There will be fun and games for the kids at Ster Kinekor on 1st May thanks to Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy

TINKER BELL AND HER FRIENDS JOIN FORCES WITH STER-KINEKOR TO BATTLE THE PIRATES

“Help save the Blue Pixie Dust…”

With another public holiday and the schools closed for this week, we know you’ll be happy to know we have just the thing to keep the young ones entertained! The delightful Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy releases nationally at Ster-Kinekor cinemas on Thursday, 01 May and, in order to get the job done, the country’s leading cinema chain is making the release of the movie even more fun for the children at select sites. The animated movie, Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy, will also release in 3D at select sites.

Take the children down to one of the participating Ster-Kinekor cinemas and let them get busy with all sorts of fun and games. There will be activity sheets to complete and interactive games to play, with wonderful prizes on offer from Ster-Kinekor.  The kids are also encouraged to dress up as their favourite fairy or a pirate, and some of them will receive great prizes for their efforts!

The cinema activations take place on Thursday, 01 May from 09:30 to 14:30 at the following Ster-Kinekor cinemas: Shelly Beach on the KZN South Coast and Gateway in Durban; The Zone, Cradlestone, Cresta and Eastgate in Johannesburg; The Grove in Pretoria and Blue Route in Cape Town. Kids can also enjoy the fun at Ster-Kinekor Cavendish in Cape Town from 11:00 to 14:00. Get there early, participate in the fun and then book your tickets to watch Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy.

In the film, a misunderstood dust-keeper fairy named Zarina steals Pixie Hollow's all-important Blue Pixie Dust, and flies away to join forces with the pirates of Skull Rock. Tinker Bell and her fairy friends must embark on the adventure of a lifetime to return the magical dust to its rightful place.

However, in the midst of their pursuit of Zarina, Tink's world is turned upside down. She and her friends find that their respective talents have been switched and they have to race against time to retrieve the Blue Pixie Dust and return home to save Pixie Hollow.

View the trailer here

  

Come Thursday, 01 May, gather your family and friends, and head down to your nearest Ster-Kinekor cinema to watch Tinker Bell and the Pirate Fairy – and let your kids join in the fun activities at the cinema at the same time.

The running time of the film is 78mins and it carries a PG classification.

For more information about Tinkerbell and the Pirate Fairy, and to book your tickets, visit: www.sterkinekor.com or call Ticketline on 082 16789. For news and updates, go to Facebook: Ster-Kinekor Theatres | Follow Ster-Kinekor on Twitter: @SKTheatres, or download the SK App on your Nokia, Samsung Android, iPhone or Blackberry phone for information, updates and to book from your mobile.

All the info you need for the European Film Festival coming to Cinema Nouveau

RETURN OF THE POPULAR EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL AT CINEMA NOUVEAU THEATRES IN MAY

Love has many faces as films explore ‘Beyond Love’ as the festival theme

Love has many faces, sometimes unexpected, sometimes challenging. As the Beyond Love theme suggests, the European Film Festival (#EuroFilmFestSA) explores some of them with the screening of ten internationally-acclaimed films, representing the best of European cinema but never before screened to South African audiences.

The European Film Festival (EUFF) will be shown exclusively at Cinema Nouveau theatres and runs from 09 – 18 May 2014, in partnership with 10 European cultural agencies and embassies based in South Africa.  All the featured films are the recipients of numerous awards and accolades at international film festivals and competitions, including the Oscars and the Cannes Film Festival. They are the latest productions from the most exciting and talented film directors in Europe at the moment, and a true reflection of European cinematographic creativity and diversity.

“The theme of Love serves as an interesting starting point for a European film selection. This contemporary selection of films allows us to experience tales beyond the cliché and ‘national’ narrative, to offer challenging, entertaining and compelling images of love, desire and the current state of Europe,’ says Darryl Els, EUFF 2014 festival director.

Lola Gallant, brand manager of Cinema Nouveau, is delighted that this exciting festival is making an appearance again. “We pride ourselves on providing a platform to screen the best foreign language fare, and the ten films lined up for the EUFF in May are a must-see. We are privileged to offer these films that would otherwise not be available in South Africa, at our cinemas, and are grateful to all the partners involved in putting this festival together.”

