As we bid farewell to 2024 and make way for all bigger and better (hopefully) things in 2025, The Galileo Open Air Cinema is ringing in the new year with a delightful family singalong, a beloved rom-com, a magical fantasy adventure, and a classic golden oldie set in The Winelands!
Get ready for holiday memory-making at the picturesque settings of Kirstenbosch Garden and Leopard’s Leap Family Vineyards this week.
Book your spot here and hustle over right when the doors swing open to settle into your picnic spot, secure your mandatory movie snacks and soak up the stunning views before the movie rolls after sunset.
1 January: Sing
Sing is a 2016 American animated jukebox musical comedy film produced by Universal Pictures.
Set in a world inhabited by anthropomorphic animals, the film focuses on a struggling theatre owner who stages a singing competition in an effort to prevent his once-grand theatre from entering foreclosure.
The competition becomes grander than he anticipated even as its finalists (a mouse, a timid elephant, an overworked mom pig, a gorilla with an existential crisis and a shadowed punk-rock porcupine) find that their lives will never be the same.
- Day: Wednesday
- Location: Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 8:30pm
- Genre: Animation Comedy Musical
- Age restriction: PG
- Tickets: Webtickets
2 January: How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days
How To Lose a Guy in 10 Days is a 2003 American romantic comedy starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey.
In the film, advertising executive Benjamin Barry makes a bet that he can make any woman fall in love with him, while women’s magazine advice columnist Andie Anderson plans to write an article about how she led her boyfriend to dump her, putting them at cross-purposes after they choose each other as their romantic partners.
Andie employs a number of the dating ‘don’ts’ from the picture book in her efforts to get Ben to break up with her, while Ben whips out his best playbook in his efforts to make her fall in love with him.
- Day: Thursday
- Location: Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 8:30pm
- Genre: Romantic Comedy Drama
- Age restriction: 10
- Tickets: Webtickets
3 January: The Secret Garden
The Secret Garden is a 2020 British fantasy drama film based on the 1911 novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett and is the fourth film adaptation of the novel.
Set in 1947 England, the plot follows Mary, a young orphan who lost her parents to a tragic airship accident, as he finds comfort in the strange corridors of her uncle’s estate, where she discovers a magical garden.
The film stars Dixie Egerickx, Colin Firth and Julie Walters.
- Day: Friday
- Location: Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden
- Time: Gates open at 6pm, and the movie starts at 8:30pm
- Genre: Drama Family Fantasy
- Age restriction: A
- Tickets: Webtickets
4 January: Grease
Grease is a classic 1978 American rom-com musical starring legendary John Travolta and the late Olivia Newton-John.
Experience the friendships, romances and adventures of a group of high school kids in the 1950s. The film unravels the summer romance of T-Bird greaser Danny Zuko (Travolta) and Australian sweetheart transfer student Sandy Olsson, but will it cross clique lines?
- Day: Saturday
- Location: Leopard’s Leap Family Vineyards
- Time: Gates open at 5pm, and the movie starts at 8:30pm
- Genre: Musical Dance
- Age restriction: PG
- Tickets: Webtickets
To check out this season’s full movie line-up, visit The Galileo’s website here.
Also read:
The ultimate guide to a Galileo Open Air Cinema screening in the Cape
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