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Indemnity Review — Indemnity (2021) Film Review from the 25th Annual Fantasia International Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Travis Taute, starring Jarrid Geduld, Gail Mabalane, Andre Jacobs, Nicole Fortuin, Louw Venter, Abduragman Adams, Hlomla Dandala, Susan Danford, Qaeed Patel, Toni Jean Erasmus, and Grant Powell. There’s nothing wrong [...]

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Indemnity Review — Indemnity (2021) Film Review from the 25th Annual Fantasia International Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Travis Taute, starring Jarrid Geduld, Gail Mabalane, Andre Jacobs, Nicole Fortuin, Louw Venter, Abduragman Adams, Hlomla Dandala, Susan Danford, Qaeed Patel, Toni Jean Erasmus, and Grant Powell. There’s nothing wrong [...]

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Theo Abrams (Jarrid Geduld) jumps into action with CPR upon waking to find his wife’s (Nicole Fortuin’s Angela) dead body by his side. He then immediately clams up when a knock at the front door is accompanied by the declaration “Police!” He doesn’t remember hearing anyone enter their room that night nor recalls a violent struggle. Add the fact that he just lost his job due to an inability to overcome the Ptsd he’s been battling since blaming himself for the deaths of two firefighters under his command and he’s forced to wonder if he’s responsible for Angela too. Theo’s temper and anxiety have been in overdrive and his wife felt the brunt of both. If he can’t trust his own innocence, who can?

This is the question we ask ourselves despite having already processed the fifteen or so minutes of exposition...

Pluto Film takes rights to Cape Town-set drama.

Berlin-based sales outfit Pluto Film Distribution has picked up rights to South African debut feature The Tree.

The film is from producers Elias Ribeiro and Cait Pansegrouw of Urucu Media, whose previous feature The Wound premiered at Sundance 2017 in the World Competition strand and also played as the opening film of Berlinale Panorama that year. The film was South Africa’s foreign language Oscar entry for 2018 and made the shortlist.

The Tree marks the debut of writer-director Louw Venter. Production is now underway in South Africa and is scheduled to wrap imminently.

"I've killed people. Lots of people. At least, they tell me they were people. They looked more like monsters to me." Holy crap this looks awesome! A new proof of concept short film has arrived online this week titled Apocalypse Now Now, set in Cape Town, South Africa. The film is about a serial killer kid who partners with bounty hunter to clear his name. He ends up getting dragged into a "deep, dark Cape Town underbelly full of monsters and myth, shadowy government forces." The main creature in this is badass, and the rest of it is sleek and stylish, and just the right amount of gritty. Starring Garion Dowds, Louw Venter, and Faniswa Yisa. This also kind of reminds me of Attack the Block, and if that film can get made, turn into a big cult hit, and launch the career of John Boyega, then this deserves to...

Xyz Films, Be Phat Motel Film Company and Stage 5 Films have released the first teaser for the Apocalypse Now Now short film based on the popular urban fantasy novel by Charlie Human. Starring Garion Dowds as Baxter Zevcenko, Louw Venter as Jackie Ronin, Faniswa Yisa as The Vigilante and directed by Michael Matthews, Apocalypse […]...

The 2015 Cinefoundation Atelier will host 15 projects from 14 countries.

The Cannes Film Festival (13 – 24 May) has unveiled this year’s Cinefoundation Atelier selection, comprised of 15 in-development projects from new director talents.

The 2015 selection features 15 projects from 14 countries. The directors and their producers are able to meet with potential funding partners during the festival.

Cinefoundation’s L’Atelier, created in 2005, has hosted 156 projects to date, 103 of which have been released theatrically, while 40 are in pre-production.

Selected projects:

Butterfly Diaries, Paula Un Mi Kim (Brazil)

The Road to Mandalay, Midi Z (Burma)

The Contestant, Carlos Osuna (Colombia)

Compte tes blessures, Morgan Simon (France)

Pari, Siamak Etemadi (Greece/Iran)

Out, György Kristóf, (Hungary/Slovakia)

Twin Flower, Laura Luchetti (Italy)

Our Madness, João Viana (Portugal/Angola)

Borders, Ionuţ Piturescu (Romania)

Popeye, Kirsten Tan (Singapore)

The Tree, Louw Venter (South Africa)

Lands of Loneliness, Meritxell Colell (Spain)

The Mother, Alberto Morais (Spain)

Soundless Dance, Pradeepan Raveendran (Sri Lanka)

Hilal, Feza, and other...

Jenna Bass' debut feature Love The One You Love has quickly emerged as a buzz title - arguably The buzz title - at the Durban International Film Festival with chatter following the premiere of the gushingly positive variety and for those who want a taste beyond our recently published review, take a look at the trailer below.Across the city of Cape Town, a sex-line operator (Chi Mhende), a dog handler (Andile Nebulane) and a It-technician (Louw Venter) begin to suspect that their romantic relationships are the subject of a bizarre conspiracy, involving their friends, family and possibly even greater forces. 'Love The One You Love's parallel stories question the ideals we hold too sacred: love, happiness, and the New South Africa, the pursuit of which...

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Film, starring Thabo Rametsi [pictured], marks the 35th anniversary of the execution of Solomon Mahlangu.

Principal photography has commenced on Kalushi - The Solomon Mahlangu Story.

Directed by Mandla Walter Dube who wrote the screenplay with Leon Otto, the film marks the 35th anniversary of the execution of Mahlangu.

The film stars the likes of Thabo Rametsi, Thabo Malema and Louw Venter, with Soloman’s brother Lucas Mahlangu serving as cultural advisor to the production.

Walter Ayres produces with Dube, while the film is funded by the National Lottery Distribution Fund for Arts, Culture and Heritage, the Department of Trade & Industry’s Film Incentive Scheme, the Department of Arts and Culture, and the National Film & Video Foundation.

Kalushi will shoot on location in and around Pretoria and Johannesburg for six weeks.