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- When a single, alcoholic mother's state worsens, her high school daughter resorts to begging on the streets to support their family.
- When Kat gets dumped the night before her wedding, her best friends, Noks and Lu rally together to make good use of her honeymoon in Zanzibar.
- This beautifully filmed series introduce us to four generations of an Afrikaner family. We soon discover that Ouma Cilliers and her descendents are hiding some juicy secrets from one another.
- A coloured woman living in the arid Karoo takes in a lost white child and raises him as her own. Nine years later, the boy is removed and forced to live in the Knysna Forest with a family of woodcutters who claim that he is theirs.
- Nadia van Heerden is a loving, ambitious orphan who dreams of becoming the head-girl of her school. Other girls have the same ambition but are not worried about how they achieve it. Nadia and her classmates learn that a good leader is someone who can inspire by example and is not always in the limelight.
- After a prolific South African writer disappears, a journalist is motivated by ambition to uncover the writer's secret history.
- A conventional music teacher lives for his singing group who are outcasts at their sport-mad school. Circumstances force the group to stand up for what they believe in, because when they sing, they find meaning in life.
- Story of drug addiction and murder
- Vaselinetjie, a white girl, is raised by her loving brown grandparents in a remote rural village. When the welfare finds out that she is not their biological grandchild, they send her to an orphanage in the faraway city of Johannesburg.
- Wimpie Koekemoer--the biggest geek in school. He is constantly embarrassed by his conservative mother and his strange father, especially in front of girls. Wimpie dreams of being popular. His dream could unexpectedly become a reality when the most popular girl in school, Katrien Swanepoel, is dumped by first-team rugby centre Werner 'Killer' Botha. Katrien and her friends Liezl and Christie decide to give Werner a taste of his own medicine by planning to make Wimpie the new first team centre. Rugby is a lot harder than Karien and Wimpie anticipated and Wimpie almost gives up. Fortunately, his unexpected popularity leads to friendship with school rascals Japie and Fanie. The mischievous duo unknowingly convince Wimpie to keep playing rugby although they're much more interested in pajama parties with girls. Bakgat is finding yourself, despite high school.
- During the South African 70's, a young nurse ruffles feathers as she shows a small town, and its golden boy, what it means to be an independent woman.
- Basson has five days to get to his father's funeral in Cape Town, but he needs to complete certain tasks on this trip before he can call the family company his own. On the road he meets free-spirited bohemian Amory. As they journey across South Africa's breathtaking landscape, they meet wonderful characters who allow for hilarious moments and life-changing experiences. Their trip takes a sudden bad turn when a villainous figure appears. Basson and Amory are faced with disappointment and heartache. On the road called life, it is inevitable that you will take some wrong turns. But no matter how hard the road might be, en route to true love is where you will find your true north.
- Barry has a unique problem. He came up with a truly original idea. And sharing it has consequences.
- Childhood friends Nina and Hugo chose different paths in life. Years later, Hugo returns to his hometown and discovers that Nina is getting married the next day. Events on the wedding day throw them back together and they embark on a new adventure.
- A support group travels to the Orange River. A doctor, 2 moms, a daughter and a suicidal woman leave for their "veldskool" trip. Many trials, tribulations and truths are revealed as they go on this epic adventure.
- Shrouded in a veil of mystery, Sonja Daneel arrives at the luxurious Hotel Njala, which belongs to the Joubert family, to start as the establishment's new receptionist. However, following a freak car accident, Daleen can't remember who she is, where she comes from or why she chose to accept a position at this place. With the help of the cynical lieutenant Conrad Nolte, Sonja hesitantly sweeps aside the veil of her forgotten memories and begins to uncover disturbing details about Hotel Njala and the Jouberts. A series of murders shocks all involved with the Hotel to the core. Sonja Daneel realises - only by confronting her true identity can she save her life and put the ghost that has haunted her past to rest.
- A group of tourists face the fight of their lives in a South African game reserve.
