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- DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsLeleti KhumaloLihle MvelasePepi KhambuleAfter falling ill, Yesterday learns that she is HIV positive. With her husband in denial and young daughter to tend to, Yesterday's one goal is to live long enough to see her child go to school.
- DirectorLancelot Oduwa ImasuenIkechukwu OnyekaStarsInnocent AbahChristian AjasajePeace AwakGina (Omotola Jalade Ekeinde) and Alex (Ramsey Nouah) seem like the ideal couple from the outside, but the urge to always be in control of all aspect of Gina's life is threatening their relationship. Alex abuses her emotionally and physically anytime he sees her getting close to the opposite sex.
- DirectorChineze AnyaeneStarsGenevieve NnajiOmotola Jalade-EkeindeLarry UlrichUnprecedented in scope, "Ijé" tells a tale of Chioma, a child growing up in the Nigerian countryside, who warns her restless sister Anya about the trappings of the American dream. Ten years later, Anya is accused of killing three men in a Hollywood Hills mansion--including her record-producer husband. Chioma travels from Nigeria to Los Angeles and, with the help of a young, unproven attorney, discovers that the dark secret her sister wants to keep hidden might be the only thing that can win her freedom.
- DirectorOliver SchmitzStarsKhomotso ManyakaKeaobaka MakanyaneHarriet LenabeA touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.
- DirectorBiyi BandeleStarsIretiola DoyleNse Ikpe-EtimOmoni OboliA seed with different character.
- DirectorJudy KibingeStarsSusan WanjiruQdamah KipchumbaDavid Kiprotich MutaiSOMETHING NECESSARY is a film about a pivotal period in the life of Anne, a woman struggling to rebuild her life after the civil unrest that swept Kenya following the 2007 elections, claiming the life of her husband, the health of her son and leaving her isolated farm in ruins. Joseph, a troubled young gang member who participated in the countrywide violence is drawn to Anne and her farm seemingly in search of redemption. Both he and Anne need something that only the other can give to allow them to shed the painful memories of their past and move on, but will either of them find it?
- DirectorIshaya BakoStarsGenevieve NnajiOris ErhueroChioma OmeruahAn estranged couple try to fix their marriage on a road trip to a relative's funeral. However when memories and secrets from the past are revealed, a lot more is at stake than their relationship.
- DirectorDesmond OvbiageleLucky EjimStarsGbenga AkinnagbeKehinde BankoleLucky EjimTwo ace detectives stalk a psychotic crime lord in the urban jungle of Africa's most populous city
- DirectorZee NtuliStarsThishiwe ZiqubuPallance DladlaIsrael Matseke-ZuluWhen SKIETS, an enigmatic, beautiful stranger walks into small rural township tavern and demands a beer, TK, a charming local lothario sets out to seduce her in order to prove his prowess to the locals. When she spurns his attentions, he falls head over heels for her and seriously starts to woo her. However, Skiets is a dark horse and breaks TK's heart when she returns to the tavern the next night on the arm of MUGZA, the local hood! But...when Mugza discovers that Skiets has stolen his car keys and intends to make off with his most precious possession, he erupts. TK steps in to defend Skiets and before he knows it he is on his way to Johannesburg and the bright city lights with her - in the car that Mugza treasures above all else! Step in Gumede, a sophisticated, wealthy and dangerous crime lord who takes them under his wing when Skiets catches his eye. Skiets recognizes the type and is reticent to accept Gumede's money but TK is only too happy to spend it without any thought of the payback that will inevitably follow. When Gumede makes a move on Skiets, TK, sick with jealousy, decides to rob one of Gumede's own stores and pay him back with his own money. The action, mystery, love and drama continues.
- DirectorJuliet AsanteStarsBelinda BaidooMichael Bonny BasseyKofi BucknorAjoa, a street girl (Kayayo's as they are called in Ghana, are street girls who live and work primarily in the market areas of Ghana), meets Bruce, the rich heir of the Timothy fortunes. Their friendship sets into motion a class war; as Ajoa struggles to cross the class divide and find love, Bruce struggles to find himself. Together, they must brave the turbulent political times, and the social barriers. They are both looking for love, but in the wrong places. Class war can have only one winner.
