The theme of this year’s European Film Festival in South Africa, to be held from 14 to 24 October, dubbed ‘Healing Journeys’, is a response to the testing times we find ourselves in, not only in South Africa but around the world.
South African filmmakers move beyond apartheid stories
The actress Ama Qamata on the set of the soap opera Gomora during filming in Johannesburg on April 16, 2021. Films about South Africa once focused on apartheid, but a new generation of directors and producers is making hits about modern life and love for global audiences. Joao Silva/The New York Times.
by Christina Goldbaum
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- One of South Africas top film producers squinted at a monitor as a hush settled over the crew. Cameras zoomed in on an actress playing a dealer of fine art chicly dressed in a pencil skirt made from bold African textiles who offered a coy smile as an old flame stepped into her gallery.