MANENBERG is a cinema-verité documentary about two young'Cape Coloureds' struggling to make sense in the ruins of a post-apartheid South African township.
Manenberg is a suburb outside Cape Town, which was constructed during the apartheid regime to house coloured families with low incomes. Today it is a worndown and overpopulated ghetto area with enormous social problems, where the chances of becoming a gangster are greater than the chances of creating something new in the ruins of the past. But it is also an area with strong ties between the inhabitants in the claustrophobic houses. Based on five years of ongoing anthropological research in the area, the film invites the audience behind the headlines and into the lives of Warren and Fazline and their families. It is an intimate film about coming of age amidst difficult surroundings, about families, about life and its conflicts. It is a film about everyday life and dreams of the future.

Director/filmmaker: Karen Waltorp and Christian Vium

Producer/production company: Waltorpvium
Country of production: Denmark
Country/location of film: South Africa

Year: 2010
Length: 58 minutes


MANENBERG is the debut documentary film by directors and anthropologists Karen Waltorp & Christian Vium, who have lived and done extensive research in Manenberg since 2005.


Production :
WALTORPVIUM
Nørrebrogade 102, 3 th
DK-2200 Copenhagen N
Denmark
info@waltorpvium.com
www.waltorpvium.com


Distribution :

Private Use :
WALTORPVIUM
Nørrebrogade 102, 3 th
DK-2200 Copenhagen N
Denmark
info@waltorpvium.com
www.waltorpvium.com

Non-exclusive distribution rights for educational purposes :
Royal Anthropological Institute
Film Officer Susanne Hammacher
+44 (0)20 7387 0455
film@therai.org.uk

Commercial / Broadcasting distribution rights :
DR International Sales
Co-Production Coordinator Kim Christiansen
+45 3520 2299
kimc@dr.dk


Contact
KAREN WALTORP & CHRISTIAN VIUM
NØRREBROGADE 102, 3 TH
DK - 2200 COPENHAGENN, DENMARK
+ 45  40 62 97 63
+ 45  29 80 26 39
info@waltorpvium.com
www.manenberg-themovie.com



FESTIVALS / AWARDS

Copenhagen International Documentary Film Festival 2010 (DK)
* nominated for best Danish Documentary

Royal Anthropological Institute International Festival of Ethnographic Institute 2011 (UK)
* The Basil Wright Film Prize

Zanzibar International Film Festival 2011 (TZ)
* Honorable Mention for a feature documentary

2011 - NAFA Film Festival - Nordic Anthropological Film Association Film Festival 2011 (DK/SE/NO/FI), August 29 - September 1, 2011 - University of St. Andrews, UK - www.nafa.uib.no
* Official Selection
Being screened Wednesday 31 August at 9.30

Tricontinental International Film Festival 2011(SA)
* Official Selection, nominated for best documentary

Auburn International Film Festival 2011 (AU)
* Official Selection, nominated for best documentary

Nordic Panorama 2011 (DK)
* New Nordic Voices competition

Days of Ethnographic Cinema 2011 (RU)
* Official Selection