The list of films to be screened during the European Film Festival 2014 include:

·         Paradise: Love (Austria) - Cannes Film Festival 2012 – Official Competition,

·         The Broken Circle Breakdown (Belgium) - Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominated, 2014,

·         The Hunt (Denmark) - Cannes Film Festival 2012 – Official Competition Best Foreign Language Film Oscar nominated, 2014,

·         Stranger by the Lake (France) - Cannes Film Festival 2013 – Best Director Award, Un Certain Regard section,

·         Barbara (Germany) - Berlin International Film Festival 2012, Best Director Award,

·         The Great Beauty (Italy) - Best Foreign Language Film Oscar 2014,

·         Tabu (Portugal) - Berlin International Film Festival 2012 – Official Competition,

·         Child’s Pose (Romania) - Berlin International Film Festival 2013, Golden Bear (Best Film),

·         Living is Easy with Eyes Closed (Spain) - San Sebastian International Film Festival - Official Competition, and

·         Le Week-End (United Kingdom) - Toronto International Film Festival.

This special treat for movie-lovers is hosted exclusively by Cinema Nouveau nationwide, with the ten-day screening programme taking place concurrently in Cape Town, Durban, Johannesburg and Pretoria from 09 – 18 May. Bookings open on 15 April and special festival ticket rates will apply to make these foreign language films accessible to a wide audience.

The festival also features an outreach screening programme and a competition that gives ticket-holders the chance to win a trip for two to France, courtesy of Air France and Atout France (French tourism agency). All the details regarding the festival schedule, bookings and the competition mechanics can be found on the Cinema Nouveau website from 15 April: www.cinemanouveau.co.za.

The European Film Festival is co-ordinated by the French Institute of South Africa and organised in partnership with the European Union and eight other European cultural agencies or embassies in South Africa: the British Council, the Camões Institute, the Goethe Institut, the Italian Cultural Institute, the Flemish government delegation and the Embassies of Austria, Belgium, Denmark and Spain.

For booking information on the 2014 EUFF, visit www.cinemanouveau.co.za or sterkinekor.mobi, or call our Ticketline on 082 16789. Follow us on Twitter @nouveaubuzz.  You can also download the Ster-Kinekor App on any Nokia, Samsung Android, iPhone and Blackberry handset for updates, news and to book from your mobile.

The Amazing Spider-Man 2 Swings into IMAX 3D at Gateway this Friday

STER-KINEKOR RELEASES THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 2 IN IMAX® 3D AT THE GATEWAY THEATRE

Watching this superhero weave his web on the IMAX® 3D screen will be an immersive cinema experience

The Amazing Spider-Man is back - and , as always, this Marvel superhero is more than ready and willing to battle the everyday villains to keep everyone safe. Don’t miss the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro on the IMAX® 3D screen at Ster-Kinekor’s popular cinema complex at Gateway, from Friday, 25 April. Following the success of The Amazing Spider-Man, Andrew Garfield returns in the lead role in this action-packed sequel.

The IMAX® release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2 has been digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX 3D Experience® using proprietary IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology. The crystal-clear images coupled with IMAX's customised theatre geometry and powerful digital audio create a unique environment that will make audiences feel as if they are in the movie.

We have always known that Spider-Man’s most important battle has been within himself: the daily struggle between the ordinary obligations of Peter Parker and the extraordinary responsibilities of Spider-Man. However, in The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro, Peter Parker discovers that a far greater conflict than even he could anticipate, lies ahead.

It’s great being Spider-Man (Garfield). For Peter Parker, there’s no feeling quite like swinging between skyscrapers, embracing being the hero, and spending time with Gwen (Emma Stone).  But being Spider-Man also comes at a price: only Spider-Man can protect his fellow New Yorkers from the formidable villains that threaten the city. 

With the emergence of Electro (Jamie Foxx), Peter must confront a foe far more powerful than he. When his old friend, Harry Osborn (Dane DeHaan), returns, Peter comes to realise that all of his enemies have one thing in common: OsCorp.

This adventurous sequel to The Amazing Spider-Man will have you ducking and diving in the cinema as the action of The Amazing Spider-Man 2: Rise of Electro plays out on the powerful IMAX® 3D screen. Audiences should prepare themselves for a full-on, immersive cinematic experience like nothing they have experienced before!

The film carries a 10-12PG V classification and its running time is 147 mins.

Trailer: https://www.imax.com/movies/m/the-amazing-spider-man-2-an-imax-3d-experience/

For more information on Ster-Kinekor and IMAX®, visit www.sterkinekor.com. Avoid the queues by booking online or by calling Ticketline on 082 16789, or you can book at the box office.  You can also download the Ster-Kinekor App on your Nokia, Samsung Android, iPhone or Blackberry phone for updates and to book from your mobile.  To find out what other exciting promotions Ster-Kinekor has on offer, follow @SKTheatres on Twitter or Facebook at Ster-Kinekor Theatres.

