Meşhur Kimden Namibia

This documentary tells the stories of two lives on the South African East and West coasts connected by a changing ocean.

Dogme #47 : Nobody saw this. Not even Lars Von Trier & Thomas Vinterberg, I'm pretty sure.

The epic (and very costly) retelling of the history of South Africa from 1652 to 1910, made to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the Great Trek (1838)

The film considers the complex interplay between the individual psyche, the social fabric, and the arid land which sustains life in the Karoo. Local Prince Albert residents tell of divergent lives: of devotion to caregiving beyond the bounds of family; of the philosopher farmer’s relationship with the land; of losing parts of oneself; and of friendship whilst at the mercy of a system that is failing.

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.

"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.

Three students are on the verge of being expelled for being mischievous. Together scheme a brilliant plan to prohibit the rector from expelling them with the promise of a huge donation from Piet's aunt. To authenticate the promise, Frederik Burgers are dressed up to look like his aunt and to visit the rector. The rector were immediately impressed with this impressive woman and falls in love with her, until the real aunt arrives......

Hidden Camera Comedy

South African Film

South African Film

South African Film

Marius Hugo, a young medical student, has one great love in his life: his future career as a doctor, where he can serve people and thus make the world a better place. To pay for his studies, he works part-time at a roadside cafe, and one day it is right there, where he meets Dr Louise, an unhappy married woman, with whom he tries to find his happiness. His home life is also not very wonderful: there is a motorcycle 'corridor' on his track and they try to exercise their kind of human service: with fists and chains. His background in the back streets is his past: his profession as a doctor and servant is his future.

The Karoo desert, South Africa, two lone riders gallop at speed across a landscape of desolate and breathtaking beauty. KAROO COWBOY tells the intimate story of Seun Beukes, 29, a descendant of the San Bushman living in one of the most arid places on earth but where, once upon a time, his ancestors existed in perfect harmony with nature. He loves nothing more than being out on the veld and, in the evening, studying old westerns as he tries to learn the intricacies of riding horses and herding cattle. In a way of life that is unique to this desolate corner of the Rainbow Nation, Seun reconciles the contradictions of his people's past with his own present and sets his hopes for the future upon his young daughter who is just starting school. But this year's unprecedented drought has reached a new record and in the anticipation of providential rain the pressure mounts.

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.

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)