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Booking Information

The Labia Cinema

68 Orange St Gardens Cape Town
Phone: 021 424 5927
Book online

V&A Ster-Kinekor

V&A Waterfront Dock Road Cape Town
Phone: 0861 MOVIES (668437)
Book online

The Bioscope Independent Cinema

44 Stanley Ave Milpark JHB
Phone: 061 900 4457
Book Online

THE ZONE @ ROSEBANK

177 Oxford Rd Rosebank JHB
Phone: 0861 MOVIES (668437)
Book online

All venues are wheelchair-accessible

Satellite Cinema Events

Free of charge but must RSVP

Bertha Movie House, Isivivana Centre, Khayelitsha

8 Mzala Street Ekuphumleni Khayelitsha Cape Town
RSVP HERE
Seats are limited

Bertha House Mowbray

67, 69 Main Rd, Mowbray, Cape Town, 7700
RSVP HERE
Seats are limited

Goethe-Institut Joburg

119 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood, Johannesburg, 2193
RSVP HERE
Seats are limited