South Africa - Best International Feature Film
South African submissions for the Oscars for Best International Feature Film
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- DirectorOliver SchmitzStarsThomas MogotlaneMarcel van HeerdenThembi MtshaliMapantsula tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who inevitably becomes caught up in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and has to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system.
- DirectorKatinka HeynsStarsMarius WeyersAletta BezuidenhoutIan RobertsA family's life in the Karoo (a semi-desert area in South Africa) is changed when a travelling circus leaves behind a clown.
- 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.Nominated
- DirectorGavin HoodStarsPresley ChweneyagaeMothusi MaganoIsrael Matseke-ZuluSix days in the violent life of a young Johannesburg gang leader.Winner
- DirectorRalph ZimanStarsRapulana SeiphemoJeffrey SekeleRonnie NyakaleA young hoodlum's rise from a small-time criminal to a powerful crime entrepreneur during the turbulent years before and after the fall of apartheid.
- DirectorJann TurnerStarsKenneth NkosiRapulana SeiphemoJodie WhittakerA young groom and his best man lost on the road trip to the wedding, run into a young English doctor.
- DirectorOliver SchmitzStarsKhomotso ManyakaKeaobaka MakanyaneHarriet LenabeA touching mother-daughter relationship that reflects the modern South Africa.January Shortlist
- DirectorOliver HermanusStarsDeon LotzCharlie KeeganMichelle ScottPortrait of a closeted gay husband/father living a life of quiet middle-aged desperation who becomes fixated on a friend's handsome collegiate son, leading to an incident.
- DirectorDarrell RoodtStarsLindiwe NdlovuVuyelwa MsimangMutodi NesheheSometimes healing comes from the most unexpected places.
- DirectorIan GabrielStarsBrendon DanielsJezriel SkeiLindiwe MatshikizaA young chess prodigy on Cape Town's violent Cape Flats is torn between the game and gang pressure, as lives intersect in a battle for redemption and survival.
- DirectorNtshaveni Wa LuruliStarsFlorence MasebeAshifashabba MuleyaSammy MoetiLove, duty and change.
- DirectorErnest NkosiStarsEmmanuel Nkosinathi GwevaBusisiwe MtshaliMpho ModikoaneSet in Alexandra township, South Africa, a brother and sister journey through life knowing they have no one but each other. Schoolgirl Zanele falls in love with an older man where a series of events are set in motion and reveal much more.
- DirectorDaryne JoshuaStarsDann Jaques MoutonGantane KuschChristian BennettA film based on the true life story of a young man who becomes a storyteller in jail.
- DirectorJohn TrengoveStarsNakhaneBongile MantsaiNiza JayXolani, a lonely factory worker, travels to the rural mountains with the men of his community to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood.December Shortlist
- DirectorJahmil X.T. QubekaStarsEzra MabengezaPeter KurthKandyse McClureIn a racially-charged and violent 1950's rural South Africa, a liberal journalist recounts the epic chase, edge-of-your-seat capture and intriguing trial of a flamboyant, native "Robin Hood". His captivating re-imagining, paints a portrait of a divisive outlaw - hunted by the government, elusive even to his loved ones, all whilst remaining a champion of the disenchanted.
- DirectorJahmil X.T. QubekaStarsSivuyile NgesiZolisa XaluvaPatrick NdlovuAn aging, womanizing professional boxer and his career-criminal brother take one last shot at success and get more than they've bargained for.
- DirectorRene van RooyenStarsElani DekkerStiaan SmithIra Blanckenberg"Toorbos" explores the uprooting of a young forest woman and her community during the time of the last forest inhabitants of South Africa's Knysna forest of the 1930s.
- DirectorAmy JephtaStarsVinette EbrahimJoey RasdienMortimer WilliamsAn aging matriarch aims to bring together her fractured, dysfunctional family over Eid-al-Fitr to break the news about her new romance.
- DirectorCarolyn CarewPhumelelo Supa MbeleStarsLadysmith Black MambazoDolly PartonJoseph ShabalalaA 2023 look at Ladysmith Black Mambazo and its founder who powered the sound of Paul Simon's Graceland. From apartheid roots to 5 Grammys the story offers insights into their Graceland sessions and how their Zulu music changed the world.