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Seven years after a nuclear war decimated Earth, Heinrich is a wanderer who for the past four years thinks he's the last one left on the planet. He soon learns he's not when he meets Em, a young woman with a secret.
In Franschhoek Valley, South Africa, a piglet destined for slaughter is given a second chance at life. Pigcasso, rescued by animal rights activist Joanne Lefson, becomes the world’s first painting pig, creating artworks that challenge perceptions of animal intelligence and artistic expression.
A young man gives his opinion on the state of modern cinema.
In this meditation on migration, loss of language, and the transcendence of reimagined forms of communication, filmmaker Abul Ajak explores how cultural identities are not fixed but always in transition through her relationship with her grandmothers.
When Ace Bhona uses his friend’s magic ring under false pretences to make himself a wealthy man, his greed and desire for more soon becomes uncontrollable. He hires a group of thugs to steal the ring from his friend, hoping to possess the ring for himself once and for all. But the friend has a trick up his sleeve and counters Bhona’s greed with a curse.
Saltwater crocodiles are the most controversial wildlife species in Australia. Even though they have dominated Australia’s coastal margins for 240 million years, their continued existence depends on us.
To their disappointment, Ben and Willemien du Plessis aren't able to meets the stipulations imposed in the will of Ben's estranged late sister. Then, after 20 years of marriage, they're informed that their shipboard wedding was illegal.
“Umtsha Wendoda” is a story that follows the journey of two young boys to a waterfall they would visit when they were younger. However, on this journey, the past times of bubbling youth are replaced with the crushing weight of growing up, accepting your fate and finding your flow.
For over 200 years, the Balobedu Kingdom in South Africa has been led by female monarchs known as the Rain Queens. However, upon the passing of Queen Modjadji IV in 2005, a question of succession emerged. The film chronicles the fierce succession battle within the Balobedu Kingdom between Queen Masalanabo Modjadji, the rightful heir, and her brother, Prince Lekukela Modjadji, as they both contend for the throne.
This documentary explores the struggles of the Namibian people to win their independence from South Africa, which illegally occupied their country since the 1971 revocation of the UN mandate, and documents the human rights violations committed by the South African armed forces.
Mutant is a documentary that gives an intimate look at one of South Africa's most outspoken and controversial artists and its turbulent, dangerous world. This film explores rapper Isaac Mutant's roots in the infamous violence-plagued Cape Flats and also his current circumstances. It's the story of a sensitive, complex and intuitive character who grapples with issues of race, class, love, family and identity, shaped in part by gang culture and hip-hop within the Cape brown community.
In a post-apocalyptic Cape Town, where machines hunt the last human survivors, the stubborn Tink and her wedding dog, Indy, search together for robot parts to help her discouraged sister Kari finish building their "protector". Kari does not want Tink to endanger herself, but Tink disobeys her orders and goes to the scrap yard to look for one last outstanding part. There she is attacked by a murderous machine. She escapes, but the machine follows her home. Will Tink be able to fix their half-built protector robot in time to save her and her family's lives?
Themba is released from serving two years in prison for his best friend, Vusi. Upon his release, he discovers that Vusi, the car thief, has been sleeping with his girlfriend, Thandi. Themba decides to change his fate and become a snitch – helping the police put an end to Vusi’s ongoing crime spree.
The struggle continues for a disgraced female detective and an ex-gangster surviving an all-out attack by a hit-squad hired by the underworld
Two sons of a powerful Pedi chief in South Africa struggle for control of their father's kingdom, forcing others in the household to take sides.
The film which has been remastered captures a pivotal moment in the post-World War I era – a historic celebration of peace, unity, and the enduring spirit of the Olympic Games. The VIII Olympiad showcased the grandeur of the Opening Ceremony and looks at the challenges faced in organizing the event. The beautifully shot footage (bearing in mind that it was 100 years ago) vividly captures the electrifying atmosphere of the Games, the athletes and provides insights into the meticulous preparations. The 1924 Games was the first-ever to be shot on film, and the original film was digitized and restored, and re-edited with a modern audience in mind.
A historical narrative that depicts the daily routines in a dormitory in the 1990s.
Ayanda Magoloza got married to Nhlanhla Moremi on the 9th Nov. 2013 in Katlehong. They exchanged the vows at Kwanele Park in Katlehong. Their wedding union was blessed by Pastor Tebogo Moema of Dominion Life Ministry Church. Later that day the wedding proceedings took place in Vosloorus township at Nhlanhla’s home.
