List of South African films
| Cinema of South Africa |
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| List of South African films |
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| Afrikaans |
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 | , Goba | Historical epic | South Africa's white The Birth of a Nation depicts Boer pioneers' northward expansion | ||
| Dick Cruickshanks | Romantic drama | Animation | ||||
| 1919 | ||||||
| Ray Brown, | Adventure | |||||
| 1931 | ||||||
| Sarie Marais | Afrikaans | First South African film with sound | ||||
| 1948 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| Afrikaans | ||||||
| Sarie Marais | Johann Nell, Helen Faul, Anna Cloete | Afrikaans | Remake of 1931 film of the same title | |||
1950s[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950 | ||||||
| 1951 | ||||||
| Al Debbo | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||||
| Daar doer in die bosveld | Jamie Uys | Comedy | Afrikaans | |||
| 1952 | ||||||
| Pierre de Wet | Al Debbo | Musical comedy | Afrikaans | |||
| 1953 | ||||||
| 1954 | ||||||
| 1955 | ||||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Doodkry is min | Jamie Uys | Jan Bruyns, Sann de Lange, Tommie Meyer | Drama | Afrikaans | Written by Jamie Uys | |
| 1962 | ||||||
| Jamie Uys | Jamie Uys, Bob Courtney, Madeleine Usher | Comedy | English/Afrikaans | |||
| 1963 | ||||||
| Antony Thomas | Documentary | English | ||||
| Kimberley Jim | Emil Nofal | Jim Reeves, , | Musical comedy | English | ||
| Death Drums Along the River | Lawrence Huntington | Richard Todd, Marianne Koch, Albert Lieven | Crime adventure | English | English-West German co-production by Harry Alan Towers | |
| 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 | ||
| / | David Millin | Darren McGavin, Maria Perschy | ||||
| Coast of Skeletons | Robert Lynn | Richard Todd, Dale Robertson, Heinz Drache | Crime adventure | English-West German co-production by Harry Alan Towers | ||
| Sandy the Seal | Robert Lynn | Marianne Koch, Heinz Drache | Animal drama | English-West German co-production by Harry Alan Towers | ||
| 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??? | |
| Jamie Uys | ||||||
| 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 | Remake of 1948 film Yellow Sky | |
| 1968 | ||||||
| Richard Daneel | Arthur Swemmer, Bill Brewer, Wena Naudé | Comedy | Afrikans, English | |||
| (Rider in the Night) | Jan Perold | Johan van Heerden, Brian O'Shaughnessy, Willie van Rensburg | Drama, War | English, Afrikaans | ||
| Ivan Hall | Siegfried Mynhardt, Willie de Groot, Wena Naudé | English, Afrikaans | ||||
| 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 | ||
| Danie Bosman: Die verhaal van die Grootste Komponis | Elmo De Witt | Franz Marx, Min Shaw, Siegfried Mynhardt | Drama Music | Afrikaans | Writer was Gilbert Gibson and producer Tommie Meyer | |
| Geheim van Nantes | Dirk de Villiers | Pieter Hauptfleisch, Nic de Jager, Leonie Ross | Drama, Romance | Afrikaans | Producer was Tommie Meyer and writer was AP du Plessis | |
| Katrina | Jans Rautenbach | Katinka Heyns, , 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 | , Jamie Uys, | Adventure | English, Afrikaans | ||
| Vicki | Ivan Hall | , , | Romance | Afrikaans | Filmed in South Africa - Durban, Margate; Rhodesia | |
| Shangani Patrol | David Millin | Brian O'Shaughnessy, Will Hutchins | War | Filmed in Rhodesia | ||
| 1971 | ||||||
| 1972 | ||||||
| Albie Venter | Will Sealie, Norman C. Smith, Ken Hare | Adventure, War | Afrikaans, English | |||
| Stuart Pringle | Tim Hughes, Evon de Meistre, Bill Brewer, Tony Jay, Richard Loring, Eben Nel | Adventure | English | |||
| Pikkie | Sias Odendaal | Leonora Nel, Pietie Meyer, Gabriel Bayman | Drama | Afrikaans | Producer was Tommie Meyer and writer Beverley Peirce | |
| Family Adventure | English | |||||
| 1973 | ||||||
| Ivan Hall | Will Sealie, Ken Hare, Jannie Hanzen | War | Afrikaans | |||
| John Saxon, Tippi Hedren | War | |||||
| David Millin | History, War | Afrikaans | ||||
| 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 | ||||
| Ivan Hall | Rod Alexander, , , Sandra Britz | Afrikaans | ||||
| Marius Wyers | ||||||
| Funeral for an Assassin | Ivan Hall | Vic Morrow | Crime | English | ||
| Dirk de Villiers, Joe Stewardson | Al Debbo, , Don Leonard, Joe Stewardson | Comedy | Afrikaans | |||
| No Gold for a Dead Diver | Harald Reinl | Horst Janson, Monika Lundi, Hans Hass Jr, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo | Adventure | English | West German co-production | |
| 1975 | ||||||
| Tobie Cronje | ||||||
| Jans Rautenbach | Katinka Heyns, Regardt van den Bergh, Mees Xteen, Mrga van Rooy, Jana Cilliers | Drama, Romance | Afrikaans | |||
| Will Roberts | Will Roberts, Barry Trengove, Zuna Viljoen, Nerina Ferreira, Sann de Lange | Drama, Music | Afrikaans | Based on the radio serial by C.F. Beyers-Boshoff | ||
