Marguerite van Eeden speel as Magdaleen, ’n gekultiveerde student, vasgekeer in die klein dorpie Potchefstroom, en sy smag na die liggies en kultuur van Londen. Na die aaklige verbrokkeling van haar verhouding, pak sy haar tasse en vertrek na haar droomstad saam met haar beste vriendin, Lara, soos vertolk deur Kenley Swart.

Hulle bly in Huis Konettie, saam met vyf ander Suid-Afrikaners wat in Londen werk. ’n Onverwagse romanse ontstaan ,tussen Mardaleen en haar Namibies-gebore huismaat, Hugo, gespeel deur Sean-Marco Vorster. Dit voel vir Magdaleen te goed om waar te wees en die oomblik wanneer dinge te ernstig raak en nie heeltemal verloop soos sy beplan nie, laat sy haar onsekerhede en vrese oorspoel in haar verhouding in.

Sy hardloop weg en gaan huis toe.

Hulle romanse vlam weer op wanneer hulle twee jaar later ontmoet, gevolg deur ’n uitnodiging van Hugo aan Mardaleen om vir hom in Namibië te gaan kuier. Haar naweek in Namibië ontaard in ’n nagmerrie. Afgesien hiervan, vra Hugo haar om te bly en om ’n nuwe lewe saam te bou, maar sy het ander planne en is hardkoppig.

Mardaleen wil kultuur, die stad en liggies hê – die plaas is nie ’n plek vir ’n meisie soos sy nie.

Met regie deur André Velts en Marius De Nysschen as kinematograaf, sluit die rolverdeling langsaan Marguerite Van Eeden, Sean-Marco Vorster en Kenley Swart, ander name in soos Amalia Uys, Pietie Beyers, Elani Dekker, Rick Strauss, Leché Joubert, Fiona Ramsey, Arno Greeff en vele meer.

Vergeet ook asseblief nie hierdie fliek se Hashtags nie: #VergeetMyNieFilm en #14Feb2020.

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Een les wat die lewe graag vir ’n mens wil leer, is dat niks ooit so eenvoudig is as wat dit mag voorkom nie. ’n Feit wat bevestig word deur regisseur Quentin Krog se splinternuwe rolprent, Ander Mens, wat net soos die hoofkarakter glad nie volgens ’n standaard-formule beoordeel kan word nie.

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Die fliek word aangebied vanuit die perspektief van Luitenant Erica Kruger, van die getuiebeskermingsprogram in die Kaap, en is gebaseer op die bekroonde skrywer, Zirk van den Berg  se topverkoperroman wat in 2014 bekroon is met die kykNET-Rapportprys in die rolprentkategorie.

Ander Mens vertel, met oorgenoeg aksie en donkerhumor om kykers op die punte van hulle stoele te hou, die spanningsvolle verhaal van ’n doodgewone en baie vervelige boekhouer, Daniël Niemand, wie se lewe onherroeplik verander nadat ’n reeks misverstande sy bestaan heeltemal omvergooi. Alhoewel die chaos tot groot tragedie lei, help dit hom ook om ’n belangrike persoonlike oorwinning te behaal.

Bennie is briljant in die rol van die bleeksiel, Daniël, wat sy hele lewe lank deur die mense rondom hom geboelie word. Sy saai bestaan verander egter gou in ’n nagmerrie wanneer ’n konfrontasie met sy huweliksberader, deur Tim Theron, skeefloop en sy skelm werkgewer en misdaadbaas, Frank Redelinghuys, gespeel deur Frank Opperman, hom help om die gemors skoon te maak.

Wanneer nuwe inligting Frank se aardsvyand, die polisieman Johannes Ackermann, deur James Borthwick die perfekte geleentheid gee om uiteindelik hierdie krimineel en sy broer Hansie, gespeel deur André Weideman vas te trek, word Daniël onwetend as lokaas gebruik en onder die toesig van Erica Kruger (Marlee van der Merwe) geplaas wat ’n paar donker geheime en agendas van haar eie het.

