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Stars: Grace Van Dien, Robyn Rossouw, Tafara Nyatsanza, Keenan Arrison, Daniel Sharman, Ryan Kruger, Clancy Brown | Written and Directed by Kelsey Egan

The Fix is the latest film from South African writer/director Kelsey Egan and in keeping with the themes of her previous features, Glasshouse and I Carry You Always, it’s set in a future where pollution has rendered the Earth toxic. Unlike those two films though, it’s not to the point where people need to stay indoors, you can go out with the aid of a filtered mask or, if you can afford it, a drug known as Air Remedy, Airem for short, manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Aethera.

As a matter of fact, The Fix opens with model Ella McPhee shooting a commercial for Airem. Despite having landed the lucrative assignment of being their spokesmodel, she’s not a happy person. She lost her mother to suicide a year ago today.

NascentFrench sales outfit Mmm has acquired South African director Imran Hamdulay’s Panorama titleThe Heart Is A Muscle,about a Cape Town father on a journey of self-redemption.

Keenan Arrison stars as a man whose five year-old son briefly goes missing at a barbecue, setting off a chain of events that brings up buried secrets from the past.

The drama is set and was filmed in South Africa. It was produced by Hamdulay, Khosie Dali and Brett Michael Innes for South Africa’s The Star Film company, with Adam Thal as executive producer.

Mmm’s EFM slate also includes Tomas Weinreb...

Stars: Grace Van Dien, Robyn Rossouw, Tafara Nyatsanza, Keenan Arrison, Daniel Sharman, Ryan Kruger, Clancy Brown | Written and Directed by Kelsey Egan

The Fix is the latest film from South African writer/director Kelsey Egan and in keeping with the themes of her previous features, Glasshouse and I Carry You Always, it’s set in a future where pollution has rendered the Earth toxic. Unlike those two films though, it’s not to the point where people need to stay indoors, you can go out with the aid of a filtered mask or, if you can afford it, a drug known as Air Remedy, Airem for short, manufactured by pharmaceutical giant Aethera.

As a matter of fact, The Fix opens with model Ella McPhee shooting a commercial for Airem. Despite having landed the lucrative assignment of being their spokesmodel, she’s not a happy person. She lost her mother to suicide a year ago today.

The new live-action science fiction thriller “The Fix”, is written and directed by Kelsey Egan, starring Grace Van Dien, Keenan Arrison, Tafara Nyatsanza and Robin Rossouw, releasing November 22, 2024 in theaters:

“…when a troubled model takes a new drug at a party, she suffers a shocking transformation. Pursued by authorities and a dangerous gang, she hunts for a ‘fix’ to reverse the effects, only to discover her mutations could save the human race…”

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The Fix is an indie sci-fi film from South Africa that features an intriguing premise, with stilted performances and direction. The film stars Grace Van Dien, who recently found viral success for her role in Stranger Things as Chrissy Cunningham. Now in a leading role, Van Dien steps up to play a supermodel living in a dystopian future where the air is toxic.

The Fix, released on June 23, 2024, follows an image-conscious partygoer who experiences a shocking transformation after taking a mysterious drug. Struggling to revert the effects, she uncovers her role as a vital element in saving humanity.

Director Kelsey EganRelease Date November 22, 2024Writers Kelsey EganCast Greteli Fincham, Aidan Scott, Litha Bam, Duane Behrens, Zinzi Lennon-Ritchie, Robyn Rossouw, Tafara Nyatsanza, DeVille Vannik, Hanni Heinrich, Dan Hirst, Ryan Kruger, Caleb Payne, Matthew Van Leeve, Nicole Fortuin, Keenan Arrison, Shane John Kruger, Terri Lane, Grace Van Dien, Daniel SharmanCharacter(s) Aethera Corp Security,...

Indie film distributor Gravitas Ventures has acquired U.S. and Canada and select international territories on sci-fi thriller “The Fix,” starring Grace Van Dien, who appeared in “Stranger Things.”

It will be released on Nov. 22 on digital and cable transactional video on demand.

Directed by Kelsey Egan, “The Fix” co-stars Daniel Sharman, Keenan Arrison, Tina Redman, Robyn Rossouw, Tafara Nyatsanza, Nicole Fortuin and Clancy Brown.

The story takes place on a viral infected Earth years into the future, where only the rich can afford to buy immunity. It takes a turn when a wild child takes a new designer drug at a house party, inadvertently becoming an unintended test subject.

“Our journey from script to screen began in 2013, so we couldn’t be more excited to share this wild ride with the world,” said Egan in a statement. “To achieve ambitious action and VFX in a small indie is a rare feat,...

Exclusive: The latest original from African streamer Showmax, sci-fi drama The Fix, will open Mip Africa.

This marks the third year in a row a Showmax original has opened the event, which is an offshoot of MIPCOM. Last year, Canal+ co-production Spinners took the slot. Mip Africa is part of Fame Week Africa, a Reed Exhibitions initiative focused on African creativity.

The Fix, written and directed by Kelsey Egan, is set in a dystopian future Cape Town in South Africa where the air is toxic. A model, played by Grace van Dien (Stranger Things), takes a new designer drug at a party and suffers a shocking shocking transformation. She is soon pursued by forces with competing interests in the drug’s effects, and discovers that her mutations could save the human race.

Cast includes Daniel Sharman (Fear The Walking Dead), Clancy Brown (John Wick 4), and Nicole Fortuin from Heart of the Hunter,...