- DirectorSara BlecherStarsHykie BergIzel BezuidenhoutMichelle BothaIn the middle of the night, someone rings the doorbell of successful Bloemfontein, South Africa businessman Danie du Toit. Outside, the rain is pouring down. Danie puts on his gown, walks to the front door, and switches on the light. A slender rain-soaked figure stands with her back turned to him. When she turns around, he recognizes the face that stares at him from underneath the hood. It's his stepdaughter, whom he hasn't seen in years. "It's me, Anna" she says calmly. The hate seeps through her words, just like the rain that pours over them. Then she lifts the gun--The movie "Dis Ek, Anna" is about Anna Bruwer's sexual abuse by her stepfather over an 8-year period. She called herself Silent Anna because she couldn't tell anyone what had happened between them--not her mother, not her best friend, not even her own father. The viewer becomes intimately involved in the child's twilight world of shame, threats and silence.
- DirectorPaul EilersStarsGys de VilliersVilje MaritzAndrew ThompsonUpon hearing that the enemy (the British) are planning a "scorched-earth" policy, a loving father and husband who is also a well-respected Boer officer decides to go home and protect his wife and family instead of participating further in the war. This decision leads to him and his sons being tried for high treason.
- DirectorPierre SmithStarsAdam TasTanya van GraanIvan ZimmermannBased on the true story of the famous ghost in the small town of Uniondale South Africa.
- DirectorAndre OdendaalStarsCarmen PretoriusFranci SwanepoelTiaan KeldermanWhen a single, alcoholic mother's state worsens, her high school daughter resorts to begging on the streets to support their family.
- DirectorPhilippe FalardeauStarsReese WitherspoonArnold OcengGer DuanyA group of Sudanese refugees, given the chance to resettle in the U.S., arrive in Kansas City, Missouri, where their encounter with an employment agency counselor forever changes all of their lives.
- DirectorBruce MacdonaldStarsScott EastwoodCheryl LaddPatrick LysterWhen a surfer is pronounced dead after an accident, he's faced with a choice: remain in the eternal afterlife or return and share his experience with the world.
- DirectorIzu OjukwuStarsRamsey NouahRita DominicChidi MokemeThe story is told from two points of view: that of a young pregnant woman, and that of her husband, a soldier accused of being involved in the failed 1976 military coup and assassination of General Murtala Mohammed, the Head-of-State of Nigeria.
- DirectorOmoni OboliStarsToyin AbrahamHalimar AbubakarOlu AdedejiChuks (aka Terminator) is an ardent player with the ladies. He enjoys the attention of women, including girlfriends from the past. He believes that once a man has had a woman, he forever has access to her. When challenged by his friends to see if he can prove the universality of that theory with three ex-girlfriends from his school days within 21 days, he accepts it. Turning on his best charm he sets off to try and prove himself, but his quest brings him to three women, Ifeoma (Ify), Tomi and Ejiro, whose situations in life have changed drastically since school days. This challenge of their various new statuses makes his quest to win the bet more and more insurmountable as he tries to prove the immutability of the age-old law, OKAFOR'S Law.
- DirectorPaul KrügerAnél StolpStarsLika BerningThierry BallarinDeon LotzLisa lives with her father, Izak on a wine farm in Franschoek. Her mother died some time ago, and left a french toast recipe that only a few people know. One day she finds her mothers diary and to her astonishment finds out that she has a brother or sister in France somewhere. She decides to go and find her sibling. Her boyfriend, Theo, is on the verge of asking her to marry him, but understands that she has to go. In France she meets a chef, Jean-Pierre, who works in the Alexandre cafe shop. He is looking for a photographer for his cook book. Because she cant speak French, she decides to help him but then he must help her find her sister or brother. They have fun looking for her sibling but then something happens that makes Jean-Pierre disappear and he asks her not to look for him. Why does he do this? Does she find her sibling? Is Jean-Pierre her sibling? Does Liza go home and marry Theo?
- DirectorMaria GovanStarsRenel BrownNicki MicheauxCCH PounderDetermined to reconcile with the mother who abandoned her when she was just a toddler, a Bahamian adolescent boards a local mail boat and sets sail for Nassau in director Maria Govan's intimate family drama. Rain has lived a sheltered life on Ragged Island, but now the death of her grandmother has forced her to get out and explore the world on her own. Upon arriving in Nassau the young girl is overwhelmed by the sights of the big city, and soon finds her idealistic illusions shattered when she witnesses firsthand just how deviant and destructive her mother's lifestyle has truly become. Stranded in a an unfamiliar environment that fills her with dread and confronted by a mother she has never known, Rain searches deep within herself to summon the strength needed to find her own place in the world.
- DirectorKevin NateraStarsAdriana BarrazaLeleti KhumaloKalu IkeagwuAn illiterate village girl defies the customs of her tribe, discriminatory to women, only to become the spark of a Literary Revolution.