Durban Film Selected for Cannes

A film produced and written by Durban filmmaker and AFDA Durban Scriptwriting Lecturer, Janet van Eeden, A Shot at the Big Time, the short, has been selected for the Cannes Court Metrage, the short film corner of the official Cannes Festival 2014. It was chosen out of over a million entries. 

(Janet van Eeden - Picture by Kwazi Ngubane) 

“This honour is something my co-producer, Magda M. Olchawska, and I have dreamed of since we joined forces to make A Shot at the Big Time, the short,” says Van Eeden. “We met online when I ran the Indiegogo.com crowd-funding campaign in 2011. I’d given up on the dream recently and am working hard at present raising funds to make the feature film by the end of the year, so when Magda let me know late on Thursday night that we’d been accepted I was over the moon.”

Van Eeden launched the crowd-funding campaign for Shot on 11th of the 11th 2011, on Remembrance Day, in remembrance of her brother, Jimmy, who was killed on the border in mysterious circumstances after being there for only three days in 1979. 

“I’d never been able to forget Jimmy’s tragic life, and after being challenged by film and theatre critic, Robert Greig, to write about my own life instead of writing plays about literary greats, I finally had the courage to put pen to paper and tackle one of the saddest experiences of my life,” she explains.

“Jimmy was my idol in the small town of Odendaalsrus. He was a rock star in the eyes of all the youngsters as he was the lead singer in a band which dreamed of making the big time. When he received his call-up papers when he was only seventeen, his dream was put on hold. Especially after he had a traumatic incident in basics which made him go AWOL, steal a rifle and fire rounds of bullets into the rubbish dump with the members of his band. A terrible accident happened and Jimmy had a breakdown and was classified as mentally unfit for military service. He tried to put his life back together again but he was broken by the events,” says Van Eeden. “Three years later the army forgot about the fact that they’d classified him as unfit and called him up to do Border duty. He was part of the infantry but he did not want to kill anyone. There are conflicting stories of what happened to him on the border on that fateful day, but all we know for sure is that three days after arriving on the border, my parents received a phone call telling them that Jimmy had been killed by a ricochet bullet.” 

(Brad Backhouse as Jimmy; Tim Wells as Wiese; Caval Goodyear as Smit.  A Shot at the Big Time. Picture by Val Adamson) 

The feature film script of A Shot at the Big Time is based on the the story of the tragic loss of Van Eeden’s brother which she says is Oedipal in its intensity. When she couldn’t get funding for the feature without giving away the rights to the film completely, and thereby compromising on the integrity of the story, she decided to do a crowd-funding campaign after listening to US expert Peter Broderick at the Durban Film Mart in 2011. She decided to produce the film herself. She didn’t raise enough money for the feature on Indiegogo.com but received so much support, including finding gifted young director from Australia, Stephen de Villiers and London producer Magda M. Olchawska, that they decided to shoot the short film instead. The lead actors auditioned online as part of the crowd-funding campaign and “the best actors I could’ve dreamt of” were found in Brad Backhouse as Jimmy and Sean C. Michael as the antagonist Van Staden. De Villiers flew out in July 2012 to film Shot the Short. Even an executive Producer, Athol Williams, was found through the campaign and he gave whatever he could to make the short film happen.

A Shot at the Big Time was one of the projects selected for the Durban FilmMart in 2012 and the short film premiered at the Durban International Film Festival in July 2013. It was awarded an eThekwini Film Award in November 

2013. 

Producer, Magda M. Olchawska will represent A Shot at the Big Time at Cannes, as there has not been enough time to raise sponsorship for Van Eeden’s visit. However, she hopes the whole team  will represent Shot next year when they enter the feature into the festival.

http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/festival/CannesShorts.html

Still time to catch Need for Speed and Captain America: The Winter Soldier on the Big Screen

Have a Need for Speed 

Trailer:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsrJWUVoXeM

A brand new element has been added to Ster-Kinekor’s most popular cinema complex - Gateway in Durban which has already played host to a number of popular titles. Need for Speed races in the impressive theatre.  This is a movie which should be watched. You will have the ride of your life. So make sure you book your tickets now to see this fast-paced, action-packed crime thriller in the most immersive cinematic experience.

