Showmax has just dropped the harrowing trailer for Original Sin: My Son The Killer, a true-crime feature documentary premiering on the African streamer on Friday, 22 March 2024. Abacus Media Rights is handling international sales. Original Sin follows Thea Pretorius, the mother of Gerhard Jansen van Vuuren, who murdered his 25-year-old girlfriend Andrea Venter in… Continue reading Must-watch Showmax True-crime Trailer “Original Sin: My Son The Killer”
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Screen Legend Sandra Prinsloo On “Koek” – Showmax
The first two episodes of Koek are now streaming on Showmax, and early reviews are glowing. “The series… creates an almost impossible Holy Trinity of television: a cast with actors who give career-best performances; a script that casts a spell; and an overarching vision that manages to weave even the smallest details into a perfect… Continue reading Screen Legend Sandra Prinsloo On “Koek” – Showmax
Must-watch trailer: Showmax is “Tracking Thabo Bester”
Showmax has just dropped the trailer for Tracking Thabo Bester, the true-crime documentary South Africa has been asking for ever since GroundUp first broke the news that the convicted murderer and rapist did not burn to death in Cell 35 after all and was instead shopping at Woolworths in Sandton City. Thabo Bester was the… Continue reading Must-watch trailer: Showmax is “Tracking Thabo Bester”
Showmax Premieres First-time Director’s Film At Joburg Film Festival, And Announces Slate
Musangwe has its world premiere at JFF The Showmax Original film Musangwe will have its world premiere at the Joburg Film Festival. Takalani Masevhe wants to become a champion boxer but keeps trying to shortcut the process. While visiting his ailing grandmother in Venda, he discovers musangwe, a bare-knuckle boxing competition. Can he take the… Continue reading Showmax Premieres First-time Director’s Film At Joburg Film Festival, And Announces Slate
Q&A with Bibi Slippers – Writer, Director “Matilda en Matthys”
Poet, screenwriter, and now also director… Matilda en Matthys is the debut film from writer-director Bibi Slippers, a multi-talented creative who’s won awards for her poetry, journalism and short stories and received nominations as a scriptwriter, TV presenter, and theatremaker. For her Showmax Original romcom, Bibi adds feature film director to her long list of… Continue reading Q&A with Bibi Slippers – Writer, Director “Matilda en Matthys”
Celeste Loots on Showmax’s University Drama “Wyfie”
In September 2023, South African actress Celeste Loots burst into the IMDbPro Top 100 StarMeter, thanks to her breakthrough role as Kaya in One Piece. She followed that up with a scene-stealing turn in Trompoppie, as Zanne, the first cheerleader to die in the hit Showmax Original. Now, she’s back on Showmax with her biggest… Continue reading Celeste Loots on Showmax’s University Drama “Wyfie”