- DirectorJeta AmataStarsMbong AmataTom SizemoreVivica A. FoxOne local Niger Delta community's struggle against their own government and a multi-national oil corporation who has plundered their land and destroyed the environment.
- DirectorIkechukwu OnyekaStarsMbong AmataFrederick AuduBlossom ChukwujekwuFORGETTING JUNE tells the story of a young happily married couple who are seriously in love . Suddenly the wife gets into a fatal accident and the man thinks she is dead. And decides to date her best friend. And now realises she is still alive but has lost her memory. This is when the story kicks into action.
- DirectorKunle AfolayanStarsAngélique KidjoWale OjoJimmy Jean-LouisFive top-level staff of a company are selected for a retreat where the new CEO of a global company will be chosen. What starts off as cordial soon goes sour as they attempt to outdo one another to be named "The CEO."
- DirectorCurtis GrahamStarsOlu JacobsRichard Mofe-DamijoWilliam R. MosesBased on True Events. A story about the 1st oil well drilled in Nigeria and how the impact has affected a small Nigerian Delta Village( Oloibiri) and the lives of those involved.
- DirectorPeter Charles MatthewsStarsBianca LishanskySt. John AlexanderNeil CoppenA loving young creative couple, Max and Anna, experience inexplicable difficulties which tears their relationship apart.
- DirectorArthur Allan SeidelmanStarsDean CainPat HingleDebbi MorganIn a Dixie small-town, the late Sheriff was quite content to preside over a truly segregated community. There the rich brothers, Harlan and Mason Davis, are lords. His successor, World War II veteran Frank Richards, has a more modern view on justice and equality, which doesn't help his social acceptance anywhere. He also has doubts about the mysterious masked 'peg-leg' to whom all murders where ascribed. Harlan is shot after an African-American boy threatens him with a gun to stop his old-fashioned 'liberalities'. Frank and the prosecutor's retired dad, agree to act as defense council, investigate, cued by the boy's Caucasian playmate, Luke Winter, and turn both case and town around.
- DirectorFrançoise EllongStarsPatricia BakalackBruno HenryAlain Bomo BomoMathilda is Marilyn, mother of Adam during the day and prostitute at night. She is ready for any sacrifice to raise her child...
- DirectorAndré VeltsStarsEdwin van der WaltReine SwartVilje MaritzDIE PRO ("The Pro") tells the story of a young surfer, Tiaan Nothnagel, that has to come to terms with the accidental death of his best friend, Dirkie Lawrence, just before their last year at school. After Dirkie's death, Tiaan swears off surfing for good, as he can't stand to be reminded of everything that he and Dirkie shared. But then, Dirkie's twin sister (who went to live with their dad after their parents split up the previous year) arrives in town on a mission of her own: to be selected to go on Wave-Seekers, a fictional World Surf Tour and something that Tiaan and Dirkie dreamt of doing themselves. But for her to succeed, she needs Tiaan's help, and by implication, she needs him to get back on his surfboard...He eventually gets back on and gets first place for wave seekers.
- DirectorDaryne JoshuaStarsDann Jaques MoutonGantane KuschChristian BennettA film based on the true life story of a young man who becomes a storyteller in jail.
- DirectorJans RautenbachStarsHannes MullerFranci SwanepoelChantell PhillipusThis is a story set in a beautiful, little-known part of rural South Africa. It centers around a man who lives in abject poverty. He has a native talent as a sculptor which he tries to exploit to earn enough money to feed his family. To say any more would mean spoilers.
- DirectorPaul A. KaufmanStarsJill ScottNicole BeharieKatharine IsabelleA graduate student is forced to put aside her past bitterness when she returns home to live with her recovering alcoholic mother.
- DirectorMaynard KraakStarsAnelle LudikNeels van JaarsveldAndre RoothmanAnya du Plessis returns to Philadelphia, South Africa from New York to repair the fractious relationship with her father Marius and help with the struggling farm. She finds that her father's crutch for dealing with her mother's death is an obsession with his beer-brewing hobby; he believes it will answer their financial woes. When she left New York, Anya left behind Jacob, her boyfriend and work colleague, and the last thing she expects is to fall for a suave, charming stranger. Ruan is on a missing from his Brewing Company: to identify a new winning beer recipe with which to enter the annual craft-beer competition. He comes across Marius' farm and special brew; the only thing standing in his path to craft-beer glory is the farmer's feisty daughter.