{"id":10932,"date":"2020-10-08T15:55:24","date_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:55:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=10932"},"modified":"2020-10-08T15:55:31","modified_gmt":"2020-10-08T13:55:31","slug":"poppie-nongena-wins-best-picture-at-international-film-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2020\/10\/08\/poppie-nongena-wins-best-picture-at-international-film-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"Poppie Nongena Wins Best Picture At International Film Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"OFFICIAL TRAILER: Poppie Nongena\" width=\"750\" height=\"422\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UQXqvfASyBs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Poppie Nongena has been accepted into various international film festivals this year:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Hamburg International Film Festival \u2013 in competition 24\/09 \u2013 03\/10<\/li><li>Film by the Sea in Netherlands \u2013 in competition 11 Sep 2020 \u2013 20 Sep 2020<\/li><li>Moscow intl film fest \u2013 Out of competition 1 \u2013 8 October 2020<\/li><li>BRICS FF In- Competition Not sure but either simultaneously with the Moscow film fest or just after.<\/li><li>B3 Biennale festival (Frankfurt, German) \u2013 in competition. October 9 \u2013 18, 2020<\/li><li>GRIFF \u2013 in competition 25th Sept \u2013 10 October<\/li><li>Africa in Motion in UK 30 October \u2013 8th November 2020<\/li><li>New Vision International Film Festival Amsterdam, Netherland \u2013 in competition \u2013 best film nominee 13th and 14th December (award dates)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Poppie Nongena \u2013 the feature film based on one of the finest African novel of the twentieth century \u2013 tells an inspiring story of courage and tenacity. The movie explores the brutal and tender journey of a single woman caught between two families. Replete with tumultuous twists and turns, Poppie Nongena is heartfelt and personal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Poppie Nongena, directed by Christiaan Olwagen stars:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Clementine Mosimane (Soul City, The Wild, Black Tax)<\/li><li>Anna-Mart van der Merwe (Die Storie van Klara Viljee, Kanarie<\/li><li>Chris Gxalaba (Long Walk to Freedom, The Crown, ER, Mandela and De Klerk)<\/li><li>Rolanda Marais (Trackers, Wolwe Dans in die Skemer, Binnelanders, Out on a Limb)<\/li><li>David Minaar (Torings, Fiela se Kind, Nag van die 19de, 7de Laan, Amalia)<\/li><li>Lida Botha (Invictus, Susters, Windprint, Pad na jou Hart, Die Boekklub, Hollywood in my Huis, Susters).<\/li><li>Nomsa Nene (who played the title role in the international theatre production of Poppie) plays Poppie\u2019s mother in the film.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poppie Nongena has been accepted into various international film festivals this year: Hamburg International Film Festival \u2013 in competition 24\/09 \u2013 03\/10 Film by the Sea in Netherlands \u2013 in competition 11 Sep 2020 \u2013 20 Sep 2020 Moscow intl film fest \u2013 Out of competition 1 \u2013 8 October 2020 BRICS FF In- Competition&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2020\/10\/08\/poppie-nongena-wins-best-picture-at-international-film-festival\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Poppie Nongena Wins Best Picture At International Film Festival<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards","category-film","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10932\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}