Ander sterre soos Jana Cilliers, Lika Berning, Clyde Berning, Neels van Jaarsveld, Laudo Liebenberg en meer is ook in die fliek te sien.

As regisseur, was Quentin ook baie oop vir kreatiewe voorstelle en verklap hy dat verskeie tonele op die laaste oomblik spontaan aangepas is as gevolg van die akteurs se interessante interpretasie daarvan.

Tussen die bloed en konsternasie deur, sal die kyker beslis gekonfronteer word met baie stereotipes, maar ook gou besef dat Ander Mens dieper temas soos afknouery, selfbeeld, respek, verhoudings, familiebande, geweld en misdaad aan die kaak stel, wys dat selfs die mees geharde persoonlikheid ook soms weerloos kan wees én dat ’n Niemand op die ou einde ook kan ontwikkel in ’n Iemand wat kan opstaan vir homself. Die rolprent beloof om gehore met tye te laat skaterlag as gevolg van spitsvondige dialoog en donker humor, asook te laat naels kou soos wat die gebeure ontvou en hulle besef dat dit elke mens se verantwoordelikheid is om sy eie identiteit in die lewe te bepaal.

Ander Mens is vervaardig deur Marche Media in samewerking met kykNET Films, M-Net Movies en die Departement van Handel en Nywerheid en word versprei deur Filmfinity (Edms) Bpk. en sal by plaaslike bioskope begin draai op 23 Augustus 2019.

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Vervaardiger Helena Spring het aangekondig dat die nalatenskap fliek, Poppie Nongena op 30 Januarie 2020 in fliekteaters landswyd uitgereik sal word. Die fliek is gebaseer op die bekroonde boek “Die Swerfjare van Poppie Nongena” deur Elsa Joubert.

Clementime Mosimane maak haar rolprentdebuut as Poppie. Die res van die rolverdeling sluit groot name in, soos Anna-Mart van der Merwe, Dawid Minnaar, Rolanda Marais en Lida Botha.  Nomsa Nene, wat die naamrol vertolk het in die verhoogproduksie Poppie – wat ook van 1982 tot 1984 internasionaal opgevoer is – vertolk die rol van Poppie se ma.

Poppie Nongena vertel die aangrypende verhaal van ʼn Afrikaanssprekende Xhosa-vrou wie se lewe om haar gesin draai terwyl sy probeer om stabiliteit te vind in ʼn era van ondraaglike onrus in Suid-Afrika. Dit speel in ʼn tyd af waarin swart vroue deur boetes, arrestasies en gedwonge verskuiwings gedwing is om hul tuistes te verlaat om in afgeleë gebiede, die sg. swart tuislande, ʼn nuwe lewe te gaan begin.

Wanneer Stone, Poppie se man, te siek word om te werk, beskou die owerhede haar skielik as ʼn  onwettige burger in haar eie land. Sy voer ʼn desperate stryd om wettiglik te mag bly, al beteken dit sy moet van huis na huis trek en gedurig aansoek doen vir permitte en verdere uitstel. Poppie werp alles in die stryd om nie van haar kinders geskei te word nie. Maar uiteindelik word sy vasgevang in die spervuur van haar kinders se behoeftes, haar man se siekte, ʼn gemeenskap se woede en onderdrukkende wette. In 1976 – net toe die onluste uitbreek – word Poppie uiteindelik gedwing om die stryd gewonne te gee.

Die roman is wyd geloof en word steeds beskou as baanbrekerswerk in die Afrikaans letterkunde. Dis binne die eerste vier maande drie maal herdruk en uiteindelik in dertien tale vertaal. Plaaslik is dit bekroon met die W.A. Hofmeyr-, CNA- en Louis Luyt-prys. Die British Royal Society het Joubert bekroon met die Winifred Holtby-prys en sy is in 1981 aangewys as ʼn “Fellow of the Society”. Joubert se latere werk is bekroon met talle plaaslike en internasionale pryse, onder meer die Hertzogprys, die mees gesogte prys in die Afrikaanse letterkunde.