- A nine-year-old autistic boy is found dead in the bath tub. His mother Ingrid, who spent her life caring for him and loved him dearly, is being investigated for murder.
- When the budget gets cut for Romeo and Juliet, the drama geeks Yvette and Tyler have to think of a plan to save their production. However, this plan involves unforeseen consequences for the new hero of the show, Marko Marais.
- Wimpie Koekemoer enters the challenging world of university rugby, where dreams seem unreachable and the chosen legends of tomorrow are shaped.
- What if the only way two young Kwazulu Natal boys can defeat the bullying local crime lord who's threatening their families, is through their belief that one can be a Bollywood hero. Feisty TICKY is like a tjara artful dodger - cheeky and daring with a streetwise swagger and little respect for rules. He escapes the realities of his 80's Sugarhill District existence by living in a Bollywood dream world where he's an unbeatable action hero. Rooftops are his kingdom. When chubby, timid BABOO moves into the neighbourhood with his snooty, academic dad, Ticky thinks he's the biggest loser he's ever seen - but soon the two boys are drawn together by the shared threat of local bully and crime boss, RAJA. These two nine year-old misfits decide to rid their community of the evil Raja. Their plan - emulate the antics and mannerisms of Bollywood hereos. The battle between escapism and harsh reality is not evenly matched, yet these heroes share a loyalty so special that it can conquer all.
- Landing in England, an aspiring rugby player who struggles to fit in with the locals decides to put his own team together in order to win the rugby league prize money to pay for his wedding, not realizing that he's putting his relationship in jeopardy because of it.
- The son of a famous street dancer tries to discover the truth about his father's tragic death 12 years prior. When he joins forces with his father's dance partner, he finds himself embroiled in a bitter rivalry that pushes him to his limit.
- Meet Hanna, a teenage girl, and her unconventional family. Her mother is a painter; her father Gavin is a gay fashion designer; her stepfather Beyers is a seasoned actor and the father of Hanna's half-brother Tibo. Then there are 8-year-old Amos and 16-year-old Yann, compliments of Beyers and his ex-wife Margot. Hanna creates imaginary characters, a reflection of her alter ego and a family the total opposite of her own. Hanna's mother and stepfather take the family on their delayed honeymoon, which turns into a series of events, mishaps and family bonding. They end up stranded in a old country house with nowhere to go and no one else to turn to but one another.
- Tells the story of adult siblings who, after the sudden death of their father, are forced to return to their childhood home.
- In order to catch a drug king-pin, a brother and sister team of hapless detectives must go undercover as husband and wife to infiltrate the high society of a golfing estate.
- Three adopted sisters, reunited after their mother's death, go down Memory Lane filled with beautiful places and interesting characters.
- The film follows a backpack on a journey around the world, intersecting the lives of dozens of fascinating characters along the way. Written and directed by 25 different directors on 5 continents in an unprecedented online collaboration, the film brings together a variety of cultures, languages and film styles into a singular narrative plot. As the story progresses, we learn details about the mysterious man to whom the bag belongs.
- Janice and Donald Jakes have fallen out of love and into Police Protection. Being at the wrong place at the wrong time sends Simon Jakes, and his parents to a journey where they will rediscover what it means to love each other.
- (She Sounds Like Spring) is about Ben, a mechanic at a car dealership in Johannesburg, and Linda, a beautiful, brainy redhead. Their paths cross one evening and he recognizes her as his boss' daughter, but she doesn't know who he is. They have an instant connection, and in an attempt to hide his identity, he tells her he's in a band. This innocent lie threatens to expose Ben when it turns out that they like each other more than anticipated, so he decides if he's to be good enough for her, he needs to live up to his life. He pursues the dream he'd neglected years ago and starts a band with two of his co-workers and his neighbor. They enter a Battle of the Bands competition but realize that a music career is rather daunting. And what will happen when Linda discovers Ben's true identity?
