Dozens of festivities range at the Cape Winelands Film Festival from open air film screenings to educational talks on film, informal receptions with guest celebrities to over a dozen cooking demos, live entertainment, barrel tastings and fun for all ages.

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Imagine Stellenbosch where the oak-lined Dorp Street is home to museums and galleries as well as many student cafes and restaurants, all buzzing with film buffs.

Do not be surprised if you bump into Robert de Niro or Jacqueline Bisset or some other famous movie person who easily blends into the lazy country side.

Wine lover or not, a visit to the Cape Winelands Film Festival is an absolute must as the region is one of breathtaking vistas and majestic mountain backdrops while being steeped in rich culture and history.

Rolling vineyards and quaint Cape Dutch homesteads await you, as well as award-wining wine farms offering some of the country's best wines.

A Festival-within-a-Festival, for 10 days the Cape Winelands Film Festival offers a program of timely and fascinating films which evolve organically from the programming process.

A host of special events, tributes & symposia are in the works.

While its perspective is clearly global, the Cape Winelands Film Festival is also a showcase and forum for the South African film industry.

Other possibilities of things to enjoy are dinner and a movie, with no reservations required and the dining being al fresco.

The Cape Winelands Film Festival stands for quality films that engage, inspire and deepen our common humanity.

Many of the films are simply unavailable elsewhere or are not distributed in South Africa.

They will set a tradition of showcasing remarkable international cinema and will provide a familiar environment which dedicated filmfestgoers will find comforting.

Their program of features, documentaries, shorts and animation promises to be the strongest slate ever.

Simply see a little of this, a little of that.

Cape Winelands Film Festival

Date: 18 – 26 April 2008
Location: Stellenbosch
Venue: Various venues for the different films, including:

• Die Neelsie, Cine 1 and 2
• Dorpshuis
• Oude Libertas Auditorium
• Oude Libertas Amphitheatre
• JC Le Roux Auditorium
• Kayamandi
• HB Thom

Molo says: “A good movie, great bottle of wine while enjoying a superb dinner and you have something to write home about.”

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