Die veelbekroonde dramaturg en regisseur Christiaan Olwagen het die regie behartig, en Vicci Turpin was verantwoordelik vir die kinematografie. Olwagen was die regisseur van drie vorige rolprente (Die Seemeeu, Johnny is nie dood nie en Kanarie). Die draaiboek is deur Olwagen en die bekroonde dramaturg Saartjie Botha verwerk.

Poppie Nongena word moontlik gemaak deur kykNET, M-Net, FilmFinity, Die Departement van Handel en Nywerheid en Arco. Dit word landswyd in rolprentteaters in Januarie 2020 bekendgestel.

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The most anticipated Afrikaans film of the year, The Story of Racheltjie de Beer, releases nationwide in October 2019.

Based on the best-selling novel of the same name by writer and filmmaker Brett Michael Innes, the film tells the fabled story of Afrikaans family, the De Beers, who are forced to find shelter on a local farm in the Eastern Free State of South Africa in the 1800s. As winter arrives, and dark clouds laden with snow start to roll in over the Drakensberg Mountains, the scene is set for tragedy to strike.

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What are the odds of survival against the powerful forces of the environment? As the father and his two children, and their shoddy wagon, trek through the harsh and unforgiving environment with the magnificent Drakensberg Mountains as the backdrop, it becomes clear how small people are in the face of nature.

The film was shot on location on the farm Tierhoek, in the rugged Eastern Free State. The filmmakers sought out a location that would express the harsh reality of living on a remote, isolated farm in the 1800s.

Apart from the live action, the film’s visual effects are remarkable, certainly in the realm of Afrikaans filmmaking. “VFX work include elements such as storm clouds, a leopard, a baboon, a zebra, and falling snow,” says producer Johan Kruger. “To the best of my knowledge no other Afrikaans film has made use of VFX at this level, and possibly no other local film, at least not without major international participation.  For a number of reasons, shooting in winter and in real snow conditions was not an option, but the real magic with VFX lies in the elements and images it adds to the story.”

There are more than 220 visual effects in the film, according to Boshoff. “We wanted to attribute human characteristics and moods to the weather, and the storm in particular. For that reason, we didn’t just replace clear skies with stock images of clouds; instead we built our own cloud systems that could be manipulated and moved around as we chose. This allowed us to give the storm a personality, to let it turn darker, move faster, threaten the landscape with lightning.

The stellar cast features Stian Bam, Zonika De Vries, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, Antoinette Louw and Beate Opperman, Starring in his first film role will be Johannes Jordaan in the role of Racheltjie’s little brother.

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The Film Factory en Nostalgia Productions is trots om aan te kondig dat ‘n nuwe filmaanpassing van Fiela se Kind, die topverkoper-roman deur Dalene Matthee, rolprentteaters regoor Suid-Afrika op 13 September 2019 sal tref.

Met regie deur Brett Michael Innes, skrywer/regisseur van die 2017 SAFTA-wenner vir die film, Sink, is die film vervaardig deur Danie Bester in samewerking met kykNET Films, Filmfinity (Pty) Ltd en die Departement van Handel en Nywerheid.

Die roman is voorheen aangepas in ‘n film in 1988 deur regisseur Katinka Heyns met Shaleen Surtie-Richards in ‘n uitvoering wat so ikonies was as die karakter deur wie dit geïnspireer is.

Die verhoogaktrise Zenobia Kloppers bring lewe aan Fiela Komoetie; met die nuwelinge Luca Bornman en Wayne Smith in die rol van Benjamin Komoetie. Drikus Volschenk en Cindy Swanepoel verskyn onderskeidelik as Elias en Barta van Rooyen met Melissa Willering, Andre Stoltz, Wayne van Rooyen en Stefan Erasmus ook in die rolverdeling.

