South Africa | 2014 | 96 minutes | Henk Pretorius
From the director of Fanie Fourie's Lobola, winner of the SIFF 2013 Golden Space Needle Award for Best Film, comes this laugh-out-loud comedy about a struggling actress who enlists a South African sheep farmer to help her prepare for a make-or-break film role.
June 7, 2014
|7:00 PM||Date has passed
Director Henk Pretorius, producer Llewelynn Greeff, actor Gil Bellows scheduled to attend
June 8, 2014
|1:30 PM||Date has passed
Director Henk Pretorius and producer Llewelynn Greeff scheduled to attend
Saturday June 7 screening on STANDBY – Advance tickets not available
Featuring a pre-screening performance by iTunes bestseller Matthew Mole, whose songs are featured in the film's soundtrack!
Famous film director Daniel Taylor (Gil Bellows) is planning a film about a historical Afrikaans Boer woman. His British actress girlfriend, Jodie, covets the role but realizes she must travel to South Africa to fully embrace the character. Upon arrival she meets ruggedly handsome Kobus, a young farmer who shares the same last name as the historical character, and eventually convinces him to let her stay at the farm. In payment, Jodie will act and direct the annual summer play with a ragtag group of misfits, including a scene-stealing supporting role by Fanie himself (Eduan van Jaarsveldt) as Kobus' much-looser brother. As is to be expected, the blossoming relationship between Jodie and Kobus becomes much more complicated when Daniel arrives for location scouting. Combining outstanding performances and a deep love of Afrikaans Boer culture with delightful deviations from the romantic comedy formula, writer-director Henk Pretorius confirms the promise of Fanie Fourie's Lobola with another meaningful, laugh-out-loud comedy about following your dreams and finding your place.
Henk Pretorius is a young South African director whose film Bakgat (2008) was the first South African film made for a teen audience. Pretorius directed, produced, and wrote Bakgat as well as the sequel. His movie Fanie Fourie's Lobola (2013) won the Golden Space Needle Award at SIFF last year.
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|Principal Cast:||Gil Bellows, Katie McGrath, Brumilda van Rensburg, Bok van Blerk, Eduan van Jaarsveldt|
|Premier Status:||World Premiere|
|Running Time:||96 minutes|
|Producer:||Llewelynn Greeff, Henk Pretorius|
|Screenplay:||Henk Pretorius, Tina Kruger|
|Website:||Official Film Website|
|Filmography:||Fanie Fourie’s Lobola (2013), Bakgat! II (2010), Bakgat! (2008)|