One of the unheralded delights of last year’s Toronto International Film Festival was John Barker’s spirited musical heist comedy The Umbrella Men, which saw a group of friends set up an elaborate scheme to rob a corrupt bank and thereby save their beloved club from a scheming developer. Although that film ended joyfully, as the title of this film suggests, they didn’t get away with it as neatly and completely as they thought.

Back at Toronto for a second year, the original team now presents a scenario which sees heroes Jerome (Jacques De Silva) and Mortimer (Keenan Arrison) picked up by the police and locked up on a reopened Robben Island, haunting symbol of Cape Town’s past. Unwilling to take their chances on a judicial system which could take years to kick into gear, Jerome’s partner Keisha (Shamilla Miller) and loyal friend Mila (Bronté Snell) have to figure.

Bronté Snell and Shamilla Miller in The Umbrella Men: Escape From Robben Island

At last year's Toronto International Film Festival, one of the highlights was lively South African musical comedy heist film The Umbrella Men, which featured a gang of amateurs led by reluctant musician Jerome (Jacques De Silva) who come up with an elaborate scheme to steal money from a corrupt bank and thereby save their beloved club. Equally lively were the interviews with director John Barkers and stars Jaques De Silva, Shamilla Miller, Keenan Arrison and Bronté Snell which followed, given that they had never expected to find themselves on the world stage. This year they're back in Toronto with a sequel, The Umbrella Men: Escape From Robben Island - which, as you can imagine, means that the seemingly perfect getaway in the first film turned out to have complications.

This time around, the female characters have moved to the fore,...

Daniel Sharman, Grace Van Dien, Keenan Arrison among cast.

The Exchange has acquired worldwide rights excluding Africa to Kelsey Egan’s sci-fi thriller The Fix and is launching talks here in Cannes.

Writer-director Egan’s second feature takes place after a toxic compound infects earth’s atmosphere and follows a troubled young model who takes an illicit new drug at a party and suffers a shocking transformation.

As she hunts for a ‘fix’ to reverse the drug’s effects the model learns that her mutation may be the key to saving the human race.

Daniel Sharman (Fear The Walking Dead...

Jaques De Silva in The Umbrella Men

John Barker's music-filled heist comedy thriller The Umbrella Men was one of the most entertaining film s to screen at this year's Toronto International Film Festival, and if you've read the first part of my interview with director John Bsrker and stars Jaques De Silva, Shamilla Miller, Keenan Arrison and Bronté Snell, you'll have noticed that it seems like it was just as much fun to make. In the second half of our conversation, we discussed favourite moments, the importance of getting the chemistry right, and the excitement of hitting the festival circuit.

I mention a line in the film about the importance of not basing a heist on what you’ve seen in recent films.

“Yeah, I mean, we had to use that,” says John. “And also, because the heist is such a popular genre and there are so many films,...

Bronté Snell, Rob van Vuuren, Joey Rasdien, Jaques De Silva and Keenan Arrison in The Umbrella Men

One of the most enjoyable heist movies to reach the screen in recent years, Toronto International Film Festival hit The Umbrella Men follows a group of musicians who decide to rob a bank in order to save their beloved nightclub and community hub, covering up the activities, covering up their activities with Capetown’s annual Minstrel Carnival. It’s a wildly entertaining ride, and very much in keeping with the character of the team behind it, director John Barker and lead actors Jaques De Silva, Shamilla Miller, Keenean Arrison and Bronté Snell, all of whom were in high spirits when we got together for an interview, despite a long day packed with promotional work. John kicked off the discussion, talking about how the project began.

“I've made a slice of life film and it did really well,...

Accident is the first feature from director Dan Tondowski. Shot in South Africa, the film involves the theft of a car and a foursome's attempt to get a way from the scene of the crime. But, this is one victim who wants his property back, no matter the costs. Accident stars: Stephanie Schildknecht (Tremors: A Cold Day in Hell), Roxane Hayward (Death Race: Inferno), Tyrone Keogh and Keenan Arrison. This title was released in 2017, within South Africa. Accident has various, other, upcoming release dates for the Us and UK. A preview of the film's latest showings are available here. The official synopsis tells more of the film's story. The friend's car is stuck at the bottom of a ravine. After the accident, the vehicle has been rolled over, leaving two people trapped inside. When the owner of the car turns up, events take a sharp turn towards attempted murder. But,...

Accident, the first feature-length film from writer/director Dan Tondowski, debuts on Blu-ray March 19 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Tondowski brings together an up-and-coming young cast, including Stephanie Shield (Death Race 2), Roxane Hayward (Death Race: Inferno), Tyrone Keogh (Starship Troopers 3: Marauder) and Keenan Arrison (upcoming: Tomb Raider) for this edge-of-your-seat thriller about a group of teenagers trapped at the bottom of a ravine with a psycho out to kill them.

When a foursome “borrows” a car for one night of fun, what starts as a wild joy ride turns into a nightmare. After a violent crash, they discover that being stuck at the bottom of a ravine in an overturned car is the least of their problems. The psychotic owner of the car that they stole has them in his crosshairs and will stop at nothing to get both the car and its contents back.

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Billed as a documentary drama, the South-African set film A Lucky Man deals with the identity and morality issues of Earnie "Lastig" Solomon, who grew up notoriously as an outcast in Cape Town. Helmed by Gordon Clark, who has mostly directed commercials of leading brands in South Africa, the film stars Levi du Plooy, Jarrid Geduld, Keenan Arrison. Here's more about the film: “A Lucky Man” is a morality story in which the perplexing issues of identity and morality are played out in the life of a man literally living on the edge. Born into a family where he is an outsider and growing up in a city and...