South Africa, 1790. Abiona, the brilliant daughter of an exiled Imam, makes a pact with a Dutch Officer. In exchange for help freeing her imprisoned father, she feeds him stories that could hold the cure to the blood-drinking curse consuming him.
If Mother Nature were in the boardroom, what would she say? This is the question posed by Sea Change Project's latest short film, Mother Nature in the Boardroom, featuring Craig Foster (@seachangeproject) and Dr. Jane Goodall. Played by Dr. Jane Goodall (@janegoodallinst), Mother Nature urges decision-makers to work with her and not against her, prioritizing biodiversity in all their plans. Our future as humans depends on the future of all living things.
Brasse Vannie Kaap is a captivating and moving documentary film about the iconic South African hip-hop group Brasse Vannie Kaap (BVK) who exploded onto the music scene during the pivotal early years of the new South Africa.
Arriving late at the low-cost spa in Pretoria where she works, bubbly beauty therapist Dudu is confronted with chaos when she discovers a dead client on one of the treatment beds. With time running out before the spa’s annual inspection later that morning, Dudu enlists her best friend, Lerato, to move the body. But then she discovers their boss, Nina, had allowed her undertaker boyfriend, Lappies, to store the body with them temporarily. The spa girls must work together to conceal the body and get everything shipshape before the taciturn inspector’s arrival.
Three people tell their own version of the same tragedy.
The Black Mambas Anti-Poaching Unit are the world's first all-female wildlife ranger unit. These women pursue their ideals in a male-dominated environment, striving for a better future for both nature and women in South Africa. The film invites us into Tsakane’s world through the letter she writes to her future self. We get to know the woman behind the uniform.
On the eve of South Africa’s 30th anniversary of the advent of democracy, what was meant to be a documentation of villagers day-to-day struggle for water, rather exposes decades of systematic corruption that from the surface, turned the remote village of Block 5 into a desert.
The chilling story of Gerhard Jansen van Vuuren, told by his mother, who helped him flee South Africa after he murdered his girlfriend, Andrea Venter.
In the lower creases of the Drakensberg mountain range, the anticipation of tragedy becomes a burden that withers a family. After a local nguni cattle breeder is robbed, Brett, the live-in manager of a neighbouring nguni farm, becomes plagued by fears of what may happen to his wife, young son and himself on the isolated property they tend.
A documentary about democracy in South Africa.
Hot on the heels of the global series Spinners, we bring you an exclusive look at car spinning - a South African extreme motorsport. See the world of spinning through the eyes of the cast members and pioneers of this cultural phenomenon.
The film explores a theme that runs through most, if not all of the artist's work, people who are marginalised by society. This is explored through the lens of the unmistakable aesthetic of the Ballenesque and for a brief moment in time we are submerged in the surreal subterranean world of Roger the Rat, which may seem alien and cold to some while perhaps others know it only too well.
Follows an influencer family of three brothers (Jack, Freddy, and Edward). In a world where everything is fake, how does one find himself without being tempted to be someone else?
A documentary short that focuses on medical and legal issues facing intersex and transgender people in South Africa, and the ongoing human rights struggles that continue to position the community as second-class citizens. We meet Denis Motlatla, who talks through his ongoing struggles with the State Departments of Health and Home Affairs, each of which had failed him at critical points in his life. Denis’ experience highlights the profound challenges faced by transgender and intersex people when attempting to access basic and crucial civic services. His story is one of overcoming adversity, strength, and resilience.
"Dam Bouers" is Coming to Gluksdal to Build a Dam, Everyone is for it Except Pinkie and Her Father Because the Dam is going to Flood their Farm
Amandla is a teenager who lost her father. She lives with her mother and stepfather in a small town called Ngwelezane, in Empangeni. After Amandla's biological father passed away, her mother remarried. The new husband is the family provider and is an autocratic father. Since the passing of her biological father, Amandla has lived a horrific life of emotional and physical abuse from her parents.
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In 1985, the audiovisual training association Varan organized a documentary film workshop in Johannesburg, South Africa. The 12 young trainees filmed their community and their country from the inside, beyond the poor authorized journalistic clichés. Their material is organized in a chronicle, animated by the variety of subjects and views, and constitutes a real journey to the heart of apartheid, which we must look at today to measure how far we still have to go. 9 subjects are successively developed.
A short-tempered trigger happy gun fiend terrorizes his community until he meets a charming girl named Margarine who drives him to question his ways.