| Vreemde Wêreld | Jürgen Goslar | Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers, Wolfgang Kieling | Thriller | Afrikaans | West German co-production | |
| 1976 | ||||||
| , | ||||||
| Springbok | Tommie Meyer | Eckard Rabe, Percy Sieff, Sybel Coetzee | Drama | Afrikaans | Jan Scholtz was the writer | |
| 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, | Thriller | |||
| 1978 | ||||||
| 1979 | ||||||
| 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 | ||
| Daan Retief | Zoli Marki, Anna Cloete, Leonie Ross | |||||
| William Faure | Jana Cilliers, Regardt van den Bergh, Eckard Rabe | Drama | Afrikaans | |||
| Elmo De Witt | Danie Joubert | War | Based on the opening skirmishes of the South African Border War | |||
1980s[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | ||||||
| The Gods Must Be Crazy | Jamie Uys | N!xau, Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers, | Comedy | English, Afrikaans, Juǀʼhoan, | ||
| 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 | |||
| Regardt van den Bergh | ||||||
| 1982 | ||||||
| 1983 | ||||||
| Siener in die Suburbs | Francois Swart | Marius Weyers, Louis van Niekerk, Sandra Prinsloo | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Jamie Uys | ||||||
| Leon Schuster | ||||||
| Franz Marx | Ben Kruger, , , , | |||||
| 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 | ||||||
| Regardt van den Bergh | Arnold Vosloo, Janie du Plessis, Ian Roberts | Comedy, War | Afrikaans, English | |||
| 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 | ||
| , | ||||||
| Skating on Thin Uys | Pieter-Dirk Uys | Pieter-Dirk Uys | Comedy | |||
| Patrick Mynhardt | ||||||
| Emil Nofal | Bill Flynn, | |||||
| 1986 | ||||||
| Jock of the Bushveld | Gray Hofmeyr | , | Family film; based on the novel | |||
| Mountain of Hell | ||||||
| Outlaw of Gor | John Cardos | |||||
| Place of Weeping | Darrell Roodt | |||||
| You Must Be Joking! | Elmo De Witt | , , Kallie Knoetze, , Leon Schuster, Mike Schutte | Hidden Camera | |||
| 1987 | ||||||
| Lionel Friedberg | Pieter-Dirk Uys | Documentary | English | |||
| John Smallcombe | Kitty Aldridge, John Kani, Dominic Jephcott | Drama | English | |||
| Bruce MacFarlane | ||||||
| No Hard Feelings | Charles Norton | |||||
| Nukie | , | Glynis Johns, Steve Railsback, Ronald France | English | |||
| Platoon Leader | Aaron Norris | Tony Pierce, Robert F. Lyons, Michael Dudikoff | Vietnam War drama | English | ||
| Skeleton Coast | John Cardos | Ernest Borgnine, Robert Vaughn, Arnold Vosloo | Mercenary war drama | English | ||
| Darrell Roodt | ||||||
| War | Afrikaans | Garnered controversy for its depiction of the South African Border War | ||||
| Action, Adventure, War | English | |||||
| Leon Schuster, | 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 | |||
| 1988 | ||||||
| Alien from L.A. | Albert Pyun | |||||
| Action/Thriller | ||||||
| Act of Piracy | John "Bud" Cardos | Gary Busey, Belinda Bauer, Ray Sharkey | ||||
| Any Man's Death | ||||||
| Bill Flynn, Jana Cilliers | ||||||
| Fiela se Kind | Katinka Heyns | Shaleen Surtie-Richards, Dalene Matthee | ||||
| Robbie Simpson | ||||||
| Frans Nel | ||||||
| Alan Birkinshaw, Charles Marriott | ||||||
| Lucky Strikes Back | Joe Stewardson | Lucky Dube | ||||
| Mapantsula | Oliver Schmitz | Thomas Mogotlane, Marcel van Heerden, Thembi Mtshali | Crime, Drama | Screened at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival | ||
| John Parr | Lynda Marshall, Dominique Moser, Denis Smith | Horror | English | |||
| Out on Bail | , Gordon Hessler | |||||
| Quest for Love | 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 | |||||
| Chuck Vincent | ||||||
| Regardt van den Bergh | Anneline Kriel, Regardt van den Bergh | |||||
| Robert Bergman | ||||||
| Yehuda Barkan | Hidden Camera | Israeli co-production | ||||
| 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 | |||
| The Emissary | Jan Scholtz[3] | Ted Le Plat, Terry Norton, Robert Vaughn, André Jacobs, Patrick Mynhardt, Hans Strydom, Ken Gampu, Brian O'Shaughnessy, and Peter Krummeck[3][4][5][6] | Thriller | English | Made entirely in South Africa.[7] | |
| Killer Instinct | David Lister | |||||
| Gray Hofmeyr | ||||||
| The Gods Must Be Crazy II | Jamie Uys | |||||
| Have You Seen Drum Recently? | Jürgen Schadeberg | Miriam Makeba | ||||
| Oh Schucks.... It's Schuster! | Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster | ||||
| Wayne Crawford, , | ||||||
| Elaine Proctor | ||||||
| John Parr | ||||||
| Dirk de Villiers | Veronica Lang | |||||
| Lucky Dube | ||||||
| Marius Weyers | ||||||
1990s[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | ||||||
| Agter Elke Man | Franz Marx | Steve Hofmeyr, , Illse Roos, Annelize van der Ryst | Drama | Afrikaans | A follow-up film to the South African TV series of the same name | |
| Circles in a Forest | Regardt van den Bergh | Ian Bannen, Brion James, Joe Stewardson | Drama | |||
