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Fikile Mogodi’s Umjolo: Day Ones is the second installment in a series that pivots around relationships whose facades are kept up only to eventually crumble. One of the characters will be a cheater; this will bring severe ramifications, sending shockwaves through the structures of families. Lives have to be rearranged dramatically. There are latent signs of recognition but also waves of denial.

Umjolo: Day Ones (2024) Plot Summary & Movie Synopsis: Can Andile and Zanele Resist Their Forbidden Attraction?

The film stars Andile (Khumbulani Kay Sibiya) and Zanele (Sibusisiwe Jili). The two have been best friends since high school. However, their closeness has bred several speculations. Their relationship has forever been the cynosure of gossip and ribbing. That didn’t pause even after Andile married someone else, Jessica (Trix Vivier).

Andile and Jessica seemingly are happily married together with two daughters. But Jessica isn’t quite accepted by Andile’s father.

“Umjolo: Day Ones” is a movie directed by Fikile Mogodi starring Sibusisiwe Jili. With Khumbulani Kay Sibiya, Trix Vivier, and Menzi Biyela.

Directed by Fikile Mogodi, “Umjolo: Day Ones” is a South African romantic drama that delves into the complexities of friendship and love. The film centers around Zanele and Andile, lifelong friends whose relationship dynamics shift when Andile marries and starts a family.

The story unfolds as Zanele grapples with her feelings and the possibility that she might be forever relegated to the friend zone. As Andile moves forward in his personal life, Zanele faces the dilemma of whether their friendship can evolve into something deeper or if it’s destined to remain in the past.

The cast features Sbusisiwe Jili, Khumbulani Kay Sibiya, and Trix Vivier, who bring the characters to life. Their performances contribute to the film’s exploration of mature relationships and the challenges of unrequited love.

Global Screen, the Munich-based international sales outfit, has boarded worldwide sales on “The Trek,” the upcoming first feature from leading South African cinematographer and director Meekaaeel Adam. The film is a horror-Western, in which starvation, suspicion and madness plague a family as they cross the Kalahari Desert under the eyes of primeval spirits.

“The Trek” is set in 1846, when a Dutch-Afrikaans family and their British travel companion set off on a challenging journey through the Kalahari Desert. Along the way, they meet Atshumao, a stoic man of the Khoen people, one of Southern Africa’s original indigenous, nomadic population groups.

Despite Atshumao’s warning, the group attempts a shortcut through the unforgiving landscape, unaware that this will lead them to cross paths with two ancestral spirits – who will settle a centuries-old dispute by betting on the family’s lives. The group of travelers is soon plagued by misfortune, tragedy, thirst,...