Award-winning SA film ‘Inexba’ (‘The Wound’) premieres at DIFF

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Nakhane Touré (seated) in a scene from Inexba’, which is having its South African premiere at the Durban International Film Festival. Photo: Supplied

THE South African film Inxeba (known internationally as The Wound) has won the best film award in the International New Talent Competition, at the Taipei Film Festival, ahead of its African premiere at the Durban International Film Festival at The Playhouse on Friday, July 14.

This is a latest in a string of awards for the film, which explores tradition and masculinity, and the clash between age-old rituals and modernity. Continue reading

South African film ‘Inxeba (The Wound)’ Hits the Big Screen in France

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A poster for ‘Inxeba (The Wound)’ in the Paris Metro.

Following its successful world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival, and its European premiere as the opening film on the Panorama programme at the 67th Berlinale in Germany, South African film Inxeba (The Wound) has been released theatrically in France. Continue reading