Met kinematografie deur Tom Marais van onder meer Ballade vir ‘n Enkeling, en Verraiers, en redigering deur die gesogte C.A. van Aswegen, is die film op lokasie geskiet in die Knysna Bos en in die Karoo met produksie-ontwerp deur Chantel Carter, grimering deur Maritsa Maritz en kostuums deur Mari van der Merwe. Charlotte Buys is in beheer van die klankontwerp met ‘n oorspronklike klankbaan deur Kyle Shepherd.

Vir onmiddellike uitreiking kan u die film op @thefilmfactoryza volg, gebruik die hutsteken #FielaSeKind.

Fiela se Kind word landswyd in teaters op 13 September 2019 deur Filmfinity (Pty) Ltd uitgereik.

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deur Christa Steyn

Om ‘n film te maak wat geestesversteurings aanspreek is ‘n brawe ding om te doen, maar dit het akteur en aanbieder, Pietie Beyers, nie ontmoedig om sy eie ervaring van obsessief-kompulsiewe versteuring in ‘n draaiboek en film te omskep nie.

Skemerson, wat dus deur ware gebeure geïnspireer is, vertel die verhaal van ‘n jong man wat aan patologiese twyfelversteuring ly. In ‘n oomblik van totale wanhoop bevind hy, Sella, vertolk deur Pietie Beyers, homself op die Bloukransbrug, waar sy pad met twee vreemdelinge, Emma (Anneke Weideman) en Lidi (Elize Cawood), kruis. Hierdie ontmoeting het nie net Sella se lewe gered nie, maar dit het ook die lewens van Emma en Lidi aangeraak.

Beyers is bekend vir sy rolle in Binnelanders, Buurtwag en Sy klink soos lente, asook vir die aanbieding van Blitsbrein, ’n speletjiesprogram wat op VIA uitgesaai word. Sy karakter, Sella, wat ironies genoeg “Place of Peace” beteken, gaan deur ‘n besondere donker tyd in sy lewe. Sella se ontmoeting met Emma en Lidi was dalk aanvanklik lukraak, maar dit was uiteindelik die kruispad wat hom gered het.

Sy mede-aktrise, Anneke Weideman, maak na ‘n sewejaaronderbreking van die toneelwêreld weer ‘n draai op die silwerdoek. Weideman werk tans voltyds as geneesheer, maar het die geleentheid om die rol van Emma te vertolk, dadelik aangegryp. Die veteraan-aktrise, Elize Cawood, vertolk die rol van Lidi, Emma se terminaalsiek ma, en ten spyte van haar siektestoestand sorg Lidi telkemaal vir komiese verligting in oomblikke van wanhoop.

Alhoewel die film hoofsaaklik ‘n uitbeelding van die stryd met ‘n geestesversteuring is, word die onderliggende tema van liefde ook aangeraak. Beyers vertel soos volg: “Skemerson is ook ’n storie oor die liefde: romantiese liefde, liefde vir almal om jou en liefde vir jouself. Dit is ’n universele storie en een van die eerlikste films wat jy ooit sal sien”.

Om sodoende berusting te kon vind, moes Sella eers liefde aan homself bewys en aanvaar dat dit “okay is om nie okay te wees nie”. Depressie en soortgelyke versteurings is nie ooglopend sigbaar soos ‘n snymerk, letsel of wond nie. Dis ‘n innerlike stryd en ‘n alleen pad wat daardie persoon daagliks moet trotseer. Sella se geesteswroeging word versterk deur die regisseur, Phillip Rademeyer se eenvoudige verteltegniek, asook gepaste en dramatiese agtergrondmusiek, met erkenning aan die komponis, Riku Latti, wat meestal die plek van oorbodige dialoog inneem.

Die enigste kritiek in hierdie opsig is dat die agtergrondmusiek tonele met tye oorheers het. Maar ten spyte hiervan het die musiek en William Collinson se voortreflike kamerawerk die Oos-Kaapse landskap op vredevolle wyse uitgebeeld.

Met die loklyn “Dis okay om nie okay te wees nie” bring die skrywer en vervaardigers ‘n boodskap van hoop aan diegene wat met geestesversteurings worstel. Danksy finansiële steun van die farmaseutiese maatskappy, CIPLA, wat ‘n verskeidenheid medikasie vir depressie en soortgelyke geestesversteurings produseer, kon die film gemaak word.

