List of South African films
| Cinema of South Africa |
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| List of South African films |
| pre 1910 |
| 1910s |
| 1920s |
| 1930s |
| 1940s |
| 1950s |
| 1960s |
| 1970s |
| 1980s |
| 1990s |
| 2000s |
| 2010s |
| By language |
| Afrikaans |
Pens en pootjies (Afrikaans) and other South African films
This is a chronology of major films produced in South Africa or by the South African film industry. There may be an overlap, particularly between South African and foreign films which are sometimes co-produced; the list should attempt to document films which are either South African produced or strongly associated with South African culture. Please see the detailed A-Z of films currently covered on Wikipedia at Category:South African films.
1910s–1940s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | ||||||
| The Great Kimberley Diamond Robbery | Adventure | English | South Africa's first dramatic feature. | |||
| 1916 | ||||||
| De Voortrekkers | Harold Shaw | Dick Cruickshanks, Goba | Historical epic | South Africa's white Birth of a Nation depicts Boer pioneers' northward expansion | ||
| An Artist's Dream | Denis Sanbry | Dick Cruickshanks | Romantic drama | Animation | ||
| 1919 | ||||||
| Allan Quatermain | Lisle Lucoque | Ray Brown, George Taylor | Adventure | |||
| 1931 | ||||||
| Sarie Marais | Joseph Albrecht | Billy Mathews | Afrikaans | First South African film with sound | ||
| 1948 | ||||||
| Die kaskenades van Dr. Kwak | Pierre de Wet | Pierre de Wet, Gert van den Bergh, Paula Styger | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| 1949 | ||||||
| African Jim | Donald Swanson | Daniel Adnewmah, Dolly Rathebe, The African Inkspots, Sam Maile,Dan Twala | ||||
| Kom saam, vanaand | Afrikaans | |||||
| Sarie Marais | Francis Coley | Johann Nell, Helen Faul, Anna Cloete | Afrikaans | Remake of 1931 film of the same title | ||
1950s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | ||||||
| 1951 | ||||||
| Alles sal Regkom | Pierre de Wet | Al Debbo | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| Daar doer in die bosveld | Jamie Uys | Comedy | Afrikaans | |||
| 1952 | ||||||
| Altyd in my drome | Pierre de Wet | Al Debbo | Musical comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| 1953 | ||||||
| 1954 | ||||||
| 1955 | ||||||
| Matieland! | Pierre de Wet | Steyn de Jager, Wynona Cheyney, Frederik Burgers | Romantic comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| 1956 | ||||||
| 1957 | ||||||
| 1958 | ||||||
| 1959 | ||||||
| Come Back, Africa | Lionel Rogosin | Bloke Modisane, Miriam Makeba | Documentary | English, Fanakalo, Afrikaans, Zulu | ||
1960s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | ||||||
| 1961 | ||||||
| 1962 | ||||||
| Lord Oom Piet | Jamie Uys | Jamie Uys, Bob Courtney, Madeleine Usher | Comedy | English/Afrikaans | ||
| 1963 | ||||||
| The Anatomy of Apartheid | Antony Thomas | Documentary | English | |||
| 1964 | ||||||
| 1965 | ||||||
| Dingaka | Jamie Uys | Ken Gampu, Stanley Baker, Juliet Prowse, Bob Courtney | Drama | Afrikaans, English | ||
| All the Way to Paris | Jamie Uys | Jamie Uys, Joe Stewardson, Emil Nofal | Comedy | English | ||
| Ride the High Wind/African Gold | David Millin | Darren McGavin, Maria Perschy | ||||
| Coast of Skeletons | Robert Lynn | Richard Todd, Dale Robertson, Heinz Drache | ||||
| The Second Sin | David Millin | Gert van den Bergh, John Hayter, James White | Action | English | ||
| The Naked Prey | Cornel Wilde | Cornel Wilde, Ken Gampu, Patrick Mynhardt | Adventure | English, Afrikaans, Nguni languages | Co-produced with U.S. | |
| 1966 | ||||||
| 1967 | ||||||
| Kruger Miljoene | Ivan Hall | Ge Korsten, James White, Bob Courtney | Action, War | Afrikaans, English | maybe a musical as well??? | |
