Amazing Premieres at the CELLUDROID Film Festival
(1-10 Dec in cinema & streaming)
CELLUDROID 2023
Our dimension defying 2023 CELLUDROID Sci-Fi / Fantasy / Animation Film Festival will light up 1 – 10 December once again! With premieres and advance screenings of mind-blowing movies, classics and short films from around the galaxy (which you’re unlikely to see anywhere else), both in cinema at The Labia Theatre (Cape Town) and streaming across South Africa via Quicket.
All booking / info / trailers at https://bit.ly/celludroid
Some of the many highlights include:
The face-melting, genre-blending DIVINITY and fantastic new A24 Nicolas Cage movie DREAM SCENARIO (advance screening with free popcorn & drink when you attend the show in your PJ’s or have attended any other Celludroid movies);
a fantastic anthology movie THE LAST BOY ON EARTH; and not to forget 6 hours of innovative short films; and legendary B-movie classic PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE!
Official website: www.celludroid.net
Festival Trailer: https://youtu.be/zt3so7pNwEs
Facebook Event Page: https://www.facebook.com/events/1042019180179900
THE MOVIES IN CINEMA – Labia Theatre:
Info / Trailers / Tickets: https://bit.ly/celludroid
THE LAST BOY ON EARTH
(FRI 1 DEC)
Tickets: https://qkt.io/N0ueBB
Trailer: https://youtu.be/A9NWdgxW9tg
“Sci-Fi at its highest level” – Admit One
In a distant future, an enigmatic boy becomes the central figure in the search for a new hope. Who is this kid? Why is everyone looking for him? Sometimes it is better not to know certain answers.
An amazing multi-style sci-fi anthology including everything from an incredible re-crafting of the Bladerunner universe as a side-story, outer space disaster, twisted robots and AI, to warped future bureaucracy, telekinesis, dystopian realms and more.
DIVINITY
(SUN 3 DEC)
Tickets: https://qkt.io/7h8YGA
Trailer: https://youtu.be/j8gMPbsTnYQ
“You Have To See It To Believe It” – The Playlist
In this visually stunning, mind-bending retro-futuristic movie Jaxxon Pierce sells an anti-aging formula called Divinity as a designer drug, until two mysterious brothers hold him prisoner in his mansion and subject him to enormous amounts of his own formula.
Exec. Prod: Steven Soderbergh / Directed by Eddie Alcazar
Starring Stephen Dorff (Blade), Bella Thorne (Dirty Sexy Money), Scott Bakula (Quantum Leap), Moisés Arias (Ender’s Game), Karrueche Tran (Claws) as well as bodybuilder Mike O’Hearn, porn star Emily Willis
Soundtrack by DJ Muggs and (David Lynch collaborator) Dean Hurley
PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE
(TUES 5 DEC)
Tickets: https://qkt.io/9OWoXS
Trailer: https://youtu.be/xSb800z3JWQ
Ed Wood’s original So-Bad-It’s-Good B-movie riot!
Aliens, Eros and Tanna, arrive on Earth and try to raise the dead in hopes of overtaking the planet while the military tries to keep the aliens’ activities a secret.
An annual treat everyone should experience wit an audience.
Starring Bela Lugosi (Dracula), Maila Nurmi (Vampira), Tor Jonson
CELLUDROID SHORT FILMS Cinema Edition
(THUR 7 DEC)
Tickets: https://qkt.io/Nx6LvC
A special selection of short films form the 3 streaming volumes (live action and animation).
AWAKENING: The First Day
FUNGUS
MEMORY RENTAL STORE
PARADOX
ATOMIC CHICKEN
PRIMACY
RIOT DOLL
AWAKE
SUNSCREEN
IF BIRDS FLY
MARRIAGE REALTY
OVERGROWN
THE SMILE
KATABASIS
DREAM SCENARIO
(SUN 10 DEC)
Tickets: https://qkt.io/13mHe8
Trailer: https://youtu.be/eoh7k267whs
New A24 movie starring Nicolas Cage.
“An Instant Classic” – The Hollywood Reporter
Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. When his nighttime appearances take a nightmarish turn, Paul is forced to navigate his newfound stardom.
Arrive in your PJ’s or show Quicket e-ticket proof that you attended any other Celludroid ‘23 movies, and you’ll get your popcorn and drink for free!
Starring Nicolas Cage, Lily Bird, Julianne Nicholson, Dylan Baker, Jessica Clement, Tim Meadows,
Directed by Kristoffer Borgli
THE STREAMING LINE-UP 1 – 10 DEC via Quicket:
Info / Trailers / Streaming: https://qkt.io/glrPFk
CORA
Streaming link: https://qkt.io/glrPFk
Trailer: https://youtu.be/6q5nHsW13mY
After a deadly mist has wiped out most of humanity, a mysterious organization is trying to save what’s left of humankind.
Directed by Sonny Laguna and Tommy Wiklund
Starring Thomas Lennon (Bad Teacher, Lethal Weapon), Andreas Rylander (Star Wars: Threads of Destiny), Patrick Saxe, Felicia Rylander, Alex Fatehnia, Alec Toselli.
CELLUDROID SHORT FILMS Vol. I
Streaming link: https://qkt.io/glrPFk
Like all 3 volumes, the first head-spinning feature length short film collection includes live action and animated shorts, like:
ATOMIC CHICKEN
A PACKET OF CHEESE & ONION BUREAUCRACY
KATABASIS
MADELEINE
BEANBOY
PANDEMONIUM
PROJECT MYCROFT
RANCID CARGO
THE DARK ODYSSEY 2 – Ice Nexus
MUSINGS OF A MECHATRONIC MISTRESS (documentary)
ISAAC
Streaming link: https://qkt.io/glrPFk
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
After losing their first child to a genetic disease, grief-stricken parents Nicholas and Sarah enroll onto clinical trials launched by GEO Group; an established cellular meat company using its technology to create genetically modified babies. But, their high hopes turn to terror…
Directed by Tariq Sayed
Starring Johnny Vivash, Catriona MacColl, Bosco Hogan, Kathryn Louise
CELLUDROID SHORT FILMS Vol. II
The second of three short film collections include:
PARADOX
SUNSCREEN
ALONG CAME RUBY
CHILDERIC, Choosing Your Battles (Childeric, Les Nerfs de la Guerre)
MEMORY RENTAL STORE
AWAKE
WINTERNIGHT
THE SMILE
CCF’s SOLSTICE STORIES
DANCE WITH THE SEASHELLS!
IF BIRDS FLY
ÁNIMA
Streaming link: https://qkt.io/glrPFk
Trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?
Samuel is confronted by what looks to be his doppelgänger
and begins to discover that the world around him is controlled by a superior force…
Directed by Alejandro G. Alegre
CELLUDROID SHORT FILMS Vol. III
The 3rd short film volume line-up:
AWAKENING: The First Day
FUNGUS
OVERGROWN
PRIMACY
RIOT DOLL
MARRIAGE REALTY
DEMONS IN THE CLOSET
MAP TO THE STARS
IVAN
THE ALCHEMISTS
If we don’t see you at the cinema, hope to have you at the virtual streaming leg of the festival!
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