| Nag van die 19de | ||||||
| Oh Shucks! Here Comes UNTAG | Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster | ||||
| 1991 | ||||||
| American Kickboxer | Frans Nel | John Barrett, Keith Vitali, Brad Morris, Gavin Hood, Ted Le Plat | Action, Drama | English | ||
| 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 | ||||
| To the Death | Darrell Roodt | John Barrett, Michel Qissi, Robert Whitehead, Michelle Bestbier | Action | English | Sequel to American Kickboxer | |
| 1994 | ||||||
| Ipi Tombi | Tommie Meyer | Jan-Michael Vincent, Henry Cele, O'Neil Johnson | Drama, Music | English | Movie of musical written by Bertha Egnos and Gail Lakier | |
| Redemption: Kickboxer 5 | Kristine Peterson | Mark Dacascos, James Ryan, Geoff Meed, Greg Latter | Action | English | Final installment of the original Kickboxer franchise. | |
| 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 | ||||||
| 1997 | ||||||
| Danger Zone | Billy Zane, Robert Downey Jr. | US and CAN | ||||
| Jump the Gun | ||||||
| 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 | ||||
| The Sexy Girls | ||||||
| 1999 | ||||||
| After the Rain | Ross Kettle | Paul Bettany, Louise Lombard, Ariyon Bakare | Drama, Romance | |||
| Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster, Desmond Dube | Comedy | English, Afrikaans | |||
| 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[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | ||||||
| Jeremy Crutchley, Sylvaine Strike | ||||||
| Zackie Achmat | ||||||
| Hijack Stories | Oliver Schmitz | Tony Kgoroge, Rapulana Seiphemo | Screened at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival | |||
| Long Night's Journey into Day: South Africa's Search for Truth & Reconciliation | ||||||
| Glory Glory | , Steven Bauer, Amanda Donohoe, Gideon Emery, Ana Alexander | |||||
| 2001 | ||||||
| Mr Bones | Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster, David Ramsey, Faizon Love, , | Comedy | Highest-grossing film in South Africa on release. | ||
| Darrell Roodt | Gary Daniels, Nick Boraine, Gideon Emery | |||||
| 2002 | ||||||
| Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony | Documentary | |||||
| Promised Land | ||||||
| David Lister | Robert Davi, Kelly Le Brock, Gideon Emery | |||||
| A Lion's Trail | François Verster | Documentary | ||||
| 2003 | ||||||
| Adrenaline | ||||||
| Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony | ||||||
| God Is African | Akin Omotoso | Drama | English | |||
| Red Water | Charles Robert Carner | Lou Diamond Phillips, , Gideon Emery | ||||
| Stander | Bronwen Hughes | Thomas Jane, David O'Hara, Dexter Fletcher, Ashley Taylor, Marius Weyers | Action, Biography, Crime | English | ||
| State of Denial | ||||||
| Wooden Camera | ||||||
| 2004 | ||||||
| Boy called Twist | Kim Engelbrecht | |||||
| Cape of Good Hope | Mark Bamford | Debbie Brown, Eriq Ebouaney, , Gideon Emery | ||||
| Drum | Taye Diggs | |||||
| A Case of Murder | Steve Hofmeyr, Candice Hillebrand, Gideon Emery, , Ben Kruger, , | |||||
| Forgiveness | , Arnold Vosloo, Quanita Adams | |||||
| Gums and Noses | Craig Freimond | Comedy | English | |||
| Max and Mona | ||||||
| Oh Shucks, I'm Gatvol! | Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster, Alfred Ntombela, , Bill Flynn | ||||
| The Story of an African Farm | David Lister | |||||
| Yesterday | Darrell Roodt, Leleti Khumalo | Nominated for Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 77th Academy Awards | ||||
| Vadertjie Langbeen | ||||||
| Hotel Rwanda | Terry George | Don Cheadle, Sophie Okonedo, Joaquin Phoenix | History, Drama | English, French, Kinyarwanda | Nominated for 3 Oscars, | |
| 2005 | ||||||
| 34 South | Maganthrie Pillay | Az Abrahams, Rassol Hendriks, Ricardo Marnewick, LeeAnn Sayster, Marguerita Freeks, Stephan Roach, Oscar Petersen | Road Movie | English | 1st film to be directed by a black woman in South Africa. Opened at Pan African Film Festival, Sound Design by Albert Edmund Lord III | |
| Engagement | Romantic comedy | |||||
| In My Country | ||||||
| Mama Jack | Leon Schuster | Leon Schuster | ||||
| Straight Outta Benoni | Trevor Clarence | Brendan Jack, Gavin Williams, Colin Moss, Brett Goldin, Danny K | Comedy | English | ||
| Revel Fox | Marcel van Heerden, Ian Van Der Heyden, Craig Palm, Kim Engelbrecht | Adventure, Drama | English | |||
| Tsotsi | Gavin Hood | Presley Chweneyagae, Ian Roberts, Zola, Terry Pheto | Afrikaans, English, Sotho, Tsotsitaal, Tswana, Zulu | Won Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film at the 78th Academy Awards | ||
| U-Carmen eKhayelitsha | Mark Dornford-May | Won Golden Bear at the 55th Berlin International Film Festival | ||||
| 2006 | ||||||
| Angels in the Dust | Louise Hogarth | Con Cloete, Marion Cloete | Documentary | English | ||
| Bunny Chow | John Barker | David Kibuuka, Kim Engelbrecht, Kagiso Lediga, Joey Yusef Rasdien, Jason Cope | Comedy | English | Also billed as Bunny Chow Know Thyself and Bunny Chow: Know Thyself | |