| After You, Comrade | Jamie Uys | |||||
| Seven Against the Sun | David Millin | Gert van den Bergh, John Hayter, Brian O'Shaughnessy | Drama, War | English | ||
| The Cape Town Affair | Robert D. Webb | Claire Trevor, James Brolin, Jacqueline Bisset | Drama, Thriller | English | Remake of 1953 film Pickup on South Street | |
| The Jackals | Robert D. Webb | Vincent Price, Diana Ivarson, Robert Gunner | Adventure, Western | English | ||
| 1968 | ||||||
| Oupa for Sale | Richard Daneel | Arthur Swemmer, Bill Brewer, Wena Naudé | Comedy | Afrikans, English | ||
| Die Ruiter in die nag (Rider in the Night) | Jan Perold | Johan van Heerden, Brian O'Shaughnessy, Willie van Rensburg | Drama, War | English, Afrikaans | ||
| Dr Kalie | Ivan Hall | Siegfried Mynhardt, Willie de Groot, Wena Naudé | English, Afrikaans | |||
| Majuba: Heuwel van Duiwe | David Millin | Anthony James, Kerry Jordan, Reinet Maasdorp | War | English | ||
| 1969 | ||||||
| Dirkie (Lost in the Desert) | Jamie Uys | Wynand Uys, Jamie Uys, Pieter Hauptfleisch | Adventure | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Geheim van Nantes | Dirk de Villiers | Pieter Hauptfleisch, Francois de Bruyn, Leonie Ross | Deama, Romance | Afrikaans | ||
| Katrina | Jans Rautenbach | Katinka Heyns, Jill Kirkland, Don Leonard | Drama, Romance | English, Afrikaans | ||
1970s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970 | ||||||
| Satan's Harvest | George Montgomery, Tippi Hedren, Matt Monro | Action | ||||
| Lost in the Desert | Jamie Uys | Wynand Uys, Jamie Uys, Pieter Hauptfleisch | Adventure | English, Afrikaans | ||
| Vicki | Ivan Hall | Sandra Britz, Leonie Ross, Johan Esterhuizen | Romance | Afrikaans | Filmed in South Africa - Durban, Margate; Rhodesia | |
| Shangani Patrol | David Millin | Brian O'Shaughnessy, Will Hutchins | War | Filmed in Rhodesia | ||
| 1971 | ||||||
| 1972 | ||||||
| Kaptein Caprivi | Albie Venter | Will Sealie, Norman C. Smith, Ken Hare | Adventure, War | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Those Naughty Angels | Neil Hetherington | Family Adventure | English | |||
| 1973 | ||||||
| Aanslag op Kaprivi | Ivan Hall | Will Sealie, Ken Hare, Jannie Hanzen | War | Afrikaans | ||
| Mr Kingstreet's War | John Saxon, Tippi Hedren | War | ||||
| Die Voortrekkers | David Millin | History, War | Afrikaans | |||
| Snip en Rissiepit | Elmo de Witt | Rod Alexander, Rika Sennett, Pieter Hauptfleisch | Drama, Romance | Afrikaans | ||
| 1974 | ||||||
| Animals Are Beautiful People | Jamie Uys | Paddy O'Byrne | Comedy-documentary | English | ||
| Boesman and Lena | Ross Devenish | Athol Fugard | ||||
| Dans van die Flamink | Ivan Hall | Rod Alexander, Gaby Gertz, Anele Jonker, Sandra Britz | Afrikaans | |||
| Dooie Duikers deel nie | Marius Wyers | |||||
| Funeral for an Assassin | Ivan Hall | Vic Morrow | Crime | English | ||
| Ongewenste Vreemdeling | ||||||
| Pens en Pootjies | Dirk de Villiers, Joe Stewardson | Al Debbo, Marié du Toit, Don Leonard, Joe Stewardson | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| Ein toter Taucher nimmt kein Gold | Harald Reinl | Horst Janson, Monika Lundi, Hans Hass Jr, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo | Adventure | English | German co-production | |
| 1975 | ||||||
| Dingetjie is Dynamite | Tobie Cronje | |||||
| Vreemde Wêreld | Jürgen Goslar | Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers, Wolfgang Kieling | Thriller | Afrikaans | German co-production | |
| 1976 | ||||||
| e'Lollipop | Muntu Ndebele, Norman Knox | |||||
| Albino | Jürgen Goslar | Trevor Howard, Christopher Lee, James Faulkner, Sybil Danning, Horst Frank | Thriller, War | English | Filmed in Rhodesia during the Rhodesian Bush War | |
