The gritty crime-drama film tells the story of an aging, womanising, professional boxer from the Eastern Cape and his career-criminal brother who take one last shot at success and get more than they’ve bargained for. The opportunity to be part of Knuckle City arose when producer Layla Swart approached the NEF to close the gap left open by one of their investors to ensure that the movie was fully funded.

Swart and Qubeka are co-owners of Yellowbone Entertainment production house. The film was selected to participate in the Cinéfondation’s Atelier at Cannes, the biggest film festival in the world. In addition, the film was nominated to represent South Africa at the 2019 Academy Awards (Oscars) in the Foreign Language category. It went on to screen at festivals around the world and won many awards.

Knuckle City stars Bongile Mantsai, Siv Ngesi, Faniswa Yisa, Awethu Hleli, Nomhle Nkonyeni, Zolisa Xaluva, Owen Sejake and Angela Sithole. The film was produced by Yellowbone Entertainment for Mzansi Magic Movies. It was funded by the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), the National Empowerment (NEF), the Department of Arts and Culture, the Eastern Cape Development Corporation and the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) with the support of the Buffalo City Municipality and the Eastern Cape Provincial Government.

Knuckle City is distributed in South Africa by Indigenous Film Distribution (IFD).

Knuckle City opens in cinema in South Africa on 28 February 2020.

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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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In the local world of blessers, wealthy, middle-aged men lavish gifts and money on young women in return for companionship and more. But what happens when it all goes wrong?

Sexy new comedy Blessers, a topical and very funny look at the naughty lifestyles of Mzansi’s elite, is directed by Rea Rangaka and executive produced by entertainment entrepreneur Tbo Touch. The film stars Kenneth Nkosi in the role of Jacob Zulu, a business mogul who loves life and loves his family. But Jacob is lonely because his wife Michelle, played by Sonia Mbele withholds her affection and his daughter Natasha by Six Nyamane, is a demanding brat.

Jacob was drawn to Michelle, a businesswoman who comes from a wealthy family, because she is smart and sophisticated, but she’s also distant and he feels isolated. When a colleague convinces him to get involved in the blessers world, Jacob decides to put his money to good use and find young women he can ‘bless’.

But if you are a blesser, he points out, just remember that you are never in the selfies – those who are well trained know that the glamorous holiday pics are all about the girl.

Like Jacob, a blesser is usually a powerful businessman, who is either married, or has no desire for conventional dating, and he has lots of cash to spare. The blessee, meanwhile, is normally an attractive younger woman who can’t afford her luxury lifestyle.

The couple will usually establish a financial agreement early on. Some blessees ask for a monthly allowance, while other get ‘expenses’ in the form of overseas holidays and shopping sprees. A growing number of blessees are university students who get their blessers to pay their fees. They all demand the most expensive champagne and will drink it by the gallon, even if it gives them heartburn.

Blessees sometimes get bad press, because of the financial relationship with blessers, but the key difference between them and escorts is that they have a regular arrangement and usually get together several times a month. The arrangements are often mutually beneficial relationships with someone the women consider a friend.

Blessers opens in cinemas nationwide on 25 October and is distributed by Indigenous Film Distribution.

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Although the arrangement is nothing new, ‘blesser’ is a South African term for an older man who has multiple girlfriends he lavishes with gifts, in exchange for sex and companionship. In turn, the girlfriends post photos on social media of expensive shoes, clothes and piles of cash, tagging the pictures #blessed.

That’s the subject at the heart of the slick and hilarious new comedy ‘Blessers’, by actor and director Rea Rangaka, known for ‘Ode in Blood’ (2013), ‘For the Lovers Only’ (2012) and ‘iNumber Number’ (2017). ‘Blessers’ releases in cinemas on 25 October 2019.

The film stars award-winning actor and comedian Kenneth Nkosi (‘Skeem’, 2011; ‘Paradise Stop’ (2011); ‘District 9’ (2009) and ‘White Wedding’ (2009), as Jacob Mofokeng, a middle-aged businessman who has become accustomed to his routine, a life which includes his wife, Michelle (Sonia Mbele of ‘Generations’ fame), his daughter Natasha (Six Nyamane), his work and his fun.

As a powerful CEO, with a big house, a successful spouse, a family, and expensive recreational habits, Jacob feels like life will always be easy. Along with George, his colleague and partner-in-crime, the two dominate the boardroom as well as the bedroom but as it turns out, they do not quite control their homes. Caught knee-deep in the word of blessers, Jacob and his family are about to learn a few hard lessons and discover that they are perhaps not that #blessed.

