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A young artist travels to the city to prepare for her wedding, however her world is soon upended when she falls in love with another woman and she is forced to choose between these unlocked desires and the path of least resistance.
After all the money and papers are taken from his safe, a man is driven to become a scavenger when he's left with no one and nothing.
Confronting the unilateral flow of online information, Afro Cyber Resistance is a socially engaged gesture aiming to challenge the representation of the African body and culture through online project.
Zolani wakes on the outskirts of a small town, lost and disoriented. Met with fear and hostility, he turns to violence for survival, finding an unlikely ally in a charismatic TV evangelist. The preacher’s warnings of “false gods” corrupting society fuel Zolani’s growing delusions. Obsessed with a recurring movie trailer, he becomes convinced that God has commanded him to kill its star. Armed with a policeman's stolen gun and car, Zolani embarks on a brutal mission, leaving chaos in his wake as his reality unravels.
The magical, shape-shifting Ocean Child bursts out of the sea to meet two amazed schoolchildren. When the sound of a school bell summons away Ocean Child’s new friends, they curiously follow. In this small fishing village is a gloomy classroom, where the slicing of scissors and the looming shadow of the teacher cause the children to cower in fear. Ocean Child is thrust into a confusing new world where children are divided on whether a bow or a tie is pinned to their shirt. Can Ocean Child keep their playful, free spirit alive?
This documentary delves into the realities, truths, and misconceptions surrounding the LGBTQI+ community in township spaces. It confronts the harsh consequences of hate crimes and homophobia, illustrated through one powerful case we follow. At its core, the film seeks to educate and raise awareness, encouraging us to see the so-called “Alphabet” community as our brothers and sisters—human beings who share the same rights, dignity, and freedoms enshrined in our Constitution, regardless of their sexual orientation.
The popular film by Hoër Volkskool Potchefstroom.
Orphan Allie is picked up by her sequestered grandfather, Gram Pops, in his deep-sea exploration submarine. They try to connect, but Allie draws over his space with crayons. When Gram Pops confiscates them, she sneaks into his office to steal them, triggering the light and scaring herself with his eerie specimen collection. Realizing this , Gram Pops playfully leads her to the wheelhouse, where a wondrous display of bioluminescent squid lights up the deep sea. Allie takes his hand, beginning their beautiful and hopeful bond.
An exploration of the daily struggles of fishermen who have inhabited the Western Cape coastline for generations.
A poignant look at the lives of young South African women navigating the cultural, emotional, and economic pressures of Eurocentric beauty ideals.
Through the eyes of three para surf athletes, this documentary celebrates resilience, determination, and the unbreakable human spirit.
In July of 2003, 8-year-old Sasha Leigh Crook stayed with her grandparents for the winter school holidays. On July 6th, her grandparents planned to take her to a birthday party where her mother Michelle would meet them. Excited about the party, the little girl played in the front garden, but when it was time to leave, Sasha Leigh was nowhere to be found. This is her tragic story.
In the insulated bubble of white Apartheid South Africa, Marnus, a sheltered 11-year old boy accuses the grandson of his family’s domestic worker of steeling his fishing rod. A brutal chain of events is set in motion, shattering the illusion of his family’s wholesome facade.
Joe, a grizzled inner city detective, is on the trail of Katy, a young girl he rescued years ago from a harrowing ordeal. Now, she's missing again, and the case points to a sinister cult tied to her original disappearance. With time running out, Joe teams up with his sharp yet unsure new partner, Sammy, to unravel the mystery and save Katy before the cult's ominous plans reach their devastating conclusion.
A group of friends are attending a wedding in a small town near Cape Town. The wedding coincides with the opening of a play, Richard Palmer, Where Are You, a thriller based on true events. Fascinated by the poster advertising the play, one of the friends calls out Richard Palmer’s name, awakening his deadly spirit.
Mam, a 55-year-old mother, devises a plan to finance her daughter’s chef school education by winning a surfing contest with a 300,000 rand prize. But first she needs to learn to surf. She seeks lessons with instructor Bab Khumalo, a womanizing swimming instructor.