| Don't Touch | ||||||
| Faith Like Potatoes | Regardt van den Bergh | Frank Rautenbach, Hamilton Dlamini | ||||
| Son of Man | Mark Dornford-May | |||||
| Running Riot | Koos Roets | Bill Flynn, Paul Slabolepszy | Comedy | |||
| Sekalli le Meokgo (Eng: Meokgo and the Stickfighter) | Teboho Mahlatsi | Mduduzi Mabaso, Terry Pheto | Drama | Short film | ||
| 2007 | ||||||
| Big Fellas | ||||||
| Counting Headz: South Afrika's Sistaz in Hip Hop | & | Documentary | ||||
| Footskating 101 | ||||||
| Quinne Brown | ||||||
| Poena is koning | ||||||
| Tengers | Michael Rix | Animation | ||||
| 2008 | ||||||
| 50 Years! Of Love? | , | Documentary | English | |||
| Bakgat! | ||||||
| Hansie | ||||||
| Jerusalema | ||||||
| Mr Bones 2: Back from the Past | Leon Schuster | Comedy | Highest-grossing film in South Africa on release. | |||
| Skin | ||||||
| Triomf | Michael Raeburn | Lionel Newton, Vanessa Cooke, Eduan van Jaarsveldt, Paul Luckhoff | Drama | English, Afrikaans | Based on the novel by Marlene van Niekerk | |
| The World Unseen | Shamim Sarif | Lisa Ray, Sheetal Sheth | Drama | |||
| 2009 | ||||||
| District 9 | Neill Blomkamp | Sharlto Copley | Science fiction | Nominated for Best Film at the 82nd Academy Awards | ||
| Invictus | Clint Eastwood | Morgan Freeman, Matt Damon | ||||
| Jozi | ||||||
| Shirley Adams | Oliver Hermanus | Denise Newman | Drama | English | Received Best Film, Best Director, and Best Actress Award at the South African Film and Television Awards[8] | |
| White Wedding | Jann Turner | |||||
2010s[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | ||||||
| Bakgat! 2 | ||||||
| The Cradock Four | David Forbes | Matthew Goniwe, Fort Calata, Sparrow Mkonto, Sicelo Mhlauli | Documentary | A France-South Africa coproduction about the Cradock Four; winner of best South African documentary at the 2010 Durban International Film Festival[9][10] | ||
| Egoli: Afrikaners is Plesierig | Bromley Cawood | David Rees, Darren Kelfkens, , 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 | Northern Sotho | 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 | ||
| Visa/Vie | Elan Gamaker | Mélodie Abad, David Isaacs, Keren Tahor | Comedy, Romance | French, English, Xhosa | ||
| 2011 | ||||||
| Beauty (Skoonheid) | Oliver Hermanus | Deon Lotz, Charlie Keegan | Drama | Afrikaans, English | Competed in the Un Certain Regard at Cannes; awarded Queer Palm[11] at the Cannes Film Festival and Best Film at the 2012 South African Film and Television Awards[12] | |
| The Bang Bang Club | Steven Silver | Taylor Kitsch, Ryan Phillippe, Malin Åkerman | Drama | English | co-produced with Canada | |
| Getroud Met Rugby | Afrikaans | |||||
| Charlie Vundla | John Kani, Hlubi Mboya, Menzi Ngubane, Terry Pheto, Rapulana Seiphemo | |||||
| Man on Ground | Akin Omotoso | Drama | English, Zulu, Southern Sotho, Yoruba | |||
| Mad Cow | Michael Wright, Michael J. Rix | English | ||||
| Jann Turner | Rapulana Seiphemo, Kenneth Nkosi, Vusi Kunene | Comedy | English, Northern Sotho | |||
| Night Drive | ||||||
| Platteland | Sean Else | Afrikaans | ||||
| 'n Saak van Geloof | Diony Kempen | Robbie Wessels, Lelia Etsebeth, Riana Nel | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Skeem | Timothy Greene | Wandile Molebatsi, Kurt Schoonraad, Lilani Prinsen | Comedy, Crime | English | ||
| State of Violence | Khalo Matabane | Fana Mokoena, Presley Chweneyagae, Neo Ntlatleng | Drama | |||
| Tokolosh | Kevin Singh | Gerald Beddeker, Willem Stephanus Beyers, Andrew Devadas | Horror | English | ||
| Viva Riva! | Djo Tunda Wa Munga | Patsha Bay, Manie Malone, Diplome Amekindra | Drama, Thriller | French, Lingala | ||
| 2012 | ||||||
| Safe House | ||||||
| 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 | Craig Freimond | Riaad Moosa, Vincent Ebrahim | Comedy, Drama | English | ||
| 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 | ||
| Verraaiers (Traitors) | Paul Eilers | Gys de Villiers, Viljie Maritz, Andrew Thompson | War | Afrikaans | ||
| Wolwedans in die skemer | Jozua Malherbe | Rolanda Marais, David Louw, Gérard Rudolf, Desiré Gardner, Lelia Etsebeth, Jacques Bessenger | Thriller | Afrikaans | ||
| 2013 | ||||||
| Angel of the Skies | Christopher-lee dos Santos | Nick van der Bijl, Ryan Dittmann, Jason Glanville, Brad Backhouse, Lillie Claire, Adam Boys, | War, Drama | English | Nominated for Best Wardrobe and Makeup at 2014 SAFTA awards. | |
| André Odendaal | Bobby van Jaarsveld, Leah van Niekirk, Bok van Blerk, Karlien van Jaarsveld, Katlego Maboe | Comedy, Drama, Musical | Afrikaans | |||
| 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 | |
| iNumber Number | Donovan Marsh | Sdumo Mtshali, Presley Chweneyagae, Israel Makoe, Owen Sejake | Action, Crime, Drama | Received Best Director, Best Screenwriter and Best Editor Awards at the 2015 South African Film and Television Awards. Also known as Avenged | ||