Based on the most successful racing video game franchise ever produced, with more than 140 million copies sold, Need for Speed captures the thrills of the game in a real-world setting – with the added pleasure of watching all the action whizz by on the big screen, popcorn at the ready.

From the 1960s and '70s the great car-culture films of this time is returned to the big screen as a high-octane film that taps into what makes the American myth of the open road so enticing.

Starring Imogen Poots, Ramon Rodriguez, Scott ‘Kid Cudi’ Mescui and Rami Malek; this new movie of the Need for Speed chronicles work around muscle car mechanic and street-racer, Tobey (Aaron Paul) who, fresh from prison, has been framed by a wealthy business partner, Dino Brewster (Dominic Cooper). As a near-impossible cross-country race against time begins, Tobey’s his ex-partner, learning of the plan, places a massive bounty on his head at the start of the race. What begins as a mission for revenge proves instead to be one of redemption.

BE A PART OF THE FIGHT WITH CAPTAIN AMERICA: THE WINTER SOLDIER 

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7SlILk2WMTI

Catch the biggest battle between good and evil when superhero Captain America faces his enemy, The Winter Soldier.  All the action happens at the IMAX® theatre at Ster-Kinekor’s most popular cinema complex, Gateway Theatre of Shopping in Durban. 

The IMAX® 3D release of Captain America: The Winter Soldier which has been digitally re-mastered into the image and sound quality of The IMAX Experience® using IMAX DMR® (Digital Re-mastering) technology. This will make you feel as if you are right next to the characters of the movie and taking part in the action yourself.

Starring Chris Evans, Sebastian Stan, Scarlett Johansson, Cobie Smulders, Dominic Cooper and Samuel L. Jackson Captain America: The Winter Soldier is the sequel to Captain America: The First Avenger, which follows on from The Avengers.

After the catastrophic events in New York with The Avengers, Marvel’s Captain America: The Winter Soldier finds Steve Rogers (Chris Evans), aka Captain America, living quietly as a normal citizen in Washington D.C. There, he tries to adjust to the modern world around him. But when a S.H.I.E.L.D. colleague falls under attack, Steve becomes entangled in a web of intrigue that threatens to put the world at risk.

Joining forces with the Black Widow (Scarlett Johanssen), Captain America struggles to expose the ever-widening conspiracy while fighting off professional assassins sent to silence him at every turn. When the full scope of the villainous plot is revealed, Captain America and the Black Widow enlist the help of a new ally, the Falcon. However, they soon find themselves up against an unexpected and formidable enemy—the Winter Soldier.

This Edition by +Lauren Immelman 

Ster-Kinekor's 'Girlfriends Getaway' Presents Pre-Screening of 'The Other Woman'

Laugh the night away with the girls, as you start plotting…

If you are looking for a great night out with your girlfriends coupled with a good laugh, Ster-Kinekor has just the answer. Join them at select sites for the next ‘Girlfriends’ Getaway’ event, taking place on Wednesday, 30 April, from 19:00. Enjoy each other’s company as you are entertained with a wonderful ‘chick flick’ this month. The Other Woman promises to have you rolling in the aisles and leaving the cinema with a smile.

Due to popular demand for the monthly ‘Girlfriends’ Getaway’ events, Ster-Kinekor has added another four cinemas to the list of sites that host these get-togethers for the girls: Cradlestone Mall in Krugersdorp, Secunda in Mpumalanga, Garden Route in George, and The Grove in Pretoria. Enjoy a special pre-screening of this comedy drama, as you and your female friends are pampered and entertained with ‘Girlfriends’ Getaway’.

In The Other Woman, Carly (Cameron Diaz) tries to get her life back on track after the shock of discovering that her boyfriend, Mark (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau), is actually married. However, when she accidentally meets the wife he’s been cheating on, Kate (Leslie Mann), she realises they have much in common, resulting in her sworn enemy becoming her greatest friend. When yet another extra-marital affair is uncovered with Amber (Kate Upton), all three women team up to plot mutual revenge on the cheating, lying, three-timing Mark.

