Category: Film

‘This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection’, a haunting tribute to land, community and ancestry, will screen for one week in order to qualify for the 93rd Academy Awards ‘This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection’, starring the late South African screen legend Mary Twala, starts its Oscar-qualifying run on 27 November at… Continue reading Basotho Film Starts Oscar-qualifying Run On 27 November – 4 December

It’s a rarity to hear of a film that became a good book, but turning books into films is fairly common practice nowadays.  Of the 12 films in this year’s European Film Festival, four are based on books. Three film directors and an author will gather on Zoom to discuss how it all works.  The… Continue reading Transforming Book To Film – At virtual European Film Festival (12-22 November)

Directed by Navot Papushado from a script he wrote with Ehud Lavski, Gunpowder Milkshake focuses on Sam (Karen Gillan), who was only 12 years old when her mother Scarlet (Lena Headey), an elite assassin, was forced to abandon her. Sam was raised by The Firm, the ruthless crime syndicate her mother worked for. Now, 15… Continue reading Gunpowder Milkshake: Exclusive Images Of Karen Gillan’s Assassin Thriller

It is an inescapable fact of life that for every relationship between a parent and a child, there will come a time where the child becomes the carer and the parent the dependant. This heart-breaking yet universal theme is at the core of a touching new film. THE FATHER, based on an acclaimed, award-winning play,… Continue reading Hopkins Stars In Heart-rendering New Film

SA film that celebrates life and culture on the Cape Flats wins prestigious US award at festival for women of colour ‘Barakat’, the first Afrikaans language Muslim feature film to be produced in South Africa, has won the Best Narrative Feature award at the 23rd Reel Sisters of the Diaspora film festival, which is screening… Continue reading “Barakat” Scoops Best Narrative Feature Award At Reel Sisters Of The Diaspora Film Festival

After the film’s successful USA, UK and Vietnam release, South Africa is finally able to watch THE UNFAMILIAR on DSTV Box Office, iTunes or Google Play! THE UNFAMILIAR tells the story of a British Army doctor (Jemima West) who comes back from war, thinking she has PTSD, only to discover that there are malevolent spirits… Continue reading The Unfamiliar Releases Digitally In South Africa