| Khumba | Anthony Silverston | Jake T. Austin, Steve Buscemi, Loretta Devine, Laurence Fishburne, Richard E. Grant | Animation, Adventure, Family | English | ||
| A Lucky Man | Gordon Clark | Levi du Plooy, Jarrid Geduld, Keenan Arrison | Documentary Drama | |||
| Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom | Justin Chadwick | Idris Elba, Naomie Harris, Tony Kgoroge | History, Drama | Afrikaans, English, Xhosa | Nominated for Golden Globe Awards and Critics' Choice Awards | |
| 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 | ||
| Of Good Report | Jahmil X.T. Qubeka | Mothusi Magano, Petronella Tshuma | Thriller | Afrikaans | [13] | |
| To the Power of Anne | Robert Anthony Haynes | Anne Power, Ryan Flynn, Wim Vorster | English | |||
| Shotgun Garfunkel | Johnny Barbuzano | Bryan van Niekerk, Asher Mikkel Stoltz, Eduan van Jaarsveldt | English | |||
| Jimmy in Pienk | Hanneke Schutte | Louw Venter, Terence Bridget, Gys de Villiers, Tinarie van Wyk Loots | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| Spud 2: The Madness Continues | Donovan Marsh | John Cleese, Troye Sivan | Comedy, Drama | English | ||
| Zulu | Jérôme Salle | Orlando Bloom, Forest Whitaker, Tanya van Graan | Crime | English | co-produced with France | |
| 2014 | ||||||
| Faan se Trein | Koos Roets | Willie Esterhuizen, Deon Lotz, Marius Weyers, Cobus Rossouw, Anel Alexander | Drama | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Hollywood in my Huis | Corne van Rooyen | Christia Visser, Edwin van der Walt, Nicola Hanekom | Comedy, Family, Romance | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Konfetti | Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat | Louw Venter, Nico Panagio, Casey B. Dolan, Kim Engelbrecht, Casper de Vries | Drama, Comedy | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Leading Lady | Henk Pretorius | Katie_McGrath, , Gil_Bellows | Romantic Comedy | English, Afrikaans | ||
| Love the One You Love | Jenna Cato Bass | Francis Chouler, Nelson Das Neves, Chiedza Mhende | Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance | English, Xhosa | ||
| Pad na jou hart | Jaco Smit | Ivan Botha, | Adventure, Romance | Afrikaans | ||
| Spud 3: Learning to Fly | John Barker | John Cleese, Troye Sivan, Caspar Lee | Comedy, Drama | English | ||
| Die Windpomp | Etienne Fourie | Roland Reed, Leandie du Randt, Marga van Rooy, Ian Roberts, Etienne Fourie | Drama, Fantasy, Romance | Afrikaans | ||
| 2015 | ||||||
| Assignment | Laszlo Bene | Nick Boraine, Jonathan Pienaar, Sandi Schultz, David Dennis | Drama, Thriller | English | ||
| Ayanda | Sara Blecher | Drama | English | |||
| Bond of Blood | Christopher-lee dos Santos | Marno van der Merwe, Sarah Kozlowski, Damian Berry | Drama, Faith | English | ||
| Ballade vir 'n Enkeling | Quentin Krog | 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, Deirdre Wohlhuter, Jana Nortier | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| Die Pro | Andre Velts | , Reine Swart | Drama | Afrikaans | Based on a novel by Jeanne Goosen | |
| Somer Son | Clinton Lubbe | Reynald Slabbert, Juanita de Villiers, Bok van Blerk, Hanna Grobert, Reine Swart | Romantic Comedy | 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, , 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 | Uga Carlini | Alison Botha, Christia Visser, Zak Hendrikz, Francois Maree, De Klerk Oelofse | Documentary, Drama | English | ||
| Blood and Glory | Sean Else | Charlotte Salt, Andre Jacobs, Josh Myers, Nick Cornwall, Greg Kriek, Deon Lotz | Drama, War | Afrikaans, English | Also known as Modder en Bloed | |
| Dora's Peace | Konstandino Kalarytis | Khabonina Qubeka, Danny Keogh, Hlubi Mboya, Ronnie Nyakale, Paballo Koza | Action, Crime, Drama | English, Zulu | ||
| 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[14] | ||
| Jonathan: Die Movie | Salmon de Jager | Rikus de Beer, Beáte Opperman, Paul Eilers, Brümilda van Rensburg | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| Jou Romeo | Andre Welts | Ruan Wessels, Elani Dekker, Christopher van der Westhuizen, Row-Lean, Ruan Blum | Romance | 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 | Based on the novel 'Rachel weeping' by Brett Michael Innes | |
| 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 | Zulu | ||
| 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 | ||
| The Whale Caller | Zola Maseko | Amrainn Ismail-Essop, Sello Maake Ka-Ncube | Drama | English | ||
| Wonder Boy for President | John Barker | Kagiso Lediga, Ntosh Madlingzi, Tony Miyambo, Thishiwe Ziqubu | Comedy | English | ||
| 2017 | ||||||
| Asinamali | Mbongeni Ngena | Drama, Musical | Zulu | Adapted from the play of the same name[15] | ||
| Beyond the River | Craig Freimond | Lemogang Tsipa, Grant Swanby, Israel Sipho, Matseke Zulu, Emily Child | Drama | English, Zulu | ||