Phillip Rademeyer het die regie behartig, terwyl Palama Productions, onder leiding van Niel van Deventer, die film vervaardig het. Rademeyer, wat hoofsaaklik teateropleiding ontvang het, meen dat hierdie projek ‘n steil leerkurwe was, maar dat dit hom na aan die hart lê omdat hy self al by tye met sy geestesgesondheid gesukkel het.

Skemerson word op die 3de Mei 2019 landswyd vrygestel.

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Depression is an illness like any other; there’s no shame in seeking help. That’s the message of a new film that treats mental illness with warmth, respect and integrity.

Mental illness, and the stigma surrounding it, is a critical issue. It’s the central theme of Skemerson, the new film directed by Phillip Rademeyer and written by Pietie Beyers, which opens nationwide on Friday 3 May 2019.

The film tells the story of a young man, Sella Beyers who decides to take his own life. He stands on the 216m high Bloukrans Bridge, the iconic arch bridge located near Nature’s Valley, about to meet his fate, when he hears a young woman’s laugh. When Emma (Anneke Weidemann), her frail mother, acclaimed actress Elize Cawood, and Sella meet serendipitously on the bridge, it’s the beginning of a weekend that changes three lives forever.

The film was made with financial assistance from pharmaceutical company Cipla South Africa, which produces a range of medicines for the treatment of depressive disorders. Wouter Lombard, Cipla’s Associate Director of Marketing in the Central Nervous System portfolio, says many people are not seeking help or getting treatment out of fear of being stereotyped.

Skemerson helps promote the message that depression can be treated effectively, and that help is always at hand. “We were keen to help fund the movie as part of our goal to fight the stigmas related to mental health conditions,” Lombard adds. “When Neil van Deventer and Pietie Beyers approached us we immediately realised that we had the same objectives – to get the message out there that ‘It’s ok not to be ok’, and that it’s ok to talk about mental health, a subject that needs to be highlighted.”

Skemerson is a personal story for Beyers and is inspired by true events. “It’s not entirely my own story, but my own experience with obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) motivated me to write the script and have the film made. Expressing my emotions in a healthy and productive way proved to be a healing experience for me and I hope that the story will help others too. A key theme of the film is that mental health issues are normal, common, and nothing to be ashamed of,” he says.

Men are four times more likely to die by suicide, which suggests that many of them suffer from undiagnosed mental health issues. Instances of undiagnosed depression are also substantially higher in men, and it has been shown that they seek mental health help far less than women.²

Rademeyer says he has at times struggled with his own mental health and knows the feelings of shame and isolation it can cause. “Helping to bring this story to life was important,” he says. “With Skemerson we hope to convey to audiences the message that mental health issues are common, and nothing to be ashamed of.”

Skemerson is produced by Niel van Deventer (Dis Ek, Anna) and Pietie Beyers. The film stars Pietie Beyers (Binneland, Sy Klink Soos Lente), Elize Cawood (Vir Altyd, Die Wonderwerker) and Anneke Weidemann (Die Wonderwerker, Die Ongelooflike Avonture van Hanna Hoekom).  It is directed by Philip Rademeyer (Wild, Klippe wat Val).

To assist in destigmatising mental illness in South Africa, Cipla launched a free counselling helpline in collaboration with the South African Depression and Anxiety Support Group (SADAG).

If you are helping a friend, or need help yourself, contact the SADAG Cipla Mental Health Helpline on 0800 456 789, WhatsApp on 076 88 22 77 5, or visit www.sadag.org for more information and help.

Skemerson is distributed in South Africa by Indigenous Film Distribution.

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Queer cinema has steadily grown to become one of the leading forces in film internationally over the last five years. And South Africa is no different. Etienne Kallos’s film Die Stropers, which won critical acclaim at the 2018 Cannes Film Festival, opens nationwide on 15 March and is the latest in a series of award-winning films about gayness.