Entrepreneur Thabo Molefe, better known as Tbo Touch, make his big screen debut in the movie. The Touch HD radio owner plays the role of flamboyant Mthakathi the Fixer, who lives in a R48 million penthouse. He throws extravagant parties where he introduces blessers to slay queens.

‘Blessers’ is written by Tbo Touch, Sasa Nqabeni and Kumaran Naidu. It’s produced by Masechaba Rose Molefe and Malebo Manamela.

“The film was the brainchild of Tbo Touch and Touch HD,” says Rangaka. “My role was to make it happen. It has an interesting way tonally, of dealing with some really dark material like the concept of blessers, cheating, and the sex trade, and making it palatable. We’ve seen and lived with the events on screen all around us. The film is ‘funny ha ha’, but even funnier as in ‘oh snap!’

‘Blessers’ will be released in cinemas nationwide and is distributed by Indigenous Film Distribution.

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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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Nelson Mandela is a global icon of the late 20^th and early 21^st centuries. But this might not have been if it were not for the heroic fight to save Mandela’s life by a legal team led by an Afrikaner revolutionary, Bram Fischer. This is the story of how Mandela was saved from the death penalty in the Rivonia trial of 1963.

On a winter’s day, July 1963 the police raid a farm in Rivonia on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Nine black and white leaders of the banned ANC and “Umkhonto we Sizwe” (the Spear of the Nation) are arrested. And a tenth member, arrested earlier is added to the group of nine, Nelson Mandela.

More than anything the Apartheid regime wanted to sentence freedom fighters to death: not only as a warning to their fellow activists but also to get rid of some of Apartheids’s most feared enemies; in essense to decapitate the liberation movement.

When the families of the suspects try to find a lawyer to defend the accused, the potential candidates are afraid or unwilling to accept the mandate. Widely respected legal mind Bram Fischer also hesitates. He is the Dean of the Bar Association, counsel for major mining magnates and scion of a prominent Afrikaans family.

But Bram hesitates for other reasons: he has a secret that only a few people and his wife, Molly Fischer, know. Bram should have been the eleventh accused, and it was only by chance that he was not present at the farm in Rivonia when his fellow activists were arrested.

He decides to take on the defence. During the trial Bram not only has to unravel the manipulated evidence by the prosecutor, and expose bribed or tortured witnesses, he must also protect himself from detection by witnesses.

During the trial Bram sees more and more reasons to move away from his principles of nonviolence, and becomes prepared to support violent acts of sabotage and the armed uprising of the people. The death penalty for the accused could be the spark igniting the powder keg, and parallel to the trial Bram is fervently trying to organise the underground resistance.

Then the secret police uncover Bram’s double role and the State Attorney is forced by the Minister of Justice, Balthazar Vorster, to play this card. Bram has a moral dilemma: does he defend his clients, or take care of the welfare and safety of his family?

The film stars Peter Paul Muller, Alles is Liefde, Gooische Vrowen, as Bram Fischer, Sello Motloung, The #1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, Generations, as Nelson Mandela, Antoinette Louw, Die Laaste Tango, Swartwater, Izel Bezuidenhout, Dis Ek, Anna, Agent 2000: Die Laksman en Morne Visser, Dis Ek, Anna, The Forgiven.

Directed by Jean Van De Velde, An Act of Defiance, won the 2017 Movies that Matter Film Festival – Audience Award in the Hague, Netherlands.

An Act of Defiance was the opening film in the Cape Town International Market & Film Festival (2017) and has achieved the following awards from various festivals:

• 2017 Dutch Film Awards – Best Actor
• 2017 Dutch Film Awards – Best Screenplay
• 2017 Cape Town Film Festival – Best Actress
• 2017 Cape Town Film Festival – Best Screenplay
• 2017 Mill Valley Film Festival – Golden Audience Award
• 2017 Movies that Matter Film Festival – Audience Award

The film’s partners include Richard Claus & Co, Spier Films and Cinema Management Group. It is a South African-Dutch co-production, with thanks and recognition to Richard Claus, Michael Auret, Hugh Rogers, Patricia Van Heerden and Dr. Lwazi Manzi as producers.

An Act of Defiance is distributed in South Africa by Indigenous Film Distribution.

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