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- DirectorSara BlecherStarsHykie BergIzel BezuidenhoutMichelle BothaIn the middle of the night, someone rings the doorbell of successful Bloemfontein, South Africa businessman Danie du Toit. Outside, the rain is pouring down. Danie puts on his gown, walks to the front door, and switches on the light. A slender rain-soaked figure stands with her back turned to him. When she turns around, he recognizes the face that stares at him from underneath the hood. It's his stepdaughter, whom he hasn't seen in years. "It's me, Anna" she says calmly. The hate seeps through her words, just like the rain that pours over them. Then she lifts the gun--The movie "Dis Ek, Anna" is about Anna Bruwer's sexual abuse by her stepfather over an 8-year period. She called herself Silent Anna because she couldn't tell anyone what had happened between them--not her mother, not her best friend, not even her own father. The viewer becomes intimately involved in the child's twilight world of shame, threats and silence.
- DirectorBrett Michael InnesStarsAnel AlexanderShoki MokgapaJacques BessengerRachel, a Mozambican domestic worker living in Johannesburg, is forced to make a life-changing decision after her daughter tragically dies under the care of her employers: return to poverty-stricken Mozambique or continue working for the people responsible for her child's death. Things become even more complicated when she finds out that her employers are expecting their first child.
- DirectorHanneke SchutteStarsAnchen du PlessisRika SennettPierre van PletzenGideonette, a timid and visionary girl, lives with her parents in a small town. Her dad Gideon battles daily to allay her fears about the curse of the Gideon de La Reys. Throughout their family history, every Gideon de La Rey died in a freak accident at a young age. To prove everyone wrong, Gideon named his daughter--Gideonette. Although Gideonette has had to endure endless teasing about the curse, her dad has tried to convince her that they'll both grow old. When he suddenly dies, her worst fears are realized and she retreats into a dark world where her imagination runs wild. Realising that Gideonette needs to get away from the curse, her mom sends her to her grandparents. Here Gideonette meets Bhubesi, a deaf boy who's 'training' to become an astronaut. While her grandfather builds Bhubesi a Moonship, the brave boy wins her trust and they embark on a curious journey of wordless friendship that helps her realise she can't hide from death. When fate hands her a final blow and her newfound strength is tested, she must decide whether she will let the curse consume her--or whether she'll defy it.
- DirectorKatinka HeynsStarsDawid MinnaarElize CawoodMarius WeyersDie Wonderwerker tells the story of Eugène Marais, a famous Afrikaans writer, poet and researcher. The story focuses on the few months he spends on the Van Rooyen's farm, where he falls in love with the 19-year-old Jane Brayshaw.
- DirectorBrett Michael InnesStarsZenobia KloppersLuca BornmanWayne SmithA coloured woman living in the arid Karoo takes in a lost white child and raises him as her own. Nine years later, the boy is removed and forced to live in the Knysna Forest with a family of woodcutters who claim that he is theirs.
- DirectorSalmon de JagerStarsFrank OppermanHenrietta GryffenbergThapelo MokoenaReverend Tienie Benade confronts a crossroad that will test his career, his marriage, and his faith. This is a beautiful story about a man who needs to win back his confidence and once again become the light he once was for everyone around him.
- DirectorCorne van RooyenStarsStiaan SmithAmalia UysBennie Fourie(She Sounds Like Spring) is about Ben, a mechanic at a car dealership in Johannesburg, and Linda, a beautiful, brainy redhead. Their paths cross one evening and he recognizes her as his boss' daughter, but she doesn't know who he is. They have an instant connection, and in an attempt to hide his identity, he tells her he's in a band. This innocent lie threatens to expose Ben when it turns out that they like each other more than anticipated, so he decides if he's to be good enough for her, he needs to live up to his life. He pursues the dream he'd neglected years ago and starts a band with two of his co-workers and his neighbor. They enter a Battle of the Bands competition but realize that a music career is rather daunting. And what will happen when Linda discovers Ben's true identity?
- DirectorCorne van RooyenStarsNicole BondMarguerite van EedenShaleen Surtie-RichardsVaselinetjie, a white girl, is raised by her loving brown grandparents in a remote rural village. When the welfare finds out that she is not their biological grandchild, they send her to an orphanage in the faraway city of Johannesburg.
- DirectorSean ElseStarsStian BamCharlotte SaltGrant SwanbySet during the Anglo-Boer War, prisoners of war take a stand against their British captors in a game of rugby.
- DirectorPaul EilersStarsGys de VilliersVilje MaritzAndrew ThompsonUpon hearing that the enemy (the British) are planning a "scorched-earth" policy, a loving father and husband who is also a well-respected Boer officer decides to go home and protect his wife and family instead of participating further in the war. This decision leads to him and his sons being tried for high treason.
- DirectorKoos RoetsStarsWillie EsterhuizenDeon LotzMarius WeyersHe's a little slow and a little confused much of the time, but mostly he's harmless.