A short docu-art film, narrated by Queer Khoe Elder Dr. Yvette Abrahams, that explores Queer life within indigenous Southern African knowledge systems. Through the lens of Khoe heritage, this film delves into how queerness is inherently woven into African cultural and spiritual practices.
A determined 16-year-old girl pursues her dream of becoming a model despite her mother's painful past, inspiring a journey of healing and reconciliation that transforms their family forever.
Chloe, who battles with anemia, prepares for her Orientation Day, but her encounter with a mysterious fruit makes her future even more challenging.
Jackie is startled to find a boy in her mirror instead of her reflection. She finds him intriguing and is amused by his antics, but desperately tries to suppress him whenever she fears that her mom will see him. This reaches its climax when Jackie is caught wearing a shirt and tie after being encouraged by Jack. Jackie and her mother share a tense moment at dinner, but when her mother tries to reach out, Jackie flees. She tries on the dress to appease her mother despite her own discomfort, but her mother rectifies this by showing her the shirt and tie that Jackie would be more comfortable wearing. With this reached understanding, the mom reaches out and offers her support. Together they cut Jack's hair in the bathroom, and the mom kisses the top of her son’s head.
Erica Wessels stars as a sleep-deprived, struggling mother who grapples with the harsh reality of motherhood and the needs of her colicky baby. Throughout its ten-minute running time, the film gives voice to the often unspoken challenges of new parents who struggle to cope with the physical, emotional and mental demands of their role as caregivers.
In Jaco van Bosch and Jacqueline Viljoen’s Steek vir steek, a group of knitting circle ladies find themselves on the verge of being kicked out of their old age home. When the receptionist, Koekie (also played by Viljoen), and Rita (Susan Coetzer) create a dating app for their knitting comrades to meet older men – at a fee! – to raise funds for renting a house, the young owner Gertjie puts a spoke in the wheel. Not only is the roof over Rita’s head in jeopardy, but also her romance with Gertjie’s grandfather …
In O, Griet! Sy’s droog, the actors Char Carrie from Suidooster fame, Karin van der Laag, Letolo Sekano and Ronel Stander draw viewers into a new dimension. In this short film, the characters find themselves captives in framed paintings, each depicting a different version of society’s ideas on women. To escape from the confines of the frames seem impossible … Until a girl with a pearl earring arrives with new perspectives on their situation.
In moon-swept suburbia, amid the empty railway tracks, a romantic sits trying to catch a moment deserving of poetry.
Braid is a short movement based film, shot in Cape Town, South Africa, looking at connections and relationships that transcend that of the outer appearance. Directed, conceptualised and sequenced by South African artist, Sasha Fourie.
In this TED-Ed video, we visualized a period that ensured South Africa was dominated politically, socially and economically by the nation's elitist white population.
The Johannesburg City Council presents “After Sixty Years,” a circa 1946 black-and-white film narrated by Frank Secker that tells the history of the South African city.
After twenty-three years of armed struggle against South African occupation forces, Namibia gained its independence in 1990. This video documents the challenges facing Namibians in rebuilding a nation dispossessed by a lifetime of colonial domination and devastated by decades of occupation.
Against a backdrop of the beaches of 1940s South Africa, Questioning the Existence of Alec is a voyage shared by friends from adolescence to adulthood. Roger Horn masterfully uses 8mm found footage, stop motion and additional in-camera effects, taking us on a chimerical journey that blurs the lines between past and present. “It's as if you were never here.”
Dance, imagery, poetry and music as metaphors for the history of a country: its movements struggling for freedom and its heritage are brilliantly brought into dialogue through a fascinating kaleidoscope that blends archive images and contemporary performance. A work under the banner of modernity in its form and in its questioning: is the body of an individual similar to that of a country?
Filmmakers Steven Bartlo and Karin Slater travel around the world to interview couples about their views on marriage.
A girl falls in love with a married man she gets pregnant and she gets dumped. She then decides to leave her young baby near a clinic. Sibiya adopts the child, later on Mr. Sibiya falls in love with the biological mother of the child without knowing. After Mr. Sibaya passes away, Connie decides to make the child a prostitute without knowing its the child she dumped years ago.