| Killer Force | Val Guest | Telly Savalas, Peter Fonda, Christopher Lee, Maud Adams, O. J. Simpson | Thriller | English | ||
| 1977 | ||||||
| Karate Olympiad/Kill or Be Killed | Ivan Hall | James Ryan (actor) | ||||
| Tigers Don't Cry | Peter Collinson | Anthony Quinn, Simon Sabela | Thriller | |||
| 1978 | ||||||
| 1979 | ||||||
| Forty Days | Franz Marx | Piero von Arnim, Ben Kruger, Annelisa Weiland | Comedy, Drama | |||
| Funeral for an Assassin | Ivan Hall | Vic Morrow, Peter van Dissel, Gaby Getz | Drama | English, Afrikaans | ||
| Night of the Puppets | Daan Retief | Zoli Marki, Anna Cloete, Leonie Ross | ||||
| Plekkie in die Son | William Faure | Jana Cilliers, Regardt van den Bergh, Eckard Rabe | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Grensbasis 13 | Elmo De Witt | Danie Joubert | War | Based on the opening skirmishes of the Namibian War of Independence | ||
1980s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||||||
| The Gods Must Be Crazy | Jamie Uys | N!xau, Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers, Louw Verwey | Comedy | English, Afrikaans, Juǀʼhoan, Ungwatsi | ||
| Kiepie en Kandas | Jan Scholtz | |||||
| Karate Olimpia/Kill or Be Killed | Ivan Hall | |||||
| Marigolds in August | Ross Devenish | Winston Ntshona, John Kani, Athol Fugard | Drama | English | Entered in 30th Berlin International Film Festival | |
| 1981 | ||||||
| Kill and Kill Again | Ivan Hall | James Ryan, Anneline Kriel | Martial arts film | |||
| My Country My Hat | David Bensusan | Regardt van den Bergh | ||||
| Nommer Asseblief | Henk Hugo | |||||
| 1982 | ||||||
| 1983 | ||||||
| Siener in die Suburbs | Francois Swart | Marius Weyers, Louis van Niekerk, Sandra Prinsloo | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Funny People II | Jamie Uys | |||||
| Wolhaarstories | Bromley Cawood | Leon Schuster | ||||
| Geel Trui vir ´n Wenner | Franz Marx | Ben Kruger, Ray Storm, Claudia Turgas, Deon van Zyl, Dulsie van den Bergh | ||||
| 1984 | ||||||
| Flashpoint Africa | Francis Megahy | Gayle Hunnicutt, Siegfried Rauch, James Faulkner | Adventure | English | ||
| Boetie Gaan Border Toe | Regardt van den Bergh | Arnold Vosloo, Eric Nobbs, Frank Dankert | Comedy, War | Afrikaans | ||
| You're in the Movies | Emil Nofal | Alain D. Woolf, Alan Field, Hal Orlandini | Comedy | English, Afrikaans | ||
| 1985 | ||||||
| Boetie Op Manoeuvres | Regardt van den Bergh | Arnold Vosloo, Janie du Plessis, Ian Roberts | Comedy, War | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Jantjie Kom Huis Toe | Dirk de Villiers | Cedwyn Joel | War | Afrikaans | First direct-to-television film released by SABC | |
| King Solomon's Mines | J. Lee Thompson | Richard Chamberlain, Sharon Stone, Herbert Lom, John Rhys-Davies | ||||
| Master Harold...and the Boys | Michael Lindsay-Hogg | Matthew Broderick, John Kani, Zakes Mokae | Drama | Written by Athol Fugard, adapted from his 1982 play of the same title | ||
| Nag van Vrees | Jim Murray, Stanley Roup | |||||
| Skating on Thin Uys | Pieter-Dirk Uys | Pieter-Dirk Uys | Comedy | |||
| Vyfster: Die Slot | Sias Odendaal | Patrick Mynhardt | ||||
| Wie Die Laaste Lag | Koos Roets | |||||
| You Gotta Be Crazy | Emil Nofal | Bill Flynn, Amanda Forrow | ||||
| 1986 | ||||||
| Jock of the Bushveld | Gray Hofmeyr | Jocelyn Broderick, Michael Brunner | Family film; based on the novel | |||
| Liewe Hemel Genis | William Egan | |||||
| Mountain of Hell | David Bensusan | |||||
| Outlaw of Gor | John Cardos | |||||
| Place of Weeping | Darrell Roodt | |||||
| You Must Be Joking! | Elmo De Witt | Rina Hugo, Carike Keuzenkamp, Kallie Knoetze, Janine Pretorius, Leon Schuster, Mike Schutte | Hidden Camera | |||
| 1987 | ||||||
| Across the Rubicon | Lionel Friedberg | Pieter-Dirk Uys | Documentary | English | ||