| Bypass | Shane Vermooten | Natalie Becker, Hakeem Kae-Kazim, Greg Kriek, Deon Lotz | Thriller | English | ||
| Catching Feelings | Kagiso Lediga | Kagiso Lediga, Pearl Thusi, Andrew Buckland, Akin Omotoso, Precious Makgaretsa | Comedy, Drama, Romance | English | ||
| Finders Keepers | Maynard Kraak | Dalin Oliver, Neels Van Jaarsveld, Lise Slabber, Grant Swansby | Comedy | English | ||
| Five Fingers for Marseilles | Michael Matthews | Sesotho | ||||
| High Fantasy | Jenna Bass | Qondiswa James, Nala Khumalo, Francesca Varrie Michel, Liza Scholtz | Comedy | |||
| Hoener met die Rooi Skoene | Koos Roets | Lida Botha, Deon Lotz, Lizz Meiring, Dorette Potgieter | Comedy, Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Jagveld (English release title: Hunting Emma) | Byron Davis | Leandie du Randt, Neels van Jaarsveld, Tim Theron | Action | Afrikaans | ||
| Johnny Is Nie Dood Nie | Rolanda Marais, Albert Pretorius, Ilana Cilliers, Ludwig Binge, Roelof Storm | Drama | Afrikaans | |||
| Kalushi: The Story of Solomon Mahlangu | Mandla Dube | Thabo Rametsi, Thabo Malema, Welile Ndzunza, Jafta Mamabolo, Louw Venter, Gcina Mhlophe, Fumani Shilubana, Pearl Thusi | Biography, Drama, Thriller | English | ||
| Kampterrein | Luhann Jansen | Louw Venter, Juanita de Villiers, Josias Moleele, Reine Swart | Comedy | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Keeping Up with the Kandasamys | Jayan Moodley | Jailoshini Naidoo, Maeshni Naicker, Mishqah Parthiephal, Madhushan Singh | Comedy | English | The last film produced by Junaid Ahmed (together with Helena Spring) before his death in 2016. | |
| Krotoa | Roberta Durrant | Crystal-Donna Roberts, Armand Aucamp, Jacques Bessenger, Brendan Daniels, Deon Lotz | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Liewe Kersfeesvader | Etienne Fourie | Mila Guy, Morné Visser, Adrienne Pearce, Milan Murray, Dean John Smith, Melt Sieberhagen, June van Merch | Drama, Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| The Little Kings | Darrell James Roodt | Justin Strydom, Jonathan Taylor, Lisa-Marie Schneider | Drama, Sport | English | ||
| Meet the Radebes | Simon Makwela | Luthuli Diamini, Mary Makhatho, Jolene Martin-Morgan, Nicholas Nkuna | Drama, Comedy | English | ||
| Last Broken Darkness | Christopher-lee dos Santos | Sean Cameron Michael, Brandon Auret, Suraya Santos, Jonathan Pienaar, Brendan Murray, Ryan Kruger | Sci-fi, Drama | English | Won best screenplay and best lead actor at Boston Sci Fi festival in 2017.
Won best cinematography at South African Society of Cinematographers awards. ( SASC Visible spectrum gold award) in 2017. Nominated for best film, best sound design, best lead actress, best lead actor at 2020 South African indie film awards. Won best cinematography at 2020 South African indie film awards. Released theatrically in the USA in 2021 as 'Broken Darkness' by Vertical Entertainment. | |
| Oliver Tambo: Have You Heard from Johannesburg | Connie Field | Documentary | English | |||
| Die Rebellie van Lafras Verwey | Simon Barnard | Tobie Cronjé, Chantell Phillipus, Cobus Visser, Albert Pretorius, Neels Van Jaarsveld, Lionel Newton | Drama | Afrikaans | Also known as Lafras Verwey | |
| She Is King | Gersh Kgamedi | Khabonina Qubeka, Aubrey Poo, Gugu Zulu, Khanyi Mbau, Mandisa Nduna | Musical | English | ||
| Strike a Rock | Aliki Saragas | Primose Sonti, Thumeka Magwangqana | Documentary | |||
| Tess | Meg Rickards | Christia Visser, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Brendon Daniels, Dann-Jacques Mouton | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Van Der Merwe | Bruce Lawley | Rob van Vuuren, Chanelle de Jager, Reine Swart, Matthew Baldwin, Ian Roberts | Comedy | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Vaselinetjie | Corné van Rooyen | Marguerite van Eeden, Nicole Bond, Shaleen Surtie-Richards, Royston Stoffels | Drama | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Vuil Wasgoed | Morné du Toit | Bennie Fourie, Bouwer Bosch, Tim Theron, Nico Panagio, Stiaan Smith | Crime | Afrikaans | ||
| Winnie | Pascale Lamche | Winnie Mandela | Documentary | For this film, Lamche won the Directing Award for World Cinema - Documentary at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival[16] | ||
| The Wound (Inxeba) | John Trengove | Nakhane Touré, Bongile Mantsai, Niza Jay Ncoyini, Thobani Mseleni | Drama | Xhosa, Afrikaans, English | ||
| The Black Moses | (production company) | (director) | TBA | Drama | Zulu, Afrikaans, English | ||
| 2018 | ||||||
| Aya | Khalid EL-Jelailati | Danica De La Rey, Richard Gau, Charlie Bouguenon, Keketso Montshiwa | Thriller | English | ||
| Baby Mamas | Stephina Zwane | Salamina Mosese, Kay Smith, Thembisa Mdoda, Dineo Ranaka | Comedy | English | ||
| Cut-Out Girls | Nicola Hanekom | Atlanta Johnson, Keziah Gabriel, Cody Mountain, Meghan Oberholzer | Drama, Thriller | English | ||
