Events

On Saturday 13 April, the Department of Music at Stellenbosch University is hosting a Saxophone Symposium, which will end with a Concert at 16:00 featuring Departmental saxophone lecturer, Liam Burden, and Kurt Bertels, classical saxophonist and post-doctoral researcher from the Royal Conservatory and Vrije Universiteit Brussels.

The performance will also feature saxophone students from the Department of Music, and the University of Stellenbosch Symphonic Wind Ensemble, conducted by guest extraordinary-professor (brass, conducting) in the Department, Rik Ghesquière.

Location: Endler Hall - Victoria St & Neethling St, Stellenbosch Central, Stellenbosch, 7600
Tickets: https://www.webtickets.co.za/v2/Event.aspx?itemid=1544755092

For free tickets call the Artscape Box office at +27 21 421 7839

Die Fel Omstrede Kroon van Edward II en Gaveston by Tom Lanoye, one of Flanders'most famous novelists and playwrights, comes to the Baxter Flipside for a limited season, from 16 to 27 January 2024. 

A Taste of Belgium returns to Johannesburg on Saturday 14 October. Join us to celebrate the best of Belgian food, chocolates, beers and much more! Entry is free and there will be live entertainment and plenty of free activities to keep the kids happy and busy!

This Cannes Grand Prix winner and Oscar-nominated movie from Fanders, Belgium, tells the story of Leo and Remi who are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose close friendship is thrown into disarray when their schoolmates notice their intimacy, causing a rift between them. When their seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart, Leo struggles to understand what has happened. Close is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.

This Cannes Grand Prix winner and Oscar-nominated movie from Fanders, Belgium, tells the story of Leo and Remi who are two thirteen-year-old best friends, whose close friendship is thrown into disarray when their schoolmates notice their intimacy, causing a rift between them. When their seemingly unbreakable bond is suddenly, tragically torn apart, Leo struggles to understand what has happened. Close is an emotionally transformative and unforgettable portrait of the intersection of friendship and love, identity and independence, and heartbreak and healing.

This movie from the Netherlands takes us on a road trip to Paris! Shy, deaf Jamie (12) starts at the boarding school for the deaf. She is reluctant to make new friends. But when she is unable to go home one weekend, an unexpected plan develops with her bold classmate Imane (13). Together they set off on a road trip to Paris, but things don’t go as planned, turning the trip into an adventure. Jamie is forced to come out of her shell and the special encounters she experiences, make it a journey to remember.

This chillingly funny movie from the Netherlands introduces us to brothers Loet and Winnie, who are in their forties, but still live at home with their father Baltus. The sons have lived their entire life off their father’s pension and do everything he tells them to. But Baltus suddenly dies. Now what? The brothers have always heard they are incapable of anything and have never ventured further than the local store. So, to keep benefiting from the pension, they decide to put him in the freezer for the time being and find someone in a retirement home who can replace him.

This movie from Flanders, Belgium, tells the story of Zoë (12), who is best buddies with her father. When Dad suddenly and inexplicably decides to become an actor, the rest of the family thinks he’s having a burnout. Zoë is the only one who believes her dad is an amazing actor waiting to be discovered...

This movie from Flanders, Belgium, is based on real events in the life of Ismail Abdoul, a talented young boxer, ready to make it to the top. He’s found the love of his life, Sylvie, and is making a decent living as a bouncer. But when the opportunity for more money and power arises, he seizes it. In no time, he and his men control all the club doors in the city, including the drug traffic behind them. Abdoul becomes a living legend, both in the ring and out of it. Blinded by success, he gets caught in a web of his own lies and violent actions and is forced to fight the ultimate match: against himself.