| An African Dream | John Smallcombe | Kitty Aldridge, John Kani, Dominic Jephcott | Drama | English | ||
| Kill Slade | Bruce MacFarlane | |||||
| Murphy's Fault | Robert Smawley | |||||
| No Hard Feelings | Charles Norton | |||||
| Nukie | Sias Odendal, Michael Pakleppa | Glynis Johns, Steve Railsback, Ronald France | English | |||
| Operation Hit Squad | Tonie van der Merwe | |||||
| Platoon Leader | Aaron Norris | Tony Pierce, Robert F. Lyons, Michael Dudikoff | Drama, War | English | ||
| Die Posman | Anthony Wilson | |||||
| Tenth of A Second | Darrell Roodt | |||||
| Tusks | Tara Moore | |||||
| 'n Wereld Sonder Grense | Frans Nel | Scot Scott | War | Afrikaans | Garnered controversy for its depiction of the South African Border War | |
| White Ghost | Beau Davis | Action, Adventure, War | English | |||
| You Must Be Joking! Too | Leon Schuster, Lizz Meiring | Hidden Camera | ||||
| Saturday Night at the Palace | Robert Davies | Bill Flynn, John Kani, Paul Slabolepszy | Drama | English | ||
| Vengeance Cops | Ivan Hall | Chris du Toit, Helga van Wyk, Dawid van der Walt | Action, Crime | |||
| Shaka Zulu | ||||||
| 1988 | ||||||
| Alien from L.A. | Albert Pyun | |||||
| Accidents | Gidi Amir | Action/Thriller | ||||
| Act of Piracy | John "Bud" Cardos | Gary Busey, Belinda Bauer, Ray Sharkey | ||||
| Any Man's Death | ||||||
| A Private Life (Jack & Stella) | Francis Gerard | Bill Flynn, Jana Cilliers | ||||
| Fiela se Kind | Katinka Heyns | Shaleen Surtie-Richards, Dalene Matthee | ||||
| Laser Mission | Robbie Simpson | |||||
| Last Samurai | Paul Mayersburg | |||||
| Let the Music Be | Frans Nel | |||||
| Love Me Leave Me | Alan Birkinshaw, Charles Marriott | |||||
| Lucky Strikes Back | Joe Stewardson | Lucky Dube | ||||
| Mapantsula | Oliver Schmitz | Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
| The Most Dangerous Woman Alive | Chris Marnham | |||||
| Mapantsula | Oliver Schmitz | Thomas Mogotlane, Marcel van Heerden, Thembi Mtshali | Crime, Drama | |||
| Nightslave | John Parr | Lynda Marshall, Dominique Moser, Denis Smith | Horror | English | ||
| Options | Camilo Vila | |||||
| Out on Bail | Brian Hessler, Gordon Hessler | |||||
| Paradise Road (Traitors) | Jan Scholtz | |||||
| Quest for Love | Helen Nogueira | Jana Cilliers, Sandra Prinsloo | ||||
| Red Scorpion | Joseph Zito | Dolph Lundgren, T. P. McKenna, M. Emmet Walsh | Action | English | ||
| Space Mutiny | David Winters | Cameron Mitchell | Sci Fi | Considered one of the best spoofs on Mystery Science Theater 3000[1][2] | ||
| Terminal Bliss | Jordan Alan | |||||
| Thrilled to Death | Chuck Vincent | |||||
| Van der Merwe P.I. | Regardt van den Bergh | Anneline Kriel, Regardt van den Bergh | ||||
| Whispers | Robert Bergman | |||||
| You're Famous | Yehuda Barkan | Hidden Camera | Israeli co-production | |||
| The Zambezi Kid | Denis Scully | |||||
| 1989 | ||||||
| A Dry White Season | Euzhan Palcy | Donald Sutherland, Janet Suzman, Zakes Mokae | Drama | English | ||
| Africa Express | Bruce McFarlane | Patrick Dollaghan, Karen Mayo-Chandler, Russel Savadier | English | |||
| Killer Instinct | David Lister | Joanna Weinberg | ||||
| Lambarene | Gray Hofmeyr | |||||
| The Gods Must Be Crazy II | Jamie Uys | |||||
| Have You Seen Drum Recently? | Jürgen Schadeberg | Miriam Makeba | ||||
| The Native Who Caused all the Trouble | Manie van Rensburg | |||||
| Odd Ball Hall | Jackson Hunsicker | |||||
| Oh Shucks! Here Comes UNTAG | Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster | ||||
| Oh Schucks.... It's Schuster! | Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster | ||||
| Okavango (Wild Country) | Wayne Crawford, Danie Odendaal, Percival Rubens | |||||
| On the Wire | Elaine Proctor | |||||
| Prey for the Hunter | John Parr | |||||
