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Dirty Laundry screens at the Afrika Filmfestival, Leuven Belgium
Mar 21st
(Screening with Skoonheid, directed by Oliver Hermanus.)
Kinepolis – Bongenotenlaan 145, Leuven
Tuesday 27th of March 2012 at 20h00.
’s Morgens om 1u08 doet Roger zijn wasje in de “Wishy Washy” Een gewoon routineklusje maar die nacht gebeuren er vreemde dingen in de waszaal.
Dirty Laundry wins at the SAFTAs!
Mar 12th
Dirty Laundry klaps a win at the 6th annual SAFTAs: best short film.
I thanked my Mom, Focus and Completion films, the NFVF, Moonyeenn and all the actors. And of course Ed.
Dirty Laundry nominated for a SAFTA
Mar 7th
Feeling golden horny? Dirty Laundry was recently nominated for a South African FIlm and Television Award: best short film. The awards are on Friday 9th of March.
Dirty Laundry screens at the Cape Winelands Film Festival, Cape Town, South Africa
Feb 20th
Friday 16th of March 2012 at 10:15 AM @ Artscape iSibaya
Dirty Laundry screens at the African Film Festival – Washington University St. Louis, USA
Feb 2nd
Saturday, 24th March 2012 at 7:00 PM @ Washington University, St. Louis MO
Dirty Laundry screens at the Jaipur International Film Festival, India
Jan 19th
Dirty Laundry heads to the pink city.
27th to 31st January (see website for screening dates and times).
Dirty Laundry and 2011
Jan 13th
Awesome blog Africa Is a Country was kind enough to include Dirty Laundry in their Top 10 African films of 2011. Also in Basia Lewandowska Cummings’s list is Pumzi, a fellow Africa First alumna. That Basia!
Dirty Laundry screens at Zinebi, Bilbao Spain
Oct 31st
Saturday 12th November 2011 at 8:00 PM @ Golem/Alhóndiga, Bilbao
Dirty Laundry screens at Festival di Cinema Africano, Verona
Oct 31st
11th to 20th November (see website for screening dates and times).
Screening with co-Africa Firsters: Tinye So (Daouda Coulibaly), Mwansa the Great (Rungano Nyoni) and A Good Catholic Girl (Matt Bish).
Dirty Laundry screens at the Amiens International Film Festival, France
Oct 31st
Sunday 13th November 2011 at 10:30 AM – program 1 @ Ciné St-Leu
Thursday 17th November 2011 at 10:30 AM – program 1 @ Ciné St-Leu
Dirty Laundry screens at Africa International Film Festival, Lagos Nigeria
Oct 12th
November 2011 @ Genesis Cinemas
Dirty Laundry screens at Film Africa, London
Sep 26th
Saturday 5th November 2011 at 3:00 PM @ The Hackney Picturehouse, 270 Mare Street , London E8 1HE
With co-Africa First films Tinye So (Dauoda Coulibaly) and Mwansa the Great (Rungano Nyoni). Rungano will be in attendance. Say hi!
I like their write-up:
Winner of three international awards, Stephen Abbott’s Dirty Laundry is a microcosm of the biting humour evident in much post-apartheid cinema, where filmmakers take stock of the new order. If life itself is a laundromat in South Africa, Roger has a lot to face when he shows up at The Wishy Washy at 1am and begins to ‘separate his whites from his coloureds’ …
Dirty Laundry screens at the shnit short filmfestival, Bern, Cape Town, Cologne, San José, Singapore, Vienna
Sep 20th
BERN, SWITZERLAND
Friday 7th October 2011, 17:00 – shnit OPEN 9 @ Stadttheater 2, Kornhausplatz 20
Saturday 8th October 2011, 00:00 – shnit OPEN 9 @ Stadttheater 2, Kornhausplatz 20
CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA
Friday 7th October 2011, 19:00 – South African Made @ Labia 1, 68 Orange street – Director in attendance
Friday 7th October 2011, 22:00 – Rocking the Daisies
Saturday 8th October 2011, 20:00 – shnit OPEN 9 @ Labia 1, 68 Orange street
Sunday 9th October 2011, 12:00 – Rocking the Daisies
Sunday 9th October 2011, 16:00 – South African Made @ Labia 1, 68 Orange street
COLOGNE, GERMANY
Friday 7th October 2011, 19:00 – shnit OPEN 9 @ Alte Feuerwache, Melchiorstraße 3
Saturday 8th October 2011, 22:00 – shnit OPEN 9 @ Kölner Filmhaus, Maybachstraße 111
SAN JOSÉ, COSTA RICA
Sunday 9th October 2011, 17:00 – shnit OPEN 9 @ Sala Garbo, cnr Calle 28 & Avenida 2
SINGAPORE
Sunday 9th October 2011, 15:00 – shnit OPEN 9 @ Cathay Cineplex, 8 Grange road
VIENNA, AUSTRIA
Saturday 8th October 2011, 21:00 – shnit OPEN 9 @ Burg Kino 2, Opernring 19
shnit app
Sep 20th
shnit shortfilmfestival has just released an app for iOS. Screening details for all six locales is neatly available.
Yep, that’s Dirty Laundry under shnit-OPEN 9.
Dirty Laundry screens at the shnit short filmfestival, Bern, Switzerland
Sep 19th
Holy shnit! Many more cities to come.
Friday 7th October 2011, 17:00 – shnit OPEN 9 @ Stadttheater 2, Kornhausplatz 20, Bern
Saturday 8th October 2011, 00:00 – shnit OPEN 9 @ Stadttheater 2, Kornhausplatz 20, Bern (technically Sunday morning, hey)
Dirty Laundry screens at the Africa In The Picture festival, Amsterdam
Sep 15th
Bioskoop het Ketelhuis, Pazzanistraat 4
Saturday 8th October 2011 at 9:45pm
SAFM interview with director Stephen Abbott
Aug 15th
Stephen chats about Dirty Laundry following the film’s awards at the Durban International Film Festival (8-minutes).
Download the MP3 here.
Dirty Laundry wins at DIFF!
Aug 1st
Fantastic news! Dirty Laundry ♥ Durban!
Best South African short film
Best short film
Short film jury Zandile Thembe, Andile Ntimbane & Jerry Pooe had this to say:
“With a fresh storyline and strong acting, this is a colourful and humorous mini-snapshot of the ‘dirty laundry’ of ordinary South Africans”
Dirty Laundry screens at the Durban International Film Festival, South Africa
Jul 19th
A screening in the warm part of South Africa.
Tuesday 25th July, 10:00 AM at Luthuli Museum, Groutville (3233 Nokukhanya Luthuli street, Groutville)
Wednesday 26th July, 3:00 PM at Ekhaya Multi Arts Centre, KwaMashu (B25 Giya road, Kwa-Mashu)
Thursday 27th July, 10:00 AM at ICESA Communications Campus (35 Field Street, Durban)
(As part of the festival’s 5 Litres of Water short film package)
