed by Mees Peijnenburg. Drama. 1hr 27mins.Starring Carice van Houten (Game of Thrones) and Pieter Embrechts as the frustrated, divorcing parents and impressive youngsters Celeste Holsheimer and Finn Vogels as their embattled children this quietly observed family drama offers a heartfelt portrait of the sadness of divorce told from the perspective of those caught in the crossfire but too often not properly considered.