| That Englishwoman | Dirk de Villiers | Veronica Lang | ||||
| Voices in the Dark | Vincent Cox | Lucky Dube | ||||
| Warriors from Hell | Ronnie Isaacs | |||||
| Windprints | David Wicht | Marius Weyers | ||||
1990s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||||||
| Agter Elke Man | Steve Hofmeyr, Dulcie van den Bergh | |||||
| Circles in a Forest | Regardt van den Bergh | Ian Bannen, Brion James, Joe Stewardson | Drama | |||
| Nag van die 19de | ||||||
| 1991 | ||||||
| A.W.O.L. | ||||||
| The Angel, the Bicycle and the Chinaman's Finger | ||||||
| 1992 | ||||||
| Jock of the Bushveld | ||||||
| Road to Mecca | ||||||
| Sarafina! | Darrell Roodt | Leleti Khumalo, Whoopi Goldberg, Miriam Makeba, John Kani | English | |||
| Sweet 'n Short | Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster | ||||
| 1993 | ||||||
| Friends | Elaine Proctor | Entered into the 1993 Cannes Film Festival | ||||
| There's a Zulu On My Stoep | Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster | ||||
| 1994 | ||||||
| 1995 | ||||||
| Cry, The Beloved Country | Darrell Roodt | James Earl Jones, Richard Harris, Charles S. Dutton | English | Based on novel of the same name by Alan Paton | ||
| Soweto Green: This is a 'Tree' Story | David Lister | John Kani, L. Scott Caldwell, Sandra Prinsloo, Casper de Vries | Comedy, Romance | English, Zulu, Afrikaans | ||
| 1996 | ||||||
| Anna | ||||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| Danger Zone | Billy Zane, Robert Downey Jr | US and CAN | ||||
| Amnesty | ||||||
| Jump the Gun | ||||||
| Panic Mechanic | Leon Schuster | |||||
| 1998 | ||||||
| African Violet | ||||||
| Paljas | Katinka Heyns | 5 MNET All-Africa Film Awards, South African submission to 70th Academy Award for Best Foreign Film | ||||
| Sweepers | Dolph Lundgren | Action | Set in a mine in Angola. | |||
| The Sexy Girls | ||||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| Aces | ||||||
| Africa | ||||||
| After the Rain | Ross Kettle | Paul Bettany, Louise Lombard, Ariyon Bakare | Drama, Romance | |||
| Millennium Menace | Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster, Desmond Dube | Comedy | English, Afrikaans | ||
| The Man Who Would Kill Kitchener | François Verster | Documentary | Biography of Fritz Joubert Duquesne. 1999 NTVA Silver Stone & Stone Craft Award | |||
| A Reasonable Man | Gavin Hood | Gavin Hood, Nigel Hawthorne, Janine Eser | Crime drama thriller | |||
2000s
2010s
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||||||
| Bakgat! 2 | ||||||
| Egoli: Afrikaners is Plesierig | Bromley Cawood | David Rees, Darren Kelfkens, Leandie du Randt, Christine Basson, Shaleen Surtie-Richards | Drama | English, Afrikaans | Also known as Egoli: The Movie; based on the long-running South African TV show, Egoli: Place of Gold | |
| Five Roads to Freedom: From Apartheid to the World Cup | Robin Benger & Jane Thandi Lipman | Documentary | ||||
| I now pronounce you Black and White | Oliver Rodger | Tyrel Meyer, Tina Jaxa, Nik Rabinowitz | Comedy, Romance | English | ||
| Jakhalsdans | Darrell Roodt | Theuns Jordaan, Elizma Theron, Janke Bruwer | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Schuks Tshabalala's Survival Guide to South Africa | Gray Hofmeyr | Leon Schuster, Alfred Ntombela, Sean Higgs | Comedy | English, Afrikaans | ||
| The Unforgiving | Al Orr | Ryan Macquet, Craig Hawks, Claire Opperman | Horror | English | ||
| Long Street | Revel Fox | Sannie Fox, Roberta Fox, David Butler | ||||
| Liefling | Brian Webber | Lika Berning, Bobby van Jaarsveld, Elize Cawood | Musical | Afrikaans | ||
| Eternity | ||||||
| Life, Above All | Oliver Schmitz | Drama | Winner of Best Feature Film at the 5th annual South African Film and Television Awards | |||