- DirectorPaul EilersStarsPaul LootsJohn-Henry OppermanDeon LotzThe story of a 1966 railway community, told through the eyes of an eleven-year-old boy named Timus.
- DirectorChristiaan OlwagenStarsClementine MosimaneAnna-Mart van der MerweNomsa NeneBased on Elsa Joubert's novel "The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena," regarded as one of the best African novels of the 20th century.
- DirectorChristiaan OlwagenStarsSchalk BezuidenhoutHannes OttoGermandt GeldenhuysDrafted into the South African army during apartheid, a young soldier joins the military's travelling choir, and romance on the battlefield causes him to deal with his long-repressed sexual identity.
- DirectorEtienne FourieStarsLeandie du RandtRoland ReedIan RobertsDie Windpomp is an endearing, humorous and quirky fantasy love story that revolves around a summer romance in a retirement village between 20 year old Hendri and Margot, with an unexpected twist.
- DirectorQuentin KrogStarsSimoné PretoriusFrancois JacobsLara KinnearDuring the South African 70's, a young nurse ruffles feathers as she shows a small town, and its golden boy, what it means to be an independent woman.
- DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsTheuns JordaanElizma TheronJanke BruwerJakhalsdans is a full-length Afrikaans film with English subtitles on Loxton was shot and 23 April 2010 started to turn in theaters. Directed by Oscar nominee Darrell Roodt . The premiere of the film for the first time on 27 February 2010 at the eponymous place Jakhalsdans outside Loxton displayed. Money collected during the premiere, is used for the benefit of the town's schools and children. [2] Jakhalsdans as the first full-fledged Afrikaans love story in 15 years since the story of Klara Viljee described. The film has earned in the first week after release R1.7 million to 43,000 people who came to look at it in theaters. [3]
- DirectorWillie EsterhuizenStarsRobbie WesselsGerhard OdendaalPerlé van SchalkwykThe journey, misadventures, and sexual mishaps of an up and coming musician.
- DirectorKoos RoetsStarsDeon LotzDeirdre WolhuterLida BothaA story about Afrikaners, living in the suburb of Damnville, trying to eke out a living in post-apartheid South Africa, seen through the eyes of a dog.
- DirectorMorné du ToitStarsBennie FourieBouwer BoschTim TheronWim and Kevin work at a laundromat. Things are boring by day, but when the sun sets they party in their clients' clothes. During a party, they discover a chopped-off finger in a client's suit jacket. The underhanded owner of the finger, his sons, and a ruthless traitor are hot on Wim and Kevin's heels and have no regard for their safety.
- DirectorRegardt van den BerghStarsArnold VoslooEric NobbsFrank Dankert1980s South African action comedy shot mostly in Afrikaans, one of South Africa's 11 indigenous languages. The main character, played by Arnold Vosloo, is a spoilt young man from a rich family, just finished with school, and conscripted to two years' army service, as most defensible young men were forced to do in the '80s. The movie revolves around the young rebel's anti-establishment antics in frustrating his superiors, trying to avoid military service with his new-found comrades-at-arms, and charming an inquisitive spiky-haired reporter (Janie du Plessis).
- DirectorRegardt van den BerghStarsArnold VoslooJanie du PlessisIan RobertsA unit of green Afrikaner army reservists must take on a dangerous gang of psychopaths straight out of Mad Max and hook up with some pretty girls along the way.
- DirectorKatinka HeynsStarsAnna-Mart van der MerweRegardt van den BerghHennie OosthuizenThis affirming story of one womans struggle to free herself from the past, and how that affects the small fishing village where she lives, shows that faith can move mountains, or unmake them. When the seamstress Klara loses her father and her fiancé at sea, she decides she never wants to see the ocean again. She builds her house behind a huge sand dune, and even refuses to eat fish. Several years later, however, she receives news that makes her start carting away the dune, bucket load by bucket load. It turns out her boyfriend is alive, and that hes been living in Cape Town for the past six years. He ran off because he made a local girl pregnant a pregnancy attributed to the local schoolmaster. As the villagers watch Klara move the dune, they begin examining their own lives, and the entire community undergoes a wondrous rejuvenation.
- DirectorEtienne FourieStarsAnna-Mart van der MerweDeon LotzElzabé ZietsmanAfter Clara Brand discovers that her husband is cheating on her with her friend and colleague, she plots her revenge, all the while juggling new friendships, new romances and the rediscovery of her passion for food.
- DirectorCorne van RooyenStarsChristia VisserEdwin van der WaltNicola HanekomSet against the backdrop of 2004's Matric dance, Jana van Tonder, a wallflower who lives in an impoverished railway neighborhood with her dysfunctional parents, watches the Oscars and becomes inspired to secure her very own Hollywood red-carpet moment at the upcoming Matric Farewell Dance. Then, when her high-school crush Brandon breaks up with her longtime girlfriend, Jana must find the courage to ask him to the dance. Meanwhile, her boy-next-door best friend Frikkie is finally motivated to reveal his secret crush on her. With only one month left, Jana has landed in the middle of a love triangle between her closest friend and her dream date.