For an entertaining night out with the girls, where you can just relax and kick back at the movies, don’t miss this month’s ‘Girlfriends’ Getaway’ event. It takes place at the following Ster-Kinekor cinemas:

WESTERN CAPE:

Cape Gate | Cavendish | Blue Route | Tyger Valley| Somerset | Garden Route

EASTERN CAPE:

The Bridge – Port Elizabeth

GAUTENG:

The Zone | Sandton | Cresta | Northgate | Cradlestone | Greenstone | Eastgate | Irene | Brooklyn | The Grove

KWAZULU-NATAL:

Gateway

MPUMALANGA:

Secunda Mall – Secunda

To make your evening out with the girls on 30 April even more special, there will be lucky draws, hampers and goodie bags to pamper all our ‘girlfriends’.  Expect a little treat courtesy of Destiny Magazine, Cherubs, Wakaberry and Body & Mind Dance Studio.(*Note: hampers, goodie bag contents and in-foyer activations may vary from cinema to cinema.) 

The Other Woman releases to the public at Ster-Kinekor theatres countrywide on Thursday 1 May.

(Official trailer for The Other Woman:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5j59SGiz3U)

Remember, with ‘Girlfriends’ Getaway’, no guys are allowed!

To find out more, visit www.sterkinekor.com. Avoid the queues by booking online, by calling Ticketline on 082 16789 or you can book at the box office.  You can also secure your seats by downloading the Ster-Kinekor App on your Nokia, Samsung Android, iPhone and Blackberry handset, to book from your mobile. To find out what other exciting promotions Ster-Kinekor has on offer, follow @SKTheatres on Twitter or Facebook at Ster-Kinekor Theatres.

Ster-Kinekor Joins Forces with Nokia and MTN to Entertain the Kids with RIO 2

WITH THE WORLDWIDE RELEASE OF RIO 2, STER-KINEKOR JOINS FORCES WITH NOKIA AND MTN TO ENTERTAIN THE KIDS

“It’s on in the Amazon…”

With the imminent launch of Rio 2 at a cinema near you, Ster-Kinekor, Nokia and MTN are getting ready to paint the town in a rainbow of colours. In order to get the job done, the country’s leading cinema chain has selected some of its cinemas to make the release of the movie even more fun for the children. The animated movie, Rio 2, which also releases in 3D at select sites, will be exploding onto Ster-Kinekor screens on Friday, 11 April to coincide with the film’s worldwide release date.

To get yourself in the mood for the delightful sequel to the popular Rio, get down to one of the participating Ster-Kinekor cinemas and get busy with all the fun and games at hand. There will be wonderful prizes on offer from Nokia, MTN and Ster-Kinekor and interactive activities including having your photo taken with the Glam-Cam, making your own ‘Blu’ and ‘Jewel’ feathered friends, activity sheets to colour in and fun games to play.

The cinema activations take place on Saturday, 12 April and Sunday, 13 April from 11:00 to 16:00 at the following Ster-Kinekor cinemas: The Grove in Pretoria, Sandton, Cresta and Eastgate in Johannesburg, Gateway in Durban, Somerset Mall in Somerset, and Blue Route, Bayside and Cavendish in Cape Town. Get there early, participate in the fun and then book your tickets to watch Rio 2.

In Rio 2, Blu (voice of Jesse Eisenberg) and his family take flight for the Amazon when his wife, Jewel (voice of Anne Hathaway), decides their children should explore the world. With an overprotective father who grows increasingly concerned that his family will leave him once they've experienced life in the wild, it a jungle out there for Blu, Jewel and their three kids. From the chaos of city life in Rio de Janeiro to a very different chaos in the wilds of the Amazon Jungle, Blu tries to fit in. He goes beak-to-beak with the vengeful Nigel, and then meets the most fearsome adversary of all: his father-in-law.

Together with Jesse Eisenberg, Tracy Morgan, Jamie Foxx, Will.I.Am, George Lopez and Leslie Mann reprise their roles in this sequel from director Carlos Saldanha and producers John C. Donkin and Bruce Anderson – the creative trio behind the original 2011 hit.

Come Friday, 11 April, gather your family and friends, and head down to your nearest Ster-Kinekor cinema to get your tickets to Rio 2– and let your kids join in the fun at the cinemas on Saturday, 12 April and Sunday, 13 April!

For more information about Rio 2, and to book your tickets, visit: www.sterkinekor.com or call Ticketline on 082 16789. For news and updates, go to Facebook: Ster-Kinekor Theatres | Follow Ster-Kinekor on Twitter: @SKTheatres, or download the SK App on your Nokia, Samsung Android, iPhone or Blackberry phone for information, updates and to book from your mobile.