The documentary Catch My Baby revolves around the incident that occurred amid the Durban riots in July 2021, when people were evacuated from a looted and burned building, forcing residents into a life or death situation. Naledi Manyoni is the mother of a baby who had to be thrown out of a high-rise building during a fire in their apartment. The film includes first-hand accounts from people who were at ground zero on that day that had repercussions around the world.
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Documentary about the longest running industrial dispute in South Africa between British Tyre and Rubber's BTR Sarmcol and their black employees, represented by their union the MAWU of which two shop stewards, Simon Ngubane and Phineas Sibeya, are interviewed.
A documentary about the devastating economic ripple effected by the closure of the DRD gold mine in the town of Stilfontein in South Africa.
A short film put together by a Grade 10 Drama class for their teacher who is leaving the school, created in the style of well-known sitcom 'The Office'.
Two idiots decide to join the military to earn money. During their training, two recruits become suspicious and decide to expose them before they discover the military's secret weapon.
Rite of initiation of a Sangoma: medium, healer or sorcerer, which takes place in a neighborhood of Soweto.
A trio of friends go to Ancient Bethlehem to learn about quicksand. Created for the Bentlcord Experimental Animation Festival.
In a future Britain where every family is restricted to one child, a rebellious teenager must learn to work with his desperate father to keep a baby hidden from two agents dealing with population control.
One weekend without parents, a group of children decide to take a boat and sail aimlessly.
A young couple's honeymoon does not go according to plan.
Filmed with a phone camera during the lockdown in South Africa, one filmmaker contemplates creating within a place that never changes. The documentary focuses on her home, La Casa Azul, a tribute to Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Kahlo was his source of inspiration when he became disabled during the turf wars in Cape Town in 1966. The documentary reflects on representation in cinema and responds to the challenge of creative creation during the pandemic.
National Wake emerged in the late 1970s with anti-establishment ideals and a punk rock sound that won them a massive following within Johannesburg’s underground club scene. Their first and only record was banned by the country’s racist legal system and within a few years the group had disbanded. The two black members, brothers Punka and Gary Khoza, subsequently died tragically young. Eschewing talking heads for a dazzling audio-visual archive, including some great Super-8 footage, debut director Neff has forged a visceral portrait of a dissident group who were dedicated to the fight for racial freedom – a punk legacy that lives on through the band’s legend and its fans.
The COVID-19 pandemic has brought an immense physical and mental toll on South African Healthcare professionals living in Gqeberha. Take a deeper look into their lives as they reflect on their unprecedented lived experience, sacrifice, and challenges they've had to overcome during the first three waves of the pandemic.
Amagama ka Nokutela (which means Nokutela's words/names) is an independently produced experimental short film conceptualized by Asanda Sizani and directed by Zimisele Ngubane. The story follows the life journey of South African musician, teacher, Ohlange High School and Ilanga lase Natal newspaper co-founder, Nokutela Mdima-Dube who lived in Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal between 1873-1917. The multi-pronged project is produced by a collective of Black women. Amagama ka Nokutela premiered at the world renowned Zeitz MOCAA (Museum of Contemporary Art Africa) on 25 January 2022, which was the 105th anniversary of Nokutela's passing.
Shows healing and religion amongst the Barolong, a Bantu tribe of South Africa. Christianity has combined with ancestor worship, and churchgoers secretly use witch doctors when in trouble. In black South Africa there is a massive, expanding movement of ecstatic healing sects, which the film explores in detail, looking at their prophets, rites and political implications.
Life, love, long distance, identity and the pieces in between. This is a love letter to resilience and about people who choose each other no matter what.
Womxn : Working is a portrait of Nosipho Vidima, a sex work activist and feminist from South Africa as well as her comrades who are engaged in a struggle to decriminalize sex work in their country. Facing discrimination and marginalization due to their chosen profession, these women are taking the fight to change the law to the streets and protesting in the halls of legislation where they lobby. Currently many sex workers are victims of violence, police brutality and rejection by their communities. The decriminalization of their trade will mean an improved status and better access.
Security cameras follow the lives of two boys trying to survive on the nighttime streets of Johannesburg, dreaming of a better life.