The 13th annual Zabalaza Theatre Festival took place from 24 March until 31 March 2023. This year, the Festival boasted a whopping 37 productions and 189 participants. The very next day after the festival ended, the ZABALAZA AWARDS were held in the Golden Arrow Theatre at the Baxter Theatre Centre.
The best and brightest of this year’s films were inspiring, noteworthy and will vie for awards in weeks to come. Check out the best productions, performances and artistry in 2021.
ThyBlackMan.com) 2020 kept us on our toes. Adapting became a way of life especially for
films and their fans. Part of the adjustment movie lovers had to make was viewing films on VOD and streaming services while only a few enthusiasts ventured out to near-empty theaters.
Within that context, here’s a look at the best and the brightest in films no matter where you saw them.
Enjoy.
The Closet
( ) – Bless the demon children in this atypical genre film. Better yet bless the young actresses (Yool Heo and Si-ah Kim) who play them for crying and screaming like they’d just been told there’s no Santa Clause. Korean director Kwang-bin Kim gives this cautionary tale about abused and neglected kids a home in a horror movie that beats out all the other contenders (and there were many) that graced fright screens this year. A stormy cloud of reality, mysticism and intrigue presses all the right buttons and makes you scared in the right ways.