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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • God Sleeps on Sundays

    A traditional healer finds herself in a fierce rivalry with a Christian preacher determined to seize her land for his new church.
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  • Zimbabwe

    Painful and topical drama about illegal labour migration from Zimbabwe to South Africa. Seen through the eyes of a 19-year-old orphan girl, Roodt show
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  • Riches

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  • Hangtime

    About Kwame, who is a great basketball player, but who needs new shoes and gets offered a shady deal…
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  • Raya

    Intense narrative about Raya, just out of jail, whose mother never came to see her but did look after her daughter.
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  • Flame

    The film follows freedom fighter Flame in war-torn Rhodesia; what happens to her in Zimbabwe?
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  • Aristotle’s Plot

    Hybrid satire is also a reflection on the (impossible) state of African Cinema.
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  • Fools

    The first feature by a black South African director about a once respected black teacher of Afrikaans and an idealistic young man who wants to…
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  • Cook Off

    Single mother Anesu has been signed up for a cooking contest by her son and best friend. It’s anything but exotic: universal themes such as…
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  • When

    Through confronting language and graphic animation, When points out the constantly growing inequality in the world.
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