Monumental milestones

The latest Namibian films have been performing very well. Namibian films are not only screening at local exhibitions, but are filling cinemas and emerging as competition to international films in the local market. The NFC-commissioned feature film Hairareb, had an extremely successful debut and now is back by popular demand. The NFC-supported short film Baxu and the Giants premiered at Grove Ster Kinekor on Thursday, 19 September to packed cinemas. The film has also won awards for Best Foreign Narrative Film at the San Fransisco Independent Short Film Festival this year. The #LANDoftheBRAVE film is slated to premiere at Grove and Maerua Ster Kinekor on 10 and 11 October respectively and will run a full 10 days at 20:00 on weekdays and 17:00 during weekends. The film has a strong social media presence thus far.Both feature films Hairareb and #LANDoftheBRAVE film were produced as part of the annual NFC film funding cycle. The Namibia Film Week which ends tomorrow has also been very popular. This event was held in anticipation of our Namibian Theatre and Film Awards, where we recognise and honour Namibian film and theatre practitioners. The awards take place on Saturday, 5 October at the National Theatre of Namibia. “The NFC is delighted to see packed cinemas for Namibian films, we are proud to have been an intricate part in developing the local film industry and encourage Namibians to participate in this growing screen culture,” the commission said.STAFF REPORTER

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