In 1960s South Africa, a close-knit community from Die Vlakte was forcibly and violently uprooted to make way for the Stellenbosch University as part of the Apartheid regime’s segregation measures. José Cardoso’s What the Soil Remembers recounts the traumatic effect displacement had on residents by bringing to the foreground a university that is still grappling with its racist legacy. To this day, the Die Vlakte community is fighting for justice and seeking reparations with little to no tangible solutions.
Twin sisters Husai and Hassi want to leave Sierra Leone to look for work in the Middle East, so they can lift their parents out of poverty. They haven’t always been as united as they are now. Husai grew up with her aunt and was the more enterprising of the two—she’s already had some misadventures abroad. When she got pregnant, unmarried, her family was outraged. Now their taciturn father supports their plan to emigrate, but their mother is opposed to the decision. However, the sisters are in no mood to change their minds.
South African filmmaker Jo Menell is most well-known for the cult feminist classic, Dick (1989), which featured 1000 penises accompanied by an audio commentary from women. The nature of that film, however, belies a rich career in film and journalism that spans the Vietnam War, the Allende government in Chile, the emergence of gay rights in San Francisco, a 1981 Bob Marley documentary, an Oscar nominated film about Nelson Mandela (1997), and the Street Talk television series, as well as close relationships with key figures from the 20th Century. Born into a life of privilege, Menell had progressive political inclinations and soon left apartheid South Africa for Britain where he was schooled in the ways and connections of the British ruling class. The film chronicles his amazingly rich and varied life using archival footage alongside a series of interviews conducted with Menell while his portrait was being painted by Cape Town artist Beezy Bailey.
Macko, the teddy bear, battles through the Land of Nightmares on a rescue mission to save Timmy from the Boogeyman.
The film traces the motives for the assassination of anti-Apartheid activist, Dulcie September and travels from the heart of Paris in March 1988 to the pursuit of justice in 2021, exposing layers of deceit, complicity, hidden agendas in the unsolved mystery of this murder.
After hearing a story of missing golden treasure, a group of young boys set out on an adventure to look for it. After some time, they eventually find a box believed to be the missing gold. But very soon, the group of friends is overcome with gold-fever and it’s not long before they start turning on one another. When a local thug discovers that the boys have indeed found the hidden treasure, he manages to steal it away from them, and the friends are forces to reconcile and come together in order to retrieve their find and get their own back on the thief.
This documentary is a fascinating story of a high-functioning woman with Down’s Syndrome. Not only did Sheri finish high school, but she has attained a tertiary degree and is a qualified school teacher. She is also a motivational speaker, inspiring people around the globe. Part of Sheri’s success is her remarkable memory, making her an excellent case study for a team of researchers in London, who are examining the links between Down’s Syndrome and Alzheimer’s disease.
The last time Hannetjie Stadler heard her daughter's voice was a voicemail as she called for help during a brutal murderous attack. In 2005 the popular tourist town of Knysna was shattered when two young women were murdered in a nightclub over a period of two months.
A successful writer goes to an abandoned hotel with his wife and adopted daughter to finish his much anticipated follow-up book when strange things start to occur. At the same time, a high school teacher is forced to deal with her gruesome past which is linked to the same hotel.
This documentary deals with the contradictory experience of gay men in the military during apartheid in South Africa - an environment in which homosexuals sometimes found erotic space, but mostly encountered hostility. It draws on a literary exploration of gay experience in the military in the 'grensverhaal' (border story) genre of the 1980s as well as interviews with conscripts who served in the South African Defense Force and anti-military activists. The film paints a harrowing picture of forced conscription in the 1970s and 1980s and brings to light a hidden history of persecution, which was an integral aspect of the brutality of apartheid.
Set in apartheid South Africa 1984, this is the story of a young man whose Afrikaner values are tested as he accepts the compulsory draft into the military and befriends a rebellious Englishman. He must decide to either stand up for what is right or answer the Call to the Republic and his family.
A hard-working police sergeant is tasked with an under-cover assignment where he must pose as a mysterious assassin known as "Jakalasi". His mission is to execute a hit on the local police captain. But it's a dangerous game the young cop is playing, and with the mob boss' right-hand man suspicious of the new arrival, it's only a matter of time before his cover is blown.
The chronicle of the wild and brief life of a 1970's most controversial surf star and international playboy from Los Angeles, Bunker Spreckels.
Duck is a Karate student who is in a predicament with furthering his studies in Japan. He manages to get an offer from a business man under the condition he kills Tiger, however Duck refuses to go against Karate vows and regulations. Little did he know that trouble is brewing and his spouse would get kidnapped in order to threaten him into the deal. With the assistance of his master they manage to save Duck's spouse and he gets rewarded with a bursary to complete his studies.