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In Silas en die Ysbeer op Tafelberg (Silas and the Polar Bear on Table Mountain), reality and imagination meet in a soulful way — and it isn’t just for children.
Review When you hear about a polar bear wandering around on top of Table Mountain, you might expect, at first glance,...
Black Burns Fast delivers a funny, sharp, and at times surprisingly tender look at growing up in a South African context
Review Black Burns Fast is director Sandulela Asanda's first feature film. The film was also screened earlier this...
Landmyn: A Heartbreaking Story About Imperfect People
Review Ten years after they last saw each other, two sisters and their brother try, for the first time, to come...
The Trek – When the Earth Takes Revenge
Review It's 1846, and the Uys family is trekking through the unforgiving Karoo. Their destination and goal is the land...
Muzzle: City of Wolves – an unexpected sequel that disappoints
Review Muzzle: City of Wolves is the sequel to the 2023 film Muzzle. After the events of the first film, Jake Rosser...
Dear Sis Dolly: A Modern Look at a Timeless Icon
Review In English, she is known as an “agony aunt.” In Afrikaans, as a confidante or comfort-giving aunt. In South...
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...
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...
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...
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....
Bloedhond – Delightfully scary entertainment for Halloween month
Review With Halloween just around the corner, it’s almost time for a delicious horror movie marathon. But you don’t...
Hen – Ravenously hungry and quietly evil
Review From the very first shot that lights up the screen, the tone of Hen is unsettling. Dawid (Stian Bam) is busy...
Carissa: A Puzzle Piece of Her Life
Review The film Carissa (2025) offers us a glimpse into the everyday life of its main character, Carissa. She lives in...
The Heart Is A Muscle – A Metaphor for loss
Review Among men, silences are considered an appropriate response. But when silence, or absence, is not enough, it...
Khaki Fever – Wilder than the wild
Review Director and writer Brett Michael Innes (Fiela se Kind, Sink) said in a Silwerskermfees interview that within...
My F*k Marelize! – “Sometimes there just isn’t enough space for a mother to also be human.”
Review With these words, Heidi sums up her inner struggle when her daughters ask why she hid her cancer treatment from...
Jungle Beat 2 – Delightful Animated Entertainment for The Young Ones
Review As Dee Theart mentioned in her review of the first film version of the Jungle Beat franchise, the story is...
A Kind of Madness – A Beautiful Glimpse into Memories of Days Gone By
Review A Kind of Madness is a South African film that places dementia under the spotlight. Despite this backdrop, it’s...
Semi-soeter – Babies, Big Misunderstandings and Buffoonery
Review Semi-Soeter brings back Jaci and JP in a sequel filled with pretend-parenting and a few emotional moments. This...
Sisters on a Slow Tour: Sweet, but Without a Kick
Review Die Kwiksilwers is a lighthearted comedy for the whole family. Directed by Jordy Sank, who also co-wrote the...
Die Dekonstruksie van Retta Blom – “Ek sien ’n blom.”
Review "Ek sien ’n blom." This quote, from the long-awaited film, based on Zelda Bezuidenhout’s beloved novel...
Homecoming – An African Christmas Story is brimming with nostalgia and Eastern Cape landscapes.
Review Homecoming: An African Christmas Story already pays tribute with its title to the film that served as its...
Die Bloedhonde – On the Trail of the Truth
Review Katrien van Schalkwyk (Elani Dekker) is unique and different. She despises her family, who blindly trust...
The Fix – This movie might just be the “fix” you need
Review The Fix – This movie might just be the “fix” you need In a dystopian society where the air is toxic, model Ella...
Eksie Perfeksie – “A silly comedy that will make you cringe”
Review Eksie Perfeksie is a romantic comedy in which André (Pietie Beyers) moves in with Dalene (Emma van Heyn), only...
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