Ster-Kinekor Hosts The Premiere of 'One Chance' the true story of Paul Potts

STER-KINEKOR HOSTS THE PREMIERE OF ONE CHANCE, THE TRUE LIFE STORY OF THE FIRST WINNER OF ‘BRITAIN’S GOT TALENT’

Special performance by Paul Potts, the talent who inspired the film, before the screening

The premiere of One Chance, the true life story of ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ winner, Paul Potts, will feature an exclusive live performance by the amazing opera singer before the film is screened to more than 500 invited guests. Hosted by Ster-Kinekor at its Cedar Square cinema complex in Fourways, the red-carpet occasion takes place on Thursday evening, 10 April.

Potts, from the UK, is visiting Johannesburg for the week as the special guest of Ster-Kinekor Entertainment to promote the film he inspired, and to attend the premiere. Guests will be treated to his wonderful singing voice as he performs Puccini’s‘Nessun Dorma’, the famous aria that set him on his path to stardom.

From the director of The Devil Wears Prada, One Chance is the remarkable and inspirational true story of Paul Potts, a shy, bullied shop assistant by day and an amateur opera singer by night.  Paul became an instant YouTube phenomenon after being chosen by Simon Cowell for 'Britain's Got Talent.'  Wowing audiences worldwide with his phenomenal voice, Paul went on to win the competition, and the hearts of millions.

Fresh from celebrating his Tony Award-winning Broadway run in 'One Man, Two Guvnors', BAFTA winner James Corden (The History Boys) stars as Paul Potts and is supported by an acclaimed ensemble cast that includes Julie Walters (Mamma Mia!, Calendar Girls, Billy Elliot), Mackenzie Crook (The Pirates of the Caribbean), Colm Meaney (Get Him To The Greek), Jemima Rooper (Kinky Boots), Valeria Bilello (Pazze Di Me) and rising star Alexandra Roach (The Iron Lady).

Directed by David Frankel (The Devil Wears Prada, Marley & Me, Hope Springs) and written by Justin Zackham (The Bucket List), One Chance is produced by Mike Menchel, Brad Weston, Kris Thykier (Kick-Ass, The Debt, I Give It a Year), Simon Cowell, and is executive produced by Bob and Harvey Weinstein.

On the night of June 9th 2007, a new television reality show called ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ went on air in the UK. On its first ever broadcast, a shy, unassuming man opened his mouth to sing the famous aria ‘Nessun Dorma’, from Puccini’s opera, “Turandot”, delivering a beautiful, stirring rendition that would change his life from that moment forward.

Swept up in the contagious emotion of Giacomo Puccini’s stunning aria, and the unlikely figure with crooked teeth and diluted confidence who had crooned it for them, the show’s three judges – Simon Cowell, Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan – stared in awe at what they had just witnessed, while the audience of 2,000 at the Wales Millennium Centre in Cardiff erupted in a standing ovation.

Britain was instantly won over by Paul Potts, who was then working as a manager at the Port Talbot branch of The Carphone Warehouse, and followed him on his journey to becoming the first ever winner of the new talent show and, subsequently, a world-famous opera singer. Potts’ unanticipated vocal prowess didn’t stay confined to UK shores for long, blazing a scorched trail around the globe as news of his improbable audition went viral and millions watched it for themselves on YouTube.

But despite his own admission before going on stage that he was lacking in confidence, few knew the herculean effort it had taken for Potts to reach that point, and the trials, tribulations and monumental setbacks he had suffered along the way. As thrilling as Potts’ on-air success was to behold, it was the story leading up to his ‘Britain’s Got Talent’ appearance that the filmmakers of One Chance wanted to tell: the tale of a steelworker’s son from south Wales who fell in love with opera at an early age and, despite bullying, skepticism and physical hardship, never gave up on trying to achieve his dreams. And, by the way, it’s also a comedy!

The tale of how Paul goes from an everyman to a media sensation is a testament to the human spirit.

One Chance releases at Cinema Nouveau and select Ster-Kinekor cinemas on Thursday, 17 April – a perfect family movie to enjoy over the long weekend. Bookings are open, and standard ticket prices apply (including the discounts and benefits afforded to members of the SK Club, Discovery Vitality and Edgars Club loyalty programmes).

To book tickets for One Chance and for more information, please visit: www.cinemanouveau.co.za | mobi-site:www.sterkinekor.mobi |Ticketline: 082 16789 (VAS rates apply) | Facebook: CinemaNouveau| Follow us on Twitter: @nouveaubuzz. Download the SK App for updates and to make bookings via your mobile phone.