"Sando to Samantha" is the true story of Sando Willemse, aka Samantha Fox, a black drag queen turned soldier in the South African Defence Force. Sando perfected the art of 'dikvel' - a real thick skinned queen who never let life's challenges get the better of him.
Remake of Wielie Walie, an Afrikaans children's variety programme featuring puppets, which was broadcast on television in South Africa in 1976. It was produced in 2008, and released in 2009 on DVD. It contains 2 episodes in the form of a movie. A brand new character "Wagga Wagga Kwagga" (a full body character costume), was created by the writer Louise Smit and was introduced.
To their disappointment, Ben and Willemien du Plessis aren't able to meets the stipulations imposed in the will of Ben's estranged late sister. Then, after 20 years of marriage, they're informed that their shipboard wedding was illegal.
Brief history of the British settlers who came to South Africa in 1820.
South African Film
This documentary tells the stories of two lives on the South African East and West coasts connected by a changing ocean.
Erica Wessels stars as a sleep-deprived, struggling mother who grapples with the harsh reality of motherhood and the needs of her colicky baby. Throughout its ten-minute running time, the film gives voice to the often unspoken challenges of new parents who struggle to cope with the physical, emotional and mental demands of their role as caregivers.
At the Lybian border, the oasis of Siwa is the most eastern settlement point of the Berbers of Egypt, the Issiwannes. Isolated for more than two millennia, they have kept their traditions, their customs, as well as their own dialect. In the middle of the desert, Siwa has a particular archaeological wealth: the oracle of Ammon and the true-false tomb of Alexander the Great. A manuscript, today untraceable, also tells that in Siwa they celebrated weddings between boys...
The GALA Queer Archive, with the generous support of SAIH, commissioned a short film looking into the experiences of homeless transgender sex workers across Cape Town. In different areas across Cape Town, there are communities of homeless trans sex workers living under bridges, on open fields or wherever they can find a space in which to set up home. The Covid-19 pandemic, South Africa’s national state of disaster and the country being put under lockdown has had significant impacts on these women – and not only financially. (by Karin Tan)
What is better than getting a lesson from a man that knows everything? Nothing! Listen to Jonathan as he educates you on everyhting that makes life worth while: How to sing, how to drink, how to talk and of course advise about the chicks! This recording was done in front of a live audience in Emperor's Palace. It's easy to see why Jonathan's videos has been viewed millions of times.
After a mysterious girl enters their lives, two sisters uncover a chilling link to a manipulative man from her past. As hidden truths surface, the family is pulled into a dangerous web of deceit, identity, and survival
Verander traces the emotional and political journey of Lourens Jacobs, former head of security for President Nelson Mandela. It explores who Lourens was before South Africa’s democratic transition in 1994 and examines his role during a time of deep political division. After the election, Lourens is tasked with a profound challenge: to protect Mandela – a man labelled a “terrorist” by the former regime. The film delves into the complex, often conflicting truths surrounding his time in office, as well as his adjustment to life after leaving the presidency. At its core, the story follows the evolving relationship between Lourens and his son, Luan – a powerful exploration of loyalty, conflict and eventual reconciliation between two generations.
GHAM! is an intimate look inside the world of The Temple Boys from Ravensmead, whose viral Afrikaans hits in the Gqom genre once promised an escape from the Cape Flats. Three years after their TikTok fame, the group grapples with fading dreams, identity and adulthood. Intimate and raw, the documentary captures their resilience, humour and DIY spirit as they fight to keep their dream alive.
A father and son run a third-generation barber shop in Idas Valley, exploring their bond and the legacy of family.
Sierra, an eccentric young black visual artist in Johannesburg discovers she is pregnant. The father, Tiro is her boyfriend and manager. He convinces her to consume an abortion-inducing concoction. Instead of ending the pregnancy, she is bestowed with the inexplicable ability to excrete gold coins.
In Jaco van Bosch and Jacqueline Viljoen’s Steek vir steek, a group of knitting circle ladies find themselves on the verge of being kicked out of their old age home. When the receptionist, Koekie (also played by Viljoen), and Rita (Susan Coetzer) create a dating app for their knitting comrades to meet older men – at a fee! – to raise funds for renting a house, the young owner Gertjie puts a spoke in the wheel. Not only is the roof over Rita’s head in jeopardy, but also her romance with Gertjie’s grandfather …
Arriving late at the low-cost spa in Pretoria where she works, bubbly beauty therapist Dudu is confronted with chaos when she discovers a dead client on one of the treatment beds. With time running out before the spa’s annual inspection later that morning, Dudu enlists her best friend, Lerato, to move the body. But then she discovers their boss, Nina, had allowed her undertaker boyfriend, Lappies, to store the body with them temporarily. The spa girls must work together to conceal the body and get everything shipshape before the taciturn inspector’s arrival.
