During Covid-19 we continue to make an impact using online educational screenings of Sisters of the Wilderness. If you think that your organization will benefit from an educational screening followed by a Q&A with the creator and producer, please get in touch.
Africa Human Rights Film Festival
Sisters of the Wilderness was officially selected to the inaugural Africa Human Rights Film Fest which takes place on 18 - 19 October 2019 in the Kalahari.
The festival which theme is: 'fostering human rights and diversity ', will be hosted in Andriesvale, a rural and marginalized South African community of the indigenous KhomaniSan people who live in the Kalahari Desert on the border with neighboring Botswana and Namibia.
It will be an experience of a lifetime with dim screenings under the starry desert nights, unique accommodation in the tranquil bushes, game drives and much more.
Middle East Premiere: Tel Aviv
Sisters of the Wilderness will have its Middle East premiere at the 13th International Spiritual Film Festival in Tel Aviv with two screenings on the 8th and 9th of November, followed by a Q&A with the project’s creator and producer.
The festival takes place in Tel Aviv’s Cinematheque and will include three categories – full length feature films, Documentary and Short films.
Considered to be the leading event in its field in Israel, the festival will entertain international film makers, workshops, lectures, talks inspired by the films and a colourful new age fair will complete the cinematic happening.
Amnesty
Sisters of the Wilderness was chosen by Amnesty International Durban Chapter for a special South African Women’s Month screening.
The film was selected because it highlights the threats to nature and the rural communities around the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi park from unsustainable coal mining and illegal hunting of the rhino.
Amnesty International youth groups from high schools and students from the University of KwaZulu-Natal in Durban were invited.
Five hundred young people are expected to attend and special guests.
After the screening there will be a Q&A session with the young women who feature in the film.
Collaboration with Crowd Versus
We are delighted to collaborate with the Crowd Versus to raise awareness to the severe threat to the iMfolozi wilderness, in the oldest game park in Africa, and the rural communities around the park, from unsustainable open cast coal mining.
Read Ronit’s blog on the Crowd Versus website: https://www.thecrowdversus.org/2019/07/25/should-we-care-about-a-coal-mine-in-rural-kwazulu-natal-south-africa/
Screening: Silwerskerm Fees, Western Cape
Sisters of the Wilderness continues its phenomenal film festival tour in South Africa with yet another prestige South African festival Silwerskerm Fees in Camps Bay, Western Cape.
Screening at Theatre on the Bay on Thursday 22 August 19:00 and Friday 23 August 15:30.
Impact Screening at UBS
We were delighted to put on an impact screening of Sisters of the Wilderness at UBS London head office with the UBS Cultural Awareness Network. The event was a wonderful opportunity to present the issues affecting iMfolozi and raise awareness about the value of nature to our well-being.
Screening: Mill Hill School Foundation
In June 2019 we were honoured to have a special screening of Sisters of the Wilderness to pupils and parents at the Mill Hill School Foundation in London.
The feedback was fantastic.
“…the implicit messages of the injustice of poverty and disparity of wealth are effectively set in parallel with that of the destruction of the natural environment through the motivation of greed… Many messages for our pupils; reminding them of their privileges, of pressing eco-matters and of the resilience, camaraderie and appetite for life which characterises youth…”
Winner of Best Documentary at Vancouver
Thanks to people of Vancouver, we have won the People’s Choice award for Best Feature and Best Documentary at the Vancouver South African Film Festival 2019. Thank you also to the VSAFF for giving us the opportunity to be part of this wonderful festival.
Winner of Best Feature Doc at IIFF in Bern
We are proud to announce that Sisters of the Wilderness won Best Feature Documentary at the 2019 International Innovation & film festival in Bern, Switzerland.
BIG CONGRATULATIONS to everyone who worked, supported and helped us to make it come to fruition.