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Films
Racheltjie De Beer Movie
Racheltjie De Beer the Movie
If you grew up in South Africa then it's almost a guarantee that you have stumbled across the story of Racheltjie De Beer, the Voortrekker girl who, after getting lost with her younger brother during a snowstorm, uses her body to shelter him from the cold, sacrificing her life for his.The time has arrived for this beloved story to be brought to life in a feature film that will ...
SA Movie - Night Drive
SA Movie
The Film Factory Presents a film by Justin Head
Night Drive
Against the tranquil backdrop of a game reserve, South African thriller Night Drive tracks a group of tourists left stranded during a night-time game drive after their vehicle breaks down. As a series of terrifying events unfolds, the tourists realise that wild animals are the least of their fears.
Local legend has it that the Hyena Ma ...
The secret to Spud’s success
The secret to Spud’s success
As the movie Spud continues to real in critical acclaim and fabulous reviews, its director Donavan Marsh says the spot-on casting of its lead actor Troye Sivan was one of the most important things that made this movie’s success.
Marsh told the UK arts and entertainment writer Pierre de Villiers that his movie would have lived or died by the quality of the actor playing Spud. ...
Bobby’s big screen break
Bobby’s big screen break
Bobby van Jaarsveld, star of Liefling, the first Afrikaans musical to hit the big screen in 30 years, found inspiration in the music of South African icon Ge Korsten and guidance from established actress Lika Berning.
Speaking to SA Promo, Van Jaarsveld who plays the role of Jan Ferreira, said it was a daunting task to make the transition from stage singer to movie star for Liefli ...
Movie review: The Social Network
Since erupting across universities in America in 2004, the story of Facebook - the online platform most couldn't imagine life without - is put into context, and contractual dispute, right before your eyes in a concise two hour movie!
Popcorn in hand, The Social Network feels like a web 2.0 lesson in law as much as it is a vibrant unfolding of events even more enticing than an episode of your favourite soa ...
Sharlto Copley in London for A-Team premiere
Sharlto Copley, the South African actor who shot to fame in the lead role of District 9, was on the red carpet in London's Leicester last night, 27 July 2010, for the premiere of the new film, The A-Team.
Opening in the UK on 28 July, this film version comes 28 years since the iconic hit TV series was massive in the 80s. Most people will remember the opening music score and the famous line, "I love it when ...
Zulu exhibition opens at London Film Museum
Today, 24 July 2010, marks the opening of the Zulu film exhibition at the London Film Museum on the Southbank in London. It is the first time that an exhibition on this classic 1964 film - starring Stanley Baker, Michael Caine and Jack Hawkins, and directed by Cy Endfield - has ever been staged.
Rare items on display will include the original storyboards, script, posters from around the world, props, costu ...
Jersualema: Gangster's Paradise on screens across the U...
After major success at the South African box office, South African crime thriller Jerusalema: Gangster's Paradise opened through Anchor Bay Entertainment UK on 9 July 2010. Its world premiere was at the 2009 Berlin Film Festival in Official Selection.
Based on real events, Jerusalema: Gangster's Paradise takes an unwavering and stylised look into the crime, corruption and transgressions of the new South Af ...
Triomf - a tale of South African marginal madness
Taking you back to a gritty version of South Africa some may rather forget, it is early 1994 and the new South Africa is about to begin. The story is raw and shocking, yet reflective of a place, a time and people, all a real part of SA’s history. Probably a time and a place most people would rather turn a blind eye to, but one which director Michael Raeburn has captured in living colour to honour the commun ...
SA short film scoops Tribeca Film Festival award
A South African short film, Father Christmas doesn’t come here, has won the award for Best Narrative Short Film at the Tribeca Film Festival in Manhattan, New York. The film is directed by Bhekumuzi Sibiya.
The judges in the category for Best Narrative Short Film included actress Brooke Shields from Lipstick Jungle, actor Justin Bartha from the movie Hangover, Peter Facinelli of the Twilight movies and Jac ...
New Afrikaans film a hit
Jakhalsdans, a new South African film, has become an almost instant box office hit, setting new standards for Afrikaans-language movies.
The feature film, which opened in South African cinemas on 23 April, earned R600 000 (US$80 123) in its opening weekend, making it the most popular Afrikaans motion picture since the release of Lipstiek Dipstiek in November 1994.
"We are thrilled to see that South Africa ...
