{"id":7196,"date":"2018-07-16T17:31:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-16T15:31:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=7196"},"modified":"2018-07-16T17:31:41","modified_gmt":"2018-07-16T15:31:41","slug":"table-manners-has-its-world-premier-at-diff-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2018\/07\/16\/table-manners-has-its-world-premier-at-diff-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Table Manners Has Its World Premier At DIFF 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

World Premiere of Leli Maki Esq.\u2019s Table Manners takes place at this year\u2019s DIFF on 23 July at Suncoast at 8pm.<\/p>\n

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Table Manners is a film\u00a0about loss, love and finding\u00a0oneself through one\u2019s passion. Megan (Diaan Lawrenson) loses everything when her husband, Lloyd (Neels Van Jaarsveld), gets arrested for tax fraud and has to rebuild herself by rediscovering her love for cooking and the flavors of life.\u00a0With the help of her best friend Lindiwe (Renate Stuurman),\u00a0she learns that the path back home begins with realizing that she is enough and all she needs is her family, food and love. Life\u2019s 3 courses made easy.<\/p>\n

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Producer Nkuli Sibeko<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The script was written and produced by SAFTA Award winning writer and actress Nkuli Sibeko who drew from her own love of cooking and family as the inspiration for the script. This is the director\u2019s theatrical debut, and Leli Maki Esq. drew inspiration for the film\u2019s visual aesthetic from the connection that food has to emotions.<\/p>\n

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Director Leli Maki Esq<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cIn Table Manners the challenge was to channel Megan\u2019s emotions through her relationship with the food; visually representing the sensation of her anger through burnt chocolate proved a challenge for us which my team and I met head on and with gusto. We\u2019re proud of our film\u201d says Maki.<\/p>\n

Diaan Lawrenson and Renate Stuurman headline this visual feast for all the senses. Neels Van Jaarsveld, Thabo Malema, Fiona Ramsey and John Lata round off the strong cast as they all take turns tasting and learning from Diaan\u2019s tasty yet wise creations.<\/p>\n

Table Manners is the third film from the Jack&Jill Productions company which has had past successes at both Durban International Film Festival and the Pan African Film Festival in Los Angeles. \u00a0The company self-funded its first two feature length projects: Freedom Mixtape, a documentary which was \u00a0Durban International Film Festival 2014 and Winsome, a romantic comedy which was in competition in the Best First Feature Narrative category at the Pan African Film Festival 2015.<\/p>\n

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Table Manners will screen on 23\u00a0July at Suncoast at 8pm with further screenings on 24 July at 17h00, at Gateway and on 27 July at18h30 at Suncoast.<\/p>\n

For the full DIFF programme go to durbanfilmfest.co.za\/images\/DIFF2018\/diff-2018-programme.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n