| Spud | Donovan Marsh | John Cleese, Troye Sivan | Comedy, Drama | English | ||
| 2011 | ||||||
| Beauty (Skoonheid) | Oliver Hermanus | Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan | Drama | Afrikaans, English | Competed in the Un Certain Regard at Cannes; awarded Queer Palm[4] at the Cannes Film Festival and Best Film at the 2012 South African Film and Television Awards[5] | |
| Man on Ground | Akin Omotoso | Drama | English, Zulu, Southern Sotho, Yoruba | |||
| Night Drive | ||||||
| Paradise Stop | Jann Turner | Rapulana Seiphemo, Kenneth Nkosi, Vusi Kunene | Comedy | English | ||
| Visa/Vie | Winner of Best Music Composition in a Feature Film at the 5th annual South African Film and Television Awards for Kesivan Naidoo | |||||
| Mad Cow | Michael Wright, Michael J. Rix | English | ||||
| The Bang Bang Club | Steven Silver | Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Phillippe, Malin Åkerman | Drama | English | co-produced with Canada | |
| How To Steal 2 Million | Charlie Vundla | John Kani, Hlubi Mboya, Menzi Ngubane, Terry Pheto, Rapulana Seiphemo | ||||
| 'n Saak van Geloof | Diony Kempen | Robbie Wessels, Lelia Etsebeth, Riana Nel | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Viva Riva! | Djo Tunda Wa Munga | Patsha Bay, Manie Malone, Diplome Amekindra | Drama, Thriller | French, Lingala | ||
| State of Violence | Khalo Matabane | Fana Mokoena, Presley Chweneyagae, Neo Ntlatleng | Drama | |||
| Platteland | Sean Else | Afrikaans | ||||
| Getroud Met Rugby | Afrikaans | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||
| Dredd 3D | Pete Travis | Karl Urban, Lena Headey, Olivia Thirlby | ||||
| Combat | ||||||
| Copposites | Oliver Rodger | Rob Van Vuuren, Siv Ngesi | Comedy | English | ||
| Semi Soet | Joshua Rous | Anel Alexander, Nico Panagiotopoulos, Sandra Vaughn | Romance | Afrikaans | ||
| Mad Buddies | Gray Hofmeyr | Leon Schuster, Kenneth Nkosi, Alfred Ntombela | Comedy | |||
| Otelo Burning | Sara Blecher | Jafta Mamabolo, Thomas Gumede, Sihle Xaba | Drama | English, Zulu | ||
| Lucky | ||||||
| Material | ||||||
| Agter Die Ligte | Nicholas Costaras, Joe Niemand | Afrikaans | ||||
| Pretville | ||||||
| Klein Karoo | Regardt van den Bergh | Tim Theron, DonnaLee Roberts, Hykie Berg | Romance | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Sleeper's Wake | Barry Berk | Deon Lotz | Thriller | English | ||
| Die Wonderwerker | Katinka Heyns | Elize Cawood, Marius Weyers, Anneke Weidemann | Biography | Afrikaans | ||
| 2013 | ||||||
| Die Ballade van Robbie de Wee | Darrell Roodt | Neil Sandilands, Marno van der Merwe | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Fanie Fourie's Lobola | Henk Pretorius | Eduan van Jaarsveldt, Zethu Dlomo, Jerry Mofokeng | Comedy, Romance | Zulu, English, Afrikaans | ||
| Four Corners | Ian Gabriel | Brendon Daniels, Jezriel Skei, Lindiwe Matshikiza | Crime, Thriller | Afrikaans, English | Also known as Die Vier Hoeke | |
| Musiek vir die Agtergrond | Salmon de Jager | John-Henry Opperman, Lizelle de Klerk, Brümilda van Rensburg, Ian Roberts, Neil Sandilands | Drama, Music, Romance | Afrikaans, English | ||
| To the Power of Anne | Robert Anthony Haynes | Anne Power, Ryan Flynn, Wim Vorster | English | |||
| A Lucky Man | Gordon Clark | Levi du Plooy, Jarrid Geduld, Keenan Arrison | Documentary Drama | |||
| Shotgun Garfunkel | Johnny Barbuzano | Bryan van Niekerk, Asher Mikkel Stoltz, Eduan van Jaarsveldt | English | |||
| Spud 2: The Madness Continues | Donovan Marsh | John Cleese, Troye Sivan | Comedy, Drama | English | ||
| 2014 | ||||||
| Faan se Trein | Koos Roets | Willie Esterhuizen, Deon Lotz, Marius Weyers, Cobus Rossouw, Anel Alexander | Drama | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Love the One You Love | Jenna Cato Bass | Francis Chouler, Nelson Das Neves, Chiedza Mhende | Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance | English, Xhosa | ||