- You're a normal citizen minding your own business. You're pulled into a situation by a strange character that is turning your reality upside-down. The thought that this cannot be real crosses your mind, but before it sinks in, your emotions are pushed beyond your control. You're at the point where that innocent citizen you were just five minutes ago, feels like a dream from another lifetime, and that's when this weirdo exposes the truth. As he points out the hidden movie cameras that surround you, it sinks in that you just fell for it, like you never thought you would. 'Why would they put me through this?!' you might ponder. The answer is simple: to make people laugh. "Ek Joke Net!" is an epic candid-camera movie that follows and re-invents a long South African history of candid camera films. From the shoe salesman with a foot fetish; the drunken driving instructor, and mistaken celebrities at the airport to the terrifying Haunted House: the gags are made for the big screen. Our daring pranksters add fuel to the fire as our victims are caught unawares. Their anger, fear, confusion, and relief combine to construct a comedy guaranteed to make you laugh 'till you cry. "Ek Joke Net!" is modern candid camera at its best.
- Dônnie enters the barbershop. Vikkah recognizes him as the man that allegedly murdered his son. Vikkah's daughter Mynie, a skilled barber, is undermined by her father. Today she has a client in the chair: the man that murdered her brother.
- Tells the story of a 1966 railway community, told through the eyes of an eleven year old boy, called Timus.
- Sometimes the first step to making a difference and following your dreams, is to follow your heart and find someone who shares those dreams with you.
- In a country where police sirens are an everyday melody and survival is an ongoing struggle, we see Albert and Peet step in and give us hope that there is Superheroes among us who will stand up and fight for the man on the street.
- 4 white Afrikaans boys spend 9 life-changing days on a extreme right-wing military summer camp in South Africa. Where is line between racism and patriotism?
- Kruispad takes place over 13 years between 1994 and 2007 and focuses on the impact of the new dispensation on the prosperity, business interests, and ability of two Afrikaans families to adapt or not adapt.
- For over 120 years hundreds of thousands of black men from the countries of Southern Africa have left their families to dig for gold and produce the wealth of South Africa. Today these mining communities face severe poverty and the world's greatest epidemic of silicosis and tuberculosis caused by exposure to silica dust in gold mines. The true cost of South Africa's wealth is revealed by the juxta-positioning of present day gold miner stories with an archival voice created from state and mining records and repurposed industrial documentaries and propaganda films. The archival voice further reveals the untold story of how industrialised South Africa was built on a foundation of modern slavery based on a vast system of recruitment that utilized propaganda films since the early 1900's. Dying for Gold is also a story of mad love that holds men, women and children through experiences of unspeakable pain and death.
- Taking Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream as its starting point, Dream World follows four young couples, caught in the hothouse atmosphere of a wedding and events estate, who constantly fall in and out of love with each other. Love is the drug.
- According to statistics, 1 in every 3 South-African mothers suffers from Postnatal Depression. Stom (Mute) offers a 'slice of life' perspective on a mother's journey following the birth of her first child. She anticipated that her baby would bring her the ultimate joy, but instead, she was looking down the dark hole of Postnatal Depression. She becomes more and more desperate for air until she is driven to an irrevocable escape.
- Set in the 1940's, Ouma Se Slim Kind is an honest tale of the foibles of humanity, love and friendship, set against the often harsh, yet strikingly beautiful rural South African landscape.
- Roelof 'Pik' Botha's poetic reflections about his momentous career as South Africa's Foreign Minister and at one stage, one of the longest-serving Foreign Ministers in the world.
- Spotlights a small band of notable Afrikaans leaders, who traverse a tense ten-year tightrope between war and peace, turning their backs on their history to help South Africa's democratic transition.
- Arc of Mercy explores the extraordinary lives and thoughts of a core group of paying volunteers who work on the world's biggest NGO hospital ship docked in Liberia. They selflessly give free life-changing surgeries to local people in desperate need of medical attention.
- This portrait recognizes the extraordinary alliance known as 'The Frontline States'. It dramatically recounts how three generations of the Sisulu family came to be reunited after living in exile for over three decades.