Drama

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Three people board a Johannesburg-bound train. Strangers, each on their own mission with a simple task to complete and in search of family to help them. But when they are betrayed by the very people whose protection they sought, they find themselves trapped in the city, invisible and alone. Vaya interweaves three separate plots that intersect and intertwine in a gripping, deeply moving, and often funny narrative about struggling for survival and dignity in the city. In the first story, a rural man has been promised a job by his big-city cousin; his earnings will allow him to pay lobola back home, which will change his life forever. Read More »

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Gaile is a speech therapist who realises that, after a traumatising event in her life, she has lost the ability to have emotions. While she is preparing a video presentation, she notices that her emotions are indirectly starting to come back via the filmed picture ? especially aggressions. She decides to take on a daring experiment. She provokes extreme situations and hires a cameraman to film her. Through these shots, she is able to start a quest for her lost emotions: happiness, empathy, and hate. Her test arrangements get more dangerous, and the relationship to her cameraman, who has to implement her fantasies, begins to charge more and more sexually. A world of voyeurism, obsessions and perversion is revealed, and Gaile starts to ask herself how far she could go. A film about self-discovery and about the role of audiovisual media in our life. Don’t we do something similar as the emotional ‘collectress’ with our cellphone videos?Read More »

Esme, the most beautiful of the village she lives in, is in love with Abbas, the valiant young man of the village, but she was married to Halim, the village lord.Read More »

One evening, Ana kidnaps a newborn child in a maternity ward. A few days later, her partner Julien returns from the army to meet the baby he believes is his daughter.Read More »

Sophie excels at academics. She leaves the family farm to attend a scientific prep class, but when faced with new challenges, she discovers that her desire of attending the Polytechnique is a genuine struggle of social ascent.Read More »

Svend Aage is an aging prisoner. His son, Max, is doing well in the world “outside” – or so Svend Aage’s wife tells him – and is quite unaware that his father is in jail. One day, a new inmate arrives at the gates to serve the most severe sentence ever handed out for violence and drug-related crime. It’s Max.Read More »

A newly formed family confronts challenges while pursuing individual goals and facing the intricacies of modern life, relying on love, trust, and resilience to guide them.Read More »

A fifteen-year-old girl experiences a sexual awakening when she falls head over heels in love with her female teacher. She writes this down in her diary, and writes so well, vividly and recognizably that both mother and grandmother think the book should be published.Read More »

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Penned by renowned screenwriter Joyce Chan, The Secret (1979) is the first feature film of director Ann Hui. Based on a homicide case in the 1970s, it utilizes a non-linear narrative structure to unpeel layer after layer of secrets and illusions. Its clever use of visual contrast not only underscores the clashes between traditional and modern cultures, but also mirrors the psychological tension of characters. The film explores the dark side of the human psyche and experiments with innovative styles, heralding the Hong Kong New Wave.Read More »