THREE of the American stars of the South African-American co-production Love by Chance – Terri J Vaughn, Desi Banks and Ja’el Roberson – will be visiting South Africa for the premiere of this new comedy.
They will also attend a film junket with local star, Atandwa Kani, who has just been cast in Marvel’s upcoming superhero film The Black Panther. Continue reading
Cuckold stars Charlie Vundla and Terry Pheto.
Terry Pheto and director and writer, Charlie Vundla, star together in the new film Cuckold, a tale about a young university professor who is saved from self-destruction by a former school mate and begins a journey to save his house, his marriage and his life. The film releases countrywide on November 11. Continue reading
The stylish and glossy romcom Mrs Right Guy, which spent 15 successful weeks on the cinema circuit, is available on DStv BoxOffice. Continue reading
Dora’s Peace, starring Khabonina Qubeka (pictured) in the title role, and directed by Kosta Kalarytis, has opened to excellent reviews.
Shot on location in Johannesburg, the film tells the story of Dora, a Hillbrow prostitute, who sets out to save a gifted young boy from the violent clutches of organised crime, in the process, she is forced to rediscover aspects of her own lost humanity. Continue reading
Mbongeni Ngema
Shooting on Asinamali!, the film based on the multi-award-winning South African musical hit of the same name, began on August 8. The 1985 theatre production, written by playwright, Mbongeni Ngema, was his first major stage musical, followed by Sarafina!, which was released as a film in 1992. Continue reading
Marius Weyers and Sandra Prinsloo star in Twee Grade van Moord
NEW South African film, Twee Grade van Moord (Two Degrees of Murder), won the best film award at the Indie Karoo Festival, held from July 1 to 3 in Prince Albert in the Karoo. The movie stars two of South Africa’s most loved and respected actors, Sandra Prinsloo and Marius Weyers. Continue reading
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Seven years after writer, Sean Drummond, and director, Michael Matthews, first set out on an 8000km research and development journey around the country, The Be Phat Motel Film Company and Game 7 Films’ Five Fingers for Marseilles, is taking its next big step to the big screen.
The film – which was a project at the 2013 Durban FilmMart – is a contemporary South African thriller modelled on the western and played in Sesotho and isiXhosa, with a top-tier, fully local cast. The movie begins production in the Eastern Cape in July 2016, in association with Stage 5 Films and Above the Clouds. Continue reading
Lehasa Moloi and Dineo Moeketsi star in Mrs Right Guy.
THE highly anticipated romcom Mrs Right Guy, premières at Ster Kinekor’s The Zone in Rosebank, Johannesburg on Thursday, May 19 – the same day as the film screens at the 69th Cannes Film Festival in France.
Dineo Moeketsi who stars as the broken-hearted Gugu Hlatshwayo in Mrs Right Guy announced the exciting news on Twitter. Mrs Right Guy is screening in Cannes as part of the National Film and Video Foundation South African showcase programme. Continue reading
Lehasa Moloi and Dineo Moeketsi star in Mrs Right Guy.
TICKING every box for escapist romantic fantasy is the new South African rom-com, Mrs Right Guy, which opens on April 29. The film stars Dineo Moeketsi as the lovelorn Gugu Hlatshwayo who, downhearted and disappointed by love, has learnt to reject men long before they can get too close to her. Continue reading
Deanre Reiners plays Phillip Schuman in Verskietende Ster.
It has been said that where words leave off, music begins. The power of music to touch us emotionally and to bring light out of darkness is at the heart of Verskietende Ster (Shooting Star), the new film by award-winning filmmaker Stefan Enslin, which releases in cinemas this month. Continue reading
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