Durban Festival Projects
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Abyss Boys, The Coming of Age Short |
After his younger brother becomes enchanted with a gangster abalone poacher, a teenage boy who knows how to dive for the precious shellfish, devises a plan to escape their small fishing village, but it ends in tragedy because good things rarely happen to poor people. |
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Battle for Johannesburg, The Documentary |
Johannesburg goes from bust to boom in the run up to the world cup, the poor are being driven out as the city finds itself hostage to the power of real estate capital. But the poor fight back with some unorthodox means. |
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Cradock Four, The Historical Documentary |
Late on the winter night of 27 June 1985, Apartheid’s security forces abducted four activists on a lonely mountain pass and brutally murdered them. Matthew Goniwe and his three comrades would become known as “The Cradock Four” in one of Apartheid’s murkiest and most controversial assassinations. “The Cradock Four” explores who they were and the circumstances that led to their death |
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Fairway, The Sport Documentary |
A film about the legacy of the gentleman's sport, golf, in South Africa. |
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Father Christmas Doesn't Come Here Coming of Age Short |
A naive young girl with low self esteem wants to be as beautiful as her mother but her dream is almost ruined by a cynical man who gives her a dose of reality which makes her resort to extremes to achieve her goal. |
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My Hunter's Heart Cultural Documentary |
The world’s oldest culture hovers at the brink of extinction… but for a miracle. Three determined Khomani SAN embark on a journey to save themselves and their heritage. |
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State of Violence Crime Thriller Feature |
When the wife of a successful black businessman with roots in the struggle against apartheid is murdered by a young stranger who knows his name, he has to go back into his own past to find the answers that will lead him to the killer. But when he finds him and the reasons for the murder, will vengeance still be possible? |
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Surfing Soweto Documentary |
The coming of age story of a group of Soweto teenagers who surf moving trains. |
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Tunnel, The Magic Realist Historical Short |
1980s Zimbabwe: When her father vanishes, young Elizabeth believes he has dug a tunnel to the city. Only by facing reality will she discover the truth behind his disappearance. |