| Dominee Tienie | Salmon de Jager | Frank Opperman, Henrietta Gryffenberg, Thapelo Makoena, Carel Nel, Deon Lotz | Drama | |||
| Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story | Daryne Joshua | Jill Levenberg, Jerrid Geduld, Elton Landrew, Clint Brink | Drama | Afrikaans, English | Also known as Ellen: The Story of Ellen Pakkies | |
| Farewell Ella Bella | Lwazi Mvusi | Jay Anstey, Sello Maake Ka-Ncube, Lionel Newton, Katlego Danke, Mary-Anne Barlow, Noluthando Meje | Drama | English | ||
| Frank & Fearless | Gray Hofmeyr | Leon Schuster, Themba Ntuli, Kenneth Nkosi, Khanyi Mbau, Jennifer Steyn | Comedy | |||
| Kanarie | Christiaan Olwagen | Schalk Bezuidenhout, Hannes Otto, Germandt Geldenhuys, Gérard Rudolf, Jacques Bessenger, Beer Adriaanse | Drama, Musical, War | Afrikaans | Also known as Canary | |
| Mayfair | Sara Blecher | Ronak Patani, Rajesh Gopie, Wayne Van Rooyen, Jack Devnarain, Kelly-Eve Koopman, Ameera Patel | Action, Crime, Drama | English | ||
| Meerkat Maantuig | Hanneke Schutte | Anchen du Plessis, Rika Sennett, Pierre van Pletzen, Themba Ntuli | Drama, Science Fiction, Fantasy | Afrikaans | Also known as Meerkat Moonship | |
| Number 37 | Nosipho Dumisa | Irshaad Ally, Monique Rockman, Ephraim Gordon, Danny Ross, Deon Lotz | Thriller | Afrikaans | ||
| Raaiselkind | Andre Velts | Diaan Lawrenson, Deon Lotz, Anrich Herbst | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| The Recce | Johannes Ferdinand Van Zyl | Greg Kriek, Christia Visser, Elsabé Daneel, Marius Weyers, Maurice Carpede | Drama, War | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Red Room | Sans Moonsamy | Khanyi Mbau, Pakamisa Zwedala, Nicholas Nkuna, Charlie Bougenon | Drama, Thriller | English | ||
| Sew the Winter to My Skin | Jahmil X. T. Qubeka | Ezra Mabengeza, Kandyse McClure, Peter Kurth, Zolisa Xaluva, Bok Van Blerk | Action, Adventure | Afrikaans, English, Xhosa | ||
| Stroomop | Ivan Botha | DonnaLee Roberts, Simoné Nortmann, Ilse Klink, Chanelle de Jager, Carla Classen, Armand Aucamp | Action, Adventure | Afrikaans, English | ||
| Table Manners | Leli Maki | Diaan Lawrenson, Renate Stuurman, Neels Van Jaarsveld, Thabo Malema, Fiona Ramsey | Comedy, Drama | English | ||
| Thys & Trix | Quentin Krog | , Bouwer Bosch, Brendon Daniels | Action, Adventure, Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| The Tokoloshe | Jerome Pikwane | Petronella Tshuma, Kwande Nkosi, Dawid Minaar, Harriet Manamela, Mandla Shongwe, Yule Masiteng | Horror, Thriller | English, Zulu | ||
| When Babies Don't Come | Molatelo Mainetje-Bossman | Molatelo Mainetje-Bossman | Documentary Feature | Khelobedu, English | ||
| Wonderlus | Johan Cronje | Beer Adriaanse, Marvin-Lee Beukes, Mila Guy, Edwin Van Der Walt, Simoné Nortmann | Comedy, Drama, Romance | Afrikaans | ||
| 2019 | ||||||
| An Act of Defiance | Jean van de Velde | Peter Paul Muller, Antoinette Louw, Sello Motloung | Drama | English | ||
| Ander Mens | Quentin Krog | Bennie Fourie, Marlee van der Merwe, Frank Opperman, James Borthwick | Comedy | Afrikaans | ||
| Back of the Moon | Angus Gibson | Richard Lunkunku, Moneoa Moshesh, Lemogang Tsipa | Drama | Zulu | ||
| Bhai's Cafe | Maynard Kraak | Mehboob Bawa, Suraya Rose Santos, Siv Ngesi | Romantic comedy, Musical | English | In the style of Bollywood | |
| Buddha in Africa | Nicole Schafer | Enock Alu | Biography | English, Chinese Mandarin | ||
| Deep End | Eubulus Timothy | Carishma Basday, Greg Kriek, Suraya-Rose Santos, Mahendra Raghunath, Robin Singh | Drama, Romance, Sport | English | ||
| Fiela se Kind (2019) | Brett Michael Innes | Zenobia Kloppers, Luca Bornman, Wayne Smith, Wayne van Rooyen, Cindy Swanepoel, Drikus Volschenk | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Flatland | Jenna Cato Bass | Faith Baloyi, , Izel Bezuidenhout | Drama | English, Afrikaans | ||
| Griekwastad | Jozua Malherbe | Arnold Vosloo, Alex van Dyk, Tim Theron, Jody Abrahams | Crime, Drama | Afrikaans | Dramatisation of a true story | |
| The Harvesters | Etienne Kallos | Brent Vermeulen, Alex Van Dyk, Juliana Venter, Morne Visser | Drama | Afrikaans, English | Original title: Die Stropers | |
| Kandasamys: The Wedding | Jayan Moodley | Jailoshini Naidoo, Maeshni Naicker, Madhushan Singh, Mishqah Parthiephal | Romance | |||
| Kings of Mulberry Street | Judy Naidoo | Aaqil Hoosen, Shaan Nathoo, Neville Pillay, Rizelle Januk, Thiru Naidoo | Comedy | English | ||
| Knuckle City | Jahmil X. T. Qubeka | Bongile Mantsai, Thembekile Komani, Patrick Ndlovu, Faniswa Yisa, Siv Ngesi | Drama, Crime | Xhosa | South Africa's entry for the 92nd Academy Awards (2020) in Best International Feature Film category[17] | |
| The Last Victims | Maynard Kraak | Sean Cameron Michael, Kurt Egelhof, Marno van der Merwe, Ashish Gangapersad, Jacobus Van Heerden, Mark Mulder | Drama, Mystery, Thriller | English | Inspired by true events film, has won 18 awards and 8 nominations around the world from 12 film festivals. The world Premiere was at Pan African Film Festival, Hollywood in 2019. | |
