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Bride of the Year – When the bride loses the competition, but wins her heart

Review "True happiness is not something you can plan." With these words, Lienkie realises that her idea of "home" is not sustainable, and that she needs to open her eyes wider if she wants to recognise unconditional love. Lienkie (Carine Rous) has cherished only one...

Variations on a Theme: Visual Poetry of the Rural Landscape and Its People

Review "On 18 July 1941, Petrus Jakobus Beukes, together with twelve other men, walks for the first time out of Kharkams's winding dirt roads, heading south." These words are co-director Jason Jacobs's introduction to Variations on a Theme — his version of "once upon...

Hunting Jessica Brok: A South African action heroine that makes Hollywood blush

Review The film’s titular main character, Jessica Brok, was previously part of an elite, secret military unit that carried out high-risk extraction and neutralisation missions across Africa. But after her last mission in Angola a few years ago went badly wrong, and...

Finding Optel – Optel may be gone, but the humour certainly isn’t!

Review Finding Optel is the first feature film directed by brother-and-sister duo Jesse Brown and Michaela Joy Brown. Michaela not only wrote the screenplay but also stars in the lead role. The film debuted to high praise at the 2025 kykNET Silwerskermfees, and it’s...

Bride of the Year – When the bride loses the competition, but wins her heart

Review "True happiness is not something you can plan." With these words, Lienkie realises that her idea of "home" is...

Bride of the Year – When the bride loses the competition, but wins her heart

Review "True happiness is not something you can plan." With these words, Lienkie realises that her idea of "home" is not sustainable, and that she needs to open her eyes wider if she wants to recognise unconditional love. Lienkie (Carine Rous) has cherished only one...

Variations on a Theme: Visual Poetry of the Rural Landscape and Its People

Review "On 18 July 1941, Petrus Jakobus Beukes, together with twelve other men, walks for the first time out of Kharkams's winding dirt roads, heading south." These words are co-director Jason Jacobs's introduction to Variations on a Theme — his version of "once upon...

Hunting Jessica Brok: A South African action heroine that makes Hollywood blush

Review The film’s titular main character, Jessica Brok, was previously part of an elite, secret military unit that carried out high-risk extraction and neutralisation missions across Africa. But after her last mission in Angola a few years ago went badly wrong, and...

Finding Optel – Optel may be gone, but the humour certainly isn’t!

Review Finding Optel is the first feature film directed by brother-and-sister duo Jesse Brown and Michaela Joy Brown. Michaela not only wrote the screenplay but also stars in the lead role. The film debuted to high praise at the 2025 kykNET Silwerskermfees, and it’s...