Barakat (2020 film)

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Barakat
Directed byAmy Jephta
Written byAmy Jephta
Produced byEphraim Gordon
Wikus du Toit
StarringVinette Ebrahim
Joey Rasdien
Mortimer Williams
Quanita Adams
Keeno Lee Hectormade
CinematographyEbrahim Hajee
Edited bySanjin Muftic
Music byKyle Shepherd
Production
companies
Nagvlug
PaperJet Productions
Distributed byIndigenous Film Distribution
Release dates
  • September 2020 (2020-09) (Urbanworld)
  • 28 May 2021 (2021-05-28) (South Africa)
Running time
103 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguagesAfrikaans
English
Box office$66,181

Barakat is a 2020 South African family drama film directed by Amy Jephta and produced by Ephraim Gordon.[1] The film stars Vinette Ebrahim in the lead role whereas Joey Rasdien, Mortimer Williams, Quanita Adams and Keeno Lee Hectormade supportive roles.[2][3] The film deals with family problems where an aging matriarch aims to bring together her fractured, dysfunctional family over Eid-al-Fitr and later discussed about her new romance.[4] It is the first Afrikaans-language Muslim feature film produced in South Africa.[5][6][7]

The film has been shot in and around Lansdowne and Athlone on the Cape Flats, Cape Town, South Africa.[8] The film made its theatrical premiere on 28 May 2021 in Cape Town, hosted by Vangate Mall. The film received mixed reviews from critics and screened in many global film festivals.[9][10][11] Even though the film was selected to screen as the closing film for Film Africa 2020 in London, it was later cancelled due to the second lockdown in the United Kingdom.[12] The film was officially selected for 2020 Urbanworld,[13] Black TIFF 2021 and the 2021 Pan African Film Festival as well.[14][15]

The film received many awards. In 2020, at the Motion Pictures International Film Fest, the film won the award for the Best Narrative Feature. Then in the Motion Pictures International Film Fest 2020, it won two awards: Best Editing and Best Production. In the same year at the Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema, Barakat won four more awards: Mary Austin Award Excellence in Directing, Best Ensemble Cast, Best International Feature and Best Supporting Actor as well as won the Runner Up award for the Best Original Score as well.[5] It was selected as the South African entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 94th Academy Awards.[16]

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  1. ^ "Barakat". nataal.com. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  2. ^ "Barakat: First South African film in Cape Town's Afrikaans dialect". BBC News. 2021-08-23. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  3. ^ "BARAKAT (2020) at New African Film Festival". watch.eventive.org. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  4. ^ Bond, Dave (2020-11-05). "Barakat - Film Africa 2020". Set The Tape. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  5. ^ a b Libby18. "Award-winning film Barakat has an out-of-the-ordinary premiere in Cape Town". Gauteng Film Commission. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  6. ^ "South Africa's first Muslim-Afrikaans film, Barakat, scheduled for theatrical release in May 2021". ladima.africa. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  7. ^ Khan, By: Atiyyah; Culture (2021-05-15). "'Barakat' holds Cape Muslim culture up to the light". New Frame. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  8. ^ Dercksen, Daniel (2021-05-09). "Barakat – A story about celebrating life, culture, and the importance of family". The Writing Studio. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  9. ^ "Review: "Barakat" Tells Touching And Rare Story of a Cape Muslim Family". Cinema Escapist. 2021-07-08. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  10. ^ "BARAKAT". Toronto Black Film Festival. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  11. ^ Parker (@bparks_), Bashiera. "Barakat". Channel. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  12. ^ "Closing Film: BARAKAT (European Premiere)". FILM AFRICA 2020. 2020-09-28. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  13. ^ Ramos, Dino-Ray (September 18, 2020). "Urbanworld Film Festival Adds Spotlight Conversation On 'All In: The Fight for Democracy' And More Events To Bolster Civic Engagement". Deadline. Retrieved October 9, 2021.
  14. ^ "Barakat". SAFF. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  15. ^ "BARAKAT (2020) | New African Film Festival". watch.eventive.org. Retrieved 2021-10-05.
  16. ^ Szalai, Georg (8 November 2021). "Oscars: South Africa Picks 'Barakat' for International Feature Category". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 8 November 2021.

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