| Liewe Lisa | Hendrik Cronje | Elani Dekker, Hendrik Cronje, Zane Meas, Barbara-Marie Immelman, Albert Maritz | Romance | Afrikaans | ||
| Love Lives Here | Norman Maake | Thando Thabethe, Lungile Radu, Andile Gumbi, Nomalanga Shozi, Zola Nombona | Romance | English | ||
| Matwetwe | Kagiso Lediga | Anastasia Augustus, Lungile Cindi, Mbeko Cindi, Karabo Dikolomela, Neo Erasmus | Adventure, Comedy, Drama | Also known as Wizard | ||
| Moffie | Oliver Hermanus | Kai Luke Brümmer, Ryan de Villiers | Drama, Romance, War | Afrikaans, English | ||
| The Seagull (Die Seemeeu) | Christiaan Olwagen | Sandra Prinsloo, Marius Weyers, Gerben Kamper, Alyzzander Fourie, Deon Lotz | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| Skemerson | Philip Rademeyer | Pietie Beyers, Elize Cawood, Anneke Weidemann | Drama | |||
| The Soul Collector | Harold Hölscher | Tshamano Sebe, Inge Beckmann | Horror | English, Tswana | Originally entitled 8 and 8: A South African Horror Story[18] | |
| The Story of Racheltjie de Beer | Matthys Boshoff | Stian Bam, Antoinette Louw, Marius Weyers, Sandra Prinsloo, Zonika de Vries | Drama | Afrikaans | ||
| 3 Days to Go | Bianca Isaac | Leeanda Reddy, Lillette Dubey, Jailoshini Naidoo, Kajal Bagwandeen | Drama | English | ||
| Zulu Wedding | Lineo Sekeleoane | Nondumiso Tembe, Darren Dewitt Henson, Carl Payne, Pallance Dladla | Romance | English | ||
2020s[]
| Title | Director | Cast | Genre | Language | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | ||||||
| Barakat | Amy Jephta | Vinette Ebrahim, Joey Rasdien, Mortimer Williams, Quanita Adams, Keeno Lee Hectormade | Family drama | Afrikaans, English | First South African Muslim film | |
| My Father the Mover | Julia Jansch | Mthuthuzeli Stoan Galela | Documentary | Xhosa | Winner of Best Documentary Short at 19th Annual Tribeca Film Festival[19] | |
| Parable | Beer Adriaanse | Jane de Wet, Michael Richard, Jay Hlatshwayo, Carla Classen, Thapelo Aphiri, Danny Meaker | Horror | English | TV film | |
| Poppie Nongena | Christiaan Olwagen | Clementine Mosimane, Anna-Mart van der Merwe, Nomsa Nene, Chris Gxalaba | Biography, Drama | Afrikaans, English | Based on the novel The Long Journey of Poppie Nongena by Elsa Joubert[20] | |
| Rage | Jaco Bouwer | , Jane de Wet, Tristan de Beer, Carel Nel, Sihle Mnqwanzana, Shalima Mkongi, David Viviers | Horror | Afrikaans | TV film | |
| Stam | Louw Venter | Inge Beckmann, Gideon Lombard, Tarryn Wyngard, Niza Jay | Thriller | Afrikaans | ||
| Toorbos | Rene van Rooyen | Elani Dekker, Stiaan Smith, Ivan Abrahams, Ira Blanckenberg, Clare Marshall, Gretchen Ramsden | Drama | Afrikaans | South Africa's entry for the 93rd Academy Awards (2021) in the Best International Feature Film category[17] | |
| Triggered | Alastair Orr | Liesl Ahlers, Reine Swart, Russell Crous, Cameron Scott, Steven John Ward, Suraya Rose Santos, Paige Bonnin, Kayla Privett, Michael Lawrence Potter | Action, Horror | English | ||
| uHambo | Thabo Mashiala | Siphiwe Mtshali, Enhle Mbali, Nat Ramabulana, Thato Moeng | Drama | |||
| Vergeet My Nie | Andre Felts | Marguerite van Eeden, Sean-Marco Vorster, Kenley Swart, Pietie Beyers, Amalia Uys, Fiona Ramsay | Romance | Afrikaans, English | ||
| 2021 | ||||||
| Angeliena | Uga Carlini | Euodia Samson, Tshamano Sebe, Thapelo Mokoena, Colin Moss | Comedy-drama | English | Netflix film | |
| Briefly (Vlugtig) | Marinus Gubitz | Arno Greeff, Jane de Wet, Ernst van Wyk | Psychological drama | Afrikaans | Feature-length adaptation of the 2017 short film | |
| Glasshouse | Kelsey Egan | Jessica Alexander, Anja Taljaard, , Adrienne Pearce, Kitty Harris, Brent Vermeulen | Dystopian, Sci-fi, Thriller | English | ||
| Good Madam (Mlungu Wam) | Jenna Cato Bass | Chumisa Cosa, Nosipho Mtebe | Thriller drama | English, Xhosa | ||
| I Am All Girls | Donovan Marsh | Erica Wessels, Hlubi Mboya, Deon Lotz, Mothusi Magano | Mystery thriller | English | Netflix film | |
| Kaalgat Karel | , | Comedy, Romance | Afrikaans | |||
| Little Big Mouth | Gray Hofmeyr, Ziggy Hofmeyr | Nay Maps, Amanda du-Pont, James Borthwick | Family | English | Netflix film | |
| Love, Lies and Hybrids | Amanda Lane | , Shamilla Miller, Alexander Maniatis | Drama, Romance | English | TV film | |
| Umakoti Wethu | Nozipho Nkelemba | Fulu Mugovhani, Melusi Mbele, Kwanele Mthethwa, Duduzile Ngcobo | Drama | Venda, Zulu, English | Showmax film | |
| 2022 | ||||||
| Amandla | Lemogang Tsipa, Thabo Rametsi, Israel Matseke-Zulu | Drama | English, Afrikaans, Zulu | Netflix film | ||
See also[]
- List of Afrikaans-language films
References[]
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Sources[]
- Ames, Roy (2008). Dictionary of African Filmmakers. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 117. ISBN 978-0253351166.
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