Prayers For Sweet Waters
Prayers for Sweet Waters takes us into the lives of three transgender sex workers, Wesley, Gulam and Flavirina. It opens with a heartfelt prayer from Gulam “God we are in pain, why don’t you do something?” Despite facing violence, prejudice and the challenges of the Covid -19 pandemic, Gulam embraces life and is a strong […]
War Dogs and I
War Dogs and I is a heart-warming documentary about Kobus Oliver, the nomad cricketer and Ukraine Cricket CEO who did everything in his power to protect his four dogs during the war between Russia and Ukraine. Putting his own life in danger for that of his beloved dog children named Tiekie, Ollie, Jessie & Kaya. […]
Mutant
Mutant is a documentary film that paints an intimate portrait of one of South Africa’s most outspoken and controversial artists and the turbulent world he lives in. A world of extremes, the film captures the harsh realities of living in one of the most dangerous corners of the earth but also mindful and deliberate in […]
The White Line
Framed by scenes of Namibia’s formal independence as a newly formed African country in 1990, Desiree Kahikopo’s historical romance takes us back to 1963, soon after the 1959 uprising in Old Location — an area segregated for black residents of Windhoek, the capital of Namibia (then a territory of South Africa). It is in this […]
You’re My Favourite Place
You’re My Favourite Place is a coming-of-age film by the award-winning filmmaker Jahmil X.T Qubeka follows four troubled township teenagers, who set off in a stolen taxi to Hole in the Wall, on South Africa’s Wild Coast, where Nelisa Vena hopes to commune with the spirit of her dead sister. En route they pick up […]
Where is Mr. Adams?
The opening night of an original amateur theatre production brings an ill-prepared cast and crew to their knees when one of the show’s major cast members, Mr. Adams, mysteriously vanishes. Michael, the director of this show, pushes on without him. The night teeters on total collapse as all moving parts of the production threaten to […]
Valley of a Thousand Hills
This simmering same-sex romance is set in a traditional, patriarchal and rural community in beautiful Kwa-Zulu Natal. Nosipho and Thenjiwe are robust and modern women, whose passionate secret relationship will inevitably lead to conflict in such a traditional tribal and conservative context. While Nosipho is forced to marry a man, Thenjiwe is banished to stay with […]
This Side of Fabulous
On duty, Patricia-Anne Swartz-Goliath shows 15 police trainees how to leopard crawl with gun in hand past the window of a building as she gives tactical training. Off duty, this robust Cape Town police captain and hostage negotiator dons a sequined Egyptian bra and skirt, shimmies her hips and teaches belly dancing. Footage of the […]
The Water Rats
The freezing, moody waters of London’s Hampstead ponds bring together a diverse and fascinating group of Londoners, who find companionship and joy together during the Covid 19 lockdown. What is it about this group that makes it so special? Young, old, men, women, many Jewish, a Palestinian and a recovering addict discover connections with one […]
The Reclaimers
Johannesburg’s informal waste pickers have been fighting a battle to be recognised as formal labourers for a few years now. Luyanda Hlatshwayo, is one of an estimated 6,000 informal waste-pickers in Johannesburg who live off other people’s garbage in what the World Bank calls the most unequal country on earth. The 35-year-old university dropout often […]