The South African-French-Greek-Polish co-production, by first-time Greek-South African director Kallos, is an intense psychological drama exploring the coming-of-age of a new generation of Afrikaans youth. Set against a severe and dusty landscape, it tells the story of obedient Afrikaans teenager, Janno, played by Brent Vermeulen, whose deeply religious mother, Marie, brings home a troubled street orphan and drug addict, Pieter, portrayed by Alex van Dyk, to foster on the family’s remote cattle farm in the Free State.

It explores the thorny issue of identity and sexuality in a provocative and darkly moving way. As Pieter goes through withdrawal, Janno takes him under his wing, introducing him to the farm, the local prayer group and the church boys’ rugby club. But Pieter is far worldlier than Janno, and instantly spots the fact that Janno has a crush on his best friend. Pieter also introduces Janno to the lively nearby black community, and reveals that he has been selling his body to local men for cash. Janno finds this shocking, but he’s also envious.

In South Africa, Skoonheid, directed by Oliver Hermanus, was the first Afrikaans film to be selected for the Cannes Film Festival, and won the Queer Palm in 2011.

Inxeba (The Wound) won 19 awards of excellence at festivals around the globe, including the BFI, the African American Film Critics Association, and the International Queer & Migrant Film Festival in Amsterdam. At home, the film walked away with 8 SAFTAs.

In 2018 Kanarie, the tale of a queer teenage man who gets called up for military service, sparked international interest and raked in several international accolades before even hitting the big screen in South Africa. It won the Silwerskerm Film Festival award for Best Feature Film, among other awards, as well as Best LGBTQ film at the Cape Town International Film Festival. It went on to win awards in Chicago and Atlanta in the US. Kanarie was also part of the Official Selection at the 2018 OutFest in Los Angeles, as well as the Inside Out Toronto LGBT Film Festival.

Die Stropers had its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it received a standing ovation from the audience. The film has already won a number of international awards including:

• Sundance/Mahindra ‘Global Filmmaker Award’
• Gan Foundation, ‘Prix Opening Shot Award’
• Rome International Film Festival ‘Alice Nella Citta Jury Award for Best First Feature’
• Cheries-Cheris Film Festival, ‘Grand Prix’ Award
• African Film Festival of Khouribga, ‘Best Director’ Award

Die Stropers is a Spier Films production. The film’s investors include the KwaZulu Natal Film Commission, Agence Film France, the Greek Film Institute, the Polish Film Institute, and the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and produced by Spier Films. The film’s producers are Sophie Erbs, Cinema de Facto (France) and Thembisa Cochrane, Spier Films (South Africa). The executive producers are Dr Lwazi Manzi and Michael Auret, Spier Films.

Die Stropers is distributed in South Africa by Indigenous Film Distribution.

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The decline in church attendance is a global phenomenon. The role of the priest in our rapidly changing world is one of the themes that lies at the heart of Dominee Tienie, a new film starring acclaimed actor Frank Opperman, who reprises on the big screen, the role he played on stage in the one-man play of the same name, written by Dana Snyman.

The film tells the story of a priest who needs to win back his confidence, if he is to again become the light he once was for everyone around him. After 16 years of serving as the priest of the mother church, Tienie Benade is faced with a steep decline in the number of congregants and a modern society that is rapidly changing.  Is he brave enough to provide guidance to his congregation in this new era?

Director and co-writer Sallas de Jager says that the idea of an Afrikaans priest coming to the realisation that he has lost his way and doesn’t know where he fits within this modern society, immediately fascinated him, further adding how it has been a privilege to tread on proverbial holy ground, in that this is how he feels about adapting one of the most successful plays, written by one of the most beloved Afrikaans writers, Dana Snyman, for the big screen

Helen Kuun, MD of Indigenous Film Distribution mentions that the film explores a topic that is close to the hearts of many South Africans; keeping the faithful in a world where people consult other professionals for their problems, highlights the dilemmas of the modern priest.