| Die Windpomp | Etienne Fourie | Roland Reed, Leandie du Randt, Marga van Rooy, Ian Roberts, Etienne Fourie | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Afrikaans | ||
| Spud 3: Learning to Fly | John Barker | John Cleese, Troye Sivan, Caspar Lee | Comedy, Drama | English | ||
| Pad na jou hart | Jaco Smit | Ivan Botha, DonnaLee Roberts | Adventure, Romance | Afrikaans | ||
| Konfetti | Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat | Louw Venter, Nico Panagio, Casey B. Dolan, Kim Engelbrecht, Casper de Vries | Drama, Comedy | Afrikaans, English | ||
| 2015 | ||||||
| Assignment | Laszlo Bene | Nick Boraine, Jonathan Pienaar, Sandi Schultz, David Dennis | Drama, Thriller | English | ||
| Ayanda | Sara Blecher | Fulu Mugovhani, Sihle Xaba | Drama | English | ||
| Ballade vir 'n Enkeling | Leon van Nierop | Armand Aucamp, Jacques Bessenger, Zak Hendrikz | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Chappie | Neill Blomkamp | Hugh Jackman, Sigourney Weaver, Sharlto Copley, Dev Patel | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller | English | ||
| Dis ek, Anna | Sara Blecher | Charlene Brouwer, Marius Weyers, Nicola Hanekom, Izel Bezuidenhout, Morne Visser | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Dis Koue Kos, Skat | Etienne Fourie | Sean Cameron Michael, Frank Opperman, Anna-Mart van der Merle, Deon Lotz | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Afrikaans | ||
| The Endless River | Oliver Hermanus | Nicolas Duvauchelle, Crystal-Donna Roberts, Darren Kelfkens, Denise Newman | Drama | English | Co-produced with France | |
| Hear Me Move | Scottnes L. Smith | Nyaniso Dzedze, Wandile Molebatsi, Makhaola Ndebele | Drama | |||
| The Jakes Are Missing | Neal Sundstrom, Denny Y. Miller, Figjam | Mampho Brescia, Pop Jerrod, Mpho Sebeng, Jody Abrahams, Nomzamo Mbatha | Comedy, Romance | English | ||
| Last Ones Out | Howard Fyvie | Greg Kriek, Christia Visser, Tshamano Sebe | Adventure, Drama, Thriller | English | ||
| Necktie Youth | Sibs Shongwe-La Mer | Bonko Cosmo Khoza, Sibs Shongwe-La Mer, Colleen Balchin | Drama | English, Zulu, Afrikaans | ||
| 'n Pawpaw Vir My Darling | Koos Roets | Deon Lotz | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| Die Pro | Andre Velts | Edwin van der Walt, Reine Swart | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Strikdas | Stefan Nieuwoudt | Leandie du Randt, Gys de Villiers, Kaz McFadden | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| Tell Me Sweet Something | Akin Omotoso | Thomas Gumede, Maps Maponyane | Romance, Comedy | English | ||
| Treurgrond | Andre Frauenstein | Steve Hofmeyr, Erica Wessels, Shaleen Surtie-Richards | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Trouvoete | Darrell Roodt | Lika Berning, Bouwer Bosch, Charlie Bouguenon, Paul du Toit, Stefan Ludik | Romance | Afrikaans | ||
| The Two of Us | Ernest Nkosi | Drama | Zulu | Also known as Thina Sobabili: The Two of Us | ||
| While You Weren't Looking | Catherine Stewart | Terence Bridgett, Tina Jaxa | Drama | English, Xhosa, Afrikaans | ||
| 2016 | ||||||
| Alchemist | David Sikhosana | Drama | English | |||
| Alison | Sean Else | Charlotte Salt, Andre Jacobs, Josh Myers, Nick Cornwall | Drama, War | Afrikaans, English | Also known as Modder en Bloed | |
| Blood and Glory | Uga Carlini | Alison Botha, Christia Visser, Zak Hendrikz, Francois Maree, De Klerk Oelofse | Documentary, Drama | English | ||
| Dora's Peace | Konstandino Kalarytis | Khabonina Qubeka, Danny Keogh, Hlubi Mboya, Ronnie Nyakale, Paballo Koza | Action, Crime, Drama | English | ||
