\u2018Verskietende Ster\u2019, the new film directed by Darrel James Roodt, has been officially selected to premiere on 27 August, at the fifth kykNET Silwerskermfees, which takes place from 26 to 29 August in Camps Bay, Cape Town. This year\u2019s festival features 15 short films as well as numerous full length and documentary films.<\/p>\n
The film tells the story of musical prodigy Phillip Schuman, a talented 15-year-old pianist whose genius is threatened by weight of the world. When subject advisor Max du Toit, sees him performing one of his own compositions, he immediately recognises that the boy has the talent to become a modern Beethoven. He takes Phillip under his wing but soon realises that things are not going to be as easy as he might have thought.<\/p>\n
Phillip\u2019s father Tomas is mourning the death of his beautiful wife Maria, and forbids Phillip from ever touching a piano again. What follows is a true life drama about the conflicted relationship between a boy and his father. When Tomas reveals a shocking truth, Phillip is forced to choose between forgiveness and living in the past.<\/p>\n
The film, which features a number of industry heavyweights, was produced by long-time collaborators Philo Pieterse and Stefan Enslin.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are incredibly proud that Verskietende Ster has been selected to screen at the Silwerskermfees,\u201d says Pieterse. \u201cThe film is not simply an inspirational tale that shows how there is a reason why certain people are born with special talents, but it\u2019s also a moving exploration of the power of forgiveness. It\u2019s a stirring story that is bound to move audiences, and we look forward to the response of the festivalgoers, who are true film lovers.\u201d<\/p>\n
A stalwart of the local film industry, Pieterse, and his production company Philo Films, has been involved with some of the highest grossing South African films, including e\u2019Lollipop, the runaway success Platteland and, most recently, the hugely popular Strikdas \u2013 \u2018n Familie Gedoente. <\/em><\/p>\n Enslin, who wrote the screenplay for \u2018Verskientende Ster\u2019 also wrote the novel of the same name on which his screenplay is based. Enslin is the founder of Faith in Motion Productions, a film production company focusing on stories with an inspirational message. He acted as consultant producer and script editor for the box office hit Klein Karoo (2013), and also co-wrote and produced Strikdas \u2013 \u2018n Familie Gedoente. <\/em><\/p>\n Roodt is one of South Africa\u2019s most dominant and prolific directors and screenwriters. In 1992 he directed the critically acclaimed film Sarafina. His 2004 film \u2018Yesterday\u2019 was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.<\/p>\n The film stars young actor De\u00e0nr\u00e9 Reiners in the role of Phillip Schuman. Reiners will be familiar to soapie fans for his role as Emil in Binnelanders. In 2014, his matric year, he appeared in Roodt\u2019s \u201cSeun\u201d, which premiered at the Silwerskermfees, and he won the \u201cAudience Choice\u201d award for best Actor. In the role of Tomas Schuman is Hykie Berg, a former \u2018Survivor SA\u2019 winner, who appeared in \u2018Klein Karoo\u2019, \u2018Plek van die Vleisvreters\u2019 (2004) and \u2018Forsaken\u2019 (2015). Jana Strydom, best known for her television roles in \u20187de Laan\u2019, \u2018Erfsondes\u2019 and \u2018Swartwater\u2019, plays Maria Schuman.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u2018Verskietende Ster\u2019, the new film directed by Darrel James Roodt, has been officially selected to premiere on 27 August, at the fifth kykNET Silwerskermfees, which takes place from 26 to 29 August in Camps Bay, Cape Town. This year\u2019s festival features 15 short films as well as numerous full length and documentary films. The film… Continue reading Verskietende Ster To Premier At Silweskermfees<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577","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=1577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}