Dominee Tienie also explores the inner world of a man who is battling to get to grips with changing times while he confronts his own mid-life crisis.  For Opperman, the role adds to the list of memorable alter egos for which he has become famous: from the eager-to-please Ouboet in Orkney Snork Nie, and the scheming Chris Karedes in The Big Time, to Koos Andries Koekemoer in Gauteng-a-Leng.

The film is directed by Sallas de Jager of Free State fame, as well as Stuur Groete aan Mannetjies Roux and Musiek vir die Agtergrond, who wrote the screenplay based on Snyman’s play.  The cast also features Henriëtta Gryffenberg known for her roles in Die Sonkring, Erfsondes and Malunde, Thapelo Mokoena from Fear Factor, Wild at Heart and Long Walk to Freedom, Regardt van den Bergh known for Tornado and the Kalahari Horse Whisperer and Uitvlucht, Deon Lotz of Skoonheid, Sleepers Wake and Faan se Trein, Paul Eilers, known for roles in Verraaiers, Stuur groete aan Mannetjies Roux, Musiek vir die Agtergrond and Annette Engelbrecht from Orkney Snork Nie, Geraamtes in die Kas and Elke Skewe Pot.

De Jager says the film will both entertain and challenge audiences and will certainly afford them the opportunity to experience some of South Africa’s leading actors and technicians at their very best.

Dominee Tienie is distributed by Indigenous Film Distribution and releases nationally on 25 January 2019.

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 Poppie Nongena vertel die verhaal van ‘n Afrikaans sprekend Xhosa ma se  stryd om stabiliteit vir haar gesin te verseker in ‘n tydperk van buitengewone onrus in Suid-Afrika. Dis ‘n era waarin swart vroue deur arrestasies, boetes en gedwonge verwyderings hulle huise moes verlaat om in afgeleë gebiede, die sg. “swart tuislande”, te gaan hervestig. Wanneer haar man, Stone, te siek word om te werk, word Poppie volgens die wet beskou as ‘n “onwettige” inwoner in haar eie land.

Clementine Mosimane, wat die hoofrol vertolk en aangewys is as beste aktrise tydens die Silwerskermfees, voel dat die fliek ‘n belangrike boodskap oordra. Die aktrise Anna-Mart van der Merwe, wat ook in die rolprent te sien is, stem saam. “Die plaag van geslagsgeweld skreeu ten hemele! Dis tyd dat ons ook na ons eie optrede  teenoor mense met wie ons daagliks interaksie het, kyk. Omhels en aanvaar ek ander soos wat ek wil hê hulle moet met my doen?” het Van der Merwe gesê.

Poppie Nongena is ‘n diep persoonlike verhaal wat uit ‘n vroue perspektief vertel word. Die kinematograaf Vicci Turpin voel sterk oor die dringendheid rondom vroueregte in Suid-Afrika. Helena Spring het haarself daartoe verbind om ‘n verskil te maak.

Clementime Mosimane speel die rol van Poppie, met Anna-Mart van der Merwe, veteraan Chris, Rolanda Marais, Dawid Minnaar en Lida Botha. Nomsa Nene wat wyd geloof is vir haar uitstekende vertolking van Poppie in die internasionale verhoogproduksie, speel die rol van Poppie se ma.

Die bekroonde draaiboekskrywer en regisseur Christiaan Olwagen se vorige werk sluit die hoogs aangeskrewe rolprente Johnny is nie dood nie, Die Seemeeu en Kanarie in.

Joubert se roman, wat beskou is as baanbrekerswerk, is drie maal herdruk binne die eerste vier maande na publikasie, en is sedertdien in dertien tale vertaal. Dis met talle plaaslike en internasionale toekennings bekroon.

Poppie Nongena is  vervaardig met die ondersteuning van KykNET, M-Net, Marche Media, die Departement van Handel en Nywerheid en Arco Venture Capital.

Die roman was op 15 Oktober 2019 hervrygestel in beide Afrikaans en  Engels ter viering van die rolprent se bekendstelling.

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