| Free State | Salmon de Jager | Nicola Breytenbach, Andrew Govender, Leleti Khumalo, Deon Lotz, Mangesh Desai, Paul Ellers | Drama, Family, Romance | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Happiness is a Four-Letter Word | Thabang Moleya | Romance, Drama | English | Based on the Commonwealth Prize-winning novel by Nozizwe Cynthia Jele[6] | ||
| Jonathan: Die Movie | Salmon de Jager | Rikus de Beer, Beáte Opperman, Paul Eilers, Brümilda van Rensburg | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| Kalushi | Mandla Dube | Thabo Rametsi, Thabo Malema, Welile Nzuza | Biography, Drama, Thriller | English | Also known as Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu | |
| Mignon "Mossie" van Wyk | Darrell Roodt | Erica Wessels, Paul du Toit, Deanre Reiners, Elzette Maarschalk, Tanika Fourie | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Mrs. Right Guy | Adze Ugah | Dineo Moeketsi, Lehasa Moloi, Thapelo Mokoena, Tau Maserumule, Thando Thabethe | Romance | English | ||
| My Father's War | Craig Gardner | Edwin van der Walt, Stian Bam, Erica Wessels, Fumani Shilubana | Drama | English | ||
| Nobody's Died Laughing | Willem Oelofson | Pieter-Dirk Uys, Desmond Tutu, Vincent Ebrahim, Charlize Theron, F. W. de Klerk | Documentary | English | A documentary about the life of actor, comedian, and activist Pieter-Dirk Uys | |
| Noem My Skollie | Daryne Joshua | Dann-Jacques Mouton, Sandi Schultz | Drama | Afrikaans | English title: Call Me Thief | |
| Shepherds and Butchers | Oliver Schmitz | Steve Coogan, Andrea Riseborough, Robert Hobbs, Deon Lotz, Garion Dowds | Drama | English, Afrikaans | Based on the novel by Chris Marnewick | |
| Sink | Brett Michael Innes | Anel Alexander, Shoki Mokgapa, Jacques Bessenger, Amalia Uys, Asante Mabuza, Diaan Lawrenson | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Sy Klink soos Lente | Corne van Rooyen | Amalia Uys, Stiaan Smith, Bennie Fourie, James Cunningham, William Dunster, Bouwer Bosch | Romance, Comedy | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Twee Grade van Moord | Gerrit Schoonhoven | Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers, Shaleen Surtie-Richards | Drama | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Uitvlucht | Regardt van den Bergh | Albert Maritz, Carel Trichardt, Clara Joubert, Clyde Berning, Jill Levenberg, Stian Bam | Drama, Romance | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Vaya | Akin Omotoso | Warren Masemola, Harriet Manamela, Zimkhitha Nyoka, Phuti Nakene | Drama | |||
| Verskietende Ster | Darrell Roodt | Hykie Berg, Deanre Reiners, Jana Strydom, Hannes van Wyk, Hanli Rolfes | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Vir Altyd | Jaco Smit | Laré Birk, Ivan Botha, Elize Cawood, Nicky de Kock, Donnalee Roberts | Romance | Afrikaans | ||
| Vir die Voëls | Quentin Krog | Simoné Nortmann, Francois Jacobs, Lara Kinnear, Bennie Fourie, Elize Cawood, Neels van Jaarsveld, Nicola Hanekom | Romance | Afrikaans | ||
| Wonder Boy for President | John Barker | Kagiso Lediga, Ntosh Madlingzi, Tony Miyambo, Thishiwe Ziqubu | Comedy | English | ||
See also
References
- ↑ "MST3K: Space Mutiny *Eccentric Cinema, Winnwe".
- ↑ "Best of the web 2007". Entertainment Weekly.
- ↑ "Hermanus Set to Fly High at Fest". The Star (Johannesburg), 12 September 2009. Retrieved 22 September 2015 from ProQuest.
- ↑ Grange, Helen. "Award-Winning Film on Big Screen Soon". The Argus (Cape Town), 29 May 2011. Retrieved 24 November 2015 from ProQuest database.
- ↑ "Stars come out to shine at SAFTA awards: Main winners". The Pretoria News, 12 March 2012. Retrieved 24 November 2015 from ProQuest.
- ↑ Mkhwanazi, Katlego. "Happiness is . . . A South African Flick that Makes Money". Mail & Guardian, 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2016.
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