Film
Everything about the latest films
Escape from Pretoria: ’n onderhoud met Tim Jenkin
2021-05-28"Ek het geleer dat wanneer jy ’n uitdaging in die gesig staar, jy nie sommer net die hele oplossing kan sit en uitwerk nie. Jou wegspringplek is om jou doelwit neer te pen. ’n Plan is ’n dinamiese, veranderlike stel riglyne wat geskaaf word soos wat jy praktiese aktiwiteite begin uitvoer. Daar sal vele draaie en swaaie wees, want jy kan die volgende stap beplan slegs as jy die vorige uitdaging oorkom het."
Persverklaring: SAFTA-toekennings 2021
2021-05-25MultiChoice stap weg met 47 SAFTA-toekennings by die 15de Suid-Afrikaanse Film- en Televisie-toekennings (SAFTAs) – ’n bevestiging van dié veelsydige inhoudvervaardiger as Afrika se mees geliefde storieverteller wat van die beste plaaslike inhoud skep.
Wesens: Discovery of “the other” in the Klein Karoo
2021-05-12"As Kaang and Kuyper witness each other’s departure to wherever, the penny drops. Proximity, no matter how uncomfortable, is perhaps South Africa’s only remedy."
David J Rademan: A critical analysis of Wesens (2020)
2021-05-12"The dominant discourse of the “civilised” European thus dominates and replaces that of the Khoisan, erasing it."
Framing the film Wesens (2020) from a cinematic perspective
2021-05-12"What separates Muller’s approach from its Western counterparts is the fact that Wesens is very much rooted in the sociopolitical and cultural climate of apartheid-era South Africa."
Akina Besuidenhout: Wesens is baie opvoedkundig
2021-05-12"Hulle het dit so goed vertolk dat jy sou dink hulle is regte wetenskaplikes."
Wesens is “a deep exploration of humankind”
2021-05-11"Though culture is ingrained in us and forms a big part of how we shape and see our world, it is learned, and therefore we can unlearn the parts of our culture that no longer serve us, or the parts of it that do not do the planet any good."
Wesens is far “from the archetypal gun-toting American film” says Nelia Bester
2021-05-11"The two scientists have a different kind of power over the major and staff sergeant. They are the ones documenting the journey and can therefore decide when to stop filming and when to start again."
“Leave your Hollywood notions at the door”: Mphanya Mmatseleng on Wesens
2021-05-11"To those who have not seen the film, allow yourself to experience this Afrikaans catalyst project. Leave your Hollywood notions of films and filmmaking at the door, and give this unique film a chance to challenge your outlook on life."
Wesens: Uncomfortable truths found among the footage
2021-05-10"The audience must confront the uncomfortable realisation that our Western ideas of civilisation, progress and superiority are fundamentally outdated."
Wesens: A review by Bernard Frost
2021-05-10"Wesens is a gem, a rebel that successfully challenges traditional Afrikaans filmmaking."
Natasha Meyer: Wesens pas nie in enige filmtipe-boksie nie
2021-05-10"Dalk dien die “anderste” film as ’n waarskuwing dat ons nie net beter na ons aarde moet kyk nie maar ook na mekaar? Dat ons meer verdraagsaam moet wees voor ons alles en almal vernietig met geweld en net gravitasie oorbly?"
Barakat: ’n filmresensie deur Leon van Nierop
2021-05-10"Die verkwiklike draaiboek deur Amy Jephta en Ephraim Gordon systap alle clichés waarop ons hamburgereters dekades lank gespeen is."
Erla-Mari Diedericks: “Ons is almal Kaang se wesens”
2021-05-10"Die Kind van Afrika het bly groei totdat hy, presies tien jaar later, op 16 Julie 1976 as jeugdige sy vuis tydens die Soweto-opstande teen die regering gebal het. Dit was die begin van die einde van apartheid."
Wesens: a review by Ayden Kruger
2021-05-07"The film as a whole grapples with the concept of invasion. Set against the backdrop of the Americans attempting to invade the moon and the Russians apparently attempting to invade the world with communism, the arrival of the foreign object onto the farm seems dangerously intrusive."
Wesens, an analysis by Jessica Smith
2021-05-06"Careful combinations of cinematic elements carry a weighty topic with an aesthetically pleasing backdrop – a masterfully executed film for fans of indie productions and for those who are undaunted by the truth."
An analysis of Wesens (2020) by Gareth H Green
2021-05-06"It is a surprisingly beautiful message derived from brutally honest and ever-relevant commentary on human society as a whole."
Wesens: “Wie was eerste hier?”
2021-05-04"Uiteindelik is hierdie film ’n kinematografiese narratief van grond, Suid-Afrika, die mense wat dit bewoon en die Groot Verhale (mites) waaraan elke groep glo."
Wesens, ’n kritiese ontleding deur Leoné Prinsloo
2021-05-04"Wesens is ’n dramatiese wetenskapfiksiefilm waarin verskillende sentraal-onderliggende temas en simboliek met betrekking tot aweregse vrae oor identiteit, verteenwoordiging en liggingsgeoriënteerde politiek deur middel van konseptuele metafore, sowel as toepaslike filmtegnieke, vanuit die postkoloniale teoretiese raamwerk ondersoek word."
Persverklaring: Skemerdans nou op Showmax
2021-04-28"Die pas is vinnig en die reeks verdien om met dieselfde entoesiasme as internasionale reekse gekyk te word. Ek glo dat dit die pas aangee vir die soort storie-vertelling waarna Suid-Afrikaners lankal smag."
