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29 Jan – 8 Feb 2026

Overview of articles

  • Pale Faces

    Southern Africa. 1785. With the Dutch East India Company in decline, the moral rot of its settler colony, built on slavery, begins to manifest in…
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  • Let Them Be Seen

    On the outskirts of South Africa’s Eastern Cape, a village and its eccentric inhabitants take centre stage.
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  • Hyperlink

    Available on Festival Scope Pro from 26 January 9:00 CET to 14 February 9:00 CET
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  • Sarah and Omelga

    Tan Chui Mui shot a short science-fiction film in South Africa (see No Woman Born). In that way she got to know the film makers…
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  • Street Trash

    Gore never bores in this South African remake of a cult 1987 body horror comedy.
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  • Sabbatical

    A daughter’s sudden return home threatens to unravel her frail relationship with her overbearing mother.
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  • The Rock Speaks

    The ecological degradation caused by the neo-colonial extraction of coveted Cobalt minerals.
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  • The Persecution of the White Car

    This documentary essay about the structure of memory and forgetfulness recently won a prize in Holland.
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  • Johannesburg, 2nd Greatest City After Paris

    Soho Eckstein (estate agent extraordinaire) and Felix Teitlebaum fight for the hearts and mines of Johannesburg.
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  • Stiekyt

    An actor secretly moonlights at a drag club, where escalating sabotage games lead to violence.
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