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<\/p>\nSupernatural thriller The Tokoloshe, directed by Jerome Pikwane and starting Petronella Tshuma, will screen at the first-ever Comic Con Africa, at the Kyalami Convention Centre from 14 to 16 September. The three-day event showcases comic books, as well as science fiction and fantasy films and television, and all things supernatural.<\/p>\n
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The South African film, a tale about a terrifying predator, tells the story of Busi (Tshuma), a young woman who is desperate for money and takes the night shift at the local hospital. When she starts working there, she befriends a young girl, Gracie, (Kwande Nkosi) who believes that she is being terrorised by a supernatural being called the Tokoloshe. When the children start being taken, Busi is forced to ask if the Tokoloshe is responsible.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe film has generated a great deal of interest at various fantasy and horror festivals globally,\u201d says \u00a0director Pikwane, who has just returned from its European premiere at Frightfest in London, the UK\u2019s largest international horror film festival.<\/p>\n
\u201cAudiences have responded positively both in the UK and at the world premiere of \u2018The Tokoloshe\u2019 in South Korea. The language of film is universal,\u201d he adds. \u201cPeople are not only entertained, but they also think the story is very relevant. The film deals with a young woman who fights back against an evil that has pursued her all her life. The Tokoloshe is, after all, a diminutive, mythological spirit evoked for the purposes of evil and most commonly associated with sexual plunder.\u201d<\/p>\n
Producer Dumi Gumbi believes that the strategy of taking the film to festivals is paying off:\u00a0 \u201cFilm reviewers in the UK have given \u2018The Tokoloshe\u2019 a \u20184 out of 5\u2019 rating, which means a lot to us, coming from horror experts. We are hoping hope that South Africans will love seeing how this film deals with a scary South African mythology.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u2018The Tokoloshe\u2019 will be travelling to film festivals in Portugal, Sweden, Spain and Belgium before it releases on 2 November at cinemas in South Africa.\u2013 just in time for Halloween. Earlier this year it opened the Durban International Film festival.<\/p>\n
. \u2018The Tokoloshe\u2019, which has already seen several international sales, \u00a0was funded by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) and M-Net Movies, and will be released by Indigenous Film Distribution.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are excited to be releasing a genre film like \u2018The Tokoloshe\u2019,\u201d says Helen Kuun, MD of Indigenous Film Distribution. \u201cPeople love scary films. Sensation-seekers especially find pleasure in the feelings of relief that follow after intense fear.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are also really excited to be releasing the fifth film produced by Dumi Gumbi and Cati Weinek,\u201d Kuun adds. \u201cOur ongoing partnership has proved to be really successful and we are proud of the great local content that is being distributed to audiences all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
Indigenous Film Distribution: www.indigenousfilm.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n