PROJECTS
South African Indies | European Film Market
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PELINDABA: Kutaya Productions O
f late, we have witnessed revolutions from across the globe, but perhaps a true revolution is only complete when it happens from within? Themba Langa, a hard-working and determined Pelindaba engineer, is head of medical research using uranium at the plant, when he becomes a suspect in a uranium deficit witch-hunt at the company. The investigation of the smear campaign starts at the top of the company and ramifies to Paris and Karachi.
Director: Catherine Stewart Producer: Richard Green, Manase Duba Duration (min): 100 Format: HD Type: Feature Film Genre: Political Thriller Financiers: WIDE (France), Indigenous Films (South Africa)
Phase: Pre-production
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METAL: Gambit Films I
n a near future South Africa, two poverty-stricken young scrap collectors from Cape Town find a busted robot under a pile of junk. They fix it by chance, but only to find that the robot has damaged its memory and seems to have a dark past. They decide that together they will attempt to find its creator and solve the mystery of its past. But little do they know that since the robot has been re-activated a tracing signal has alerted its creators, SAFTEK (a clandestine weapons developer for the South African government), who is desperate to destroy it. At the helm of the development program is Dr. Josef Konrad, chief developer. At his instruction they deploy a search and destroy unit to terminate it. Soon the unit shows up at the boys’ house, which consequentially gets destroyed when they attack the amnesiac robot. The boys realize
that what they have discovered was not just a robot, but also a highly weaponized machine, which to their surprise singlehandedly defeats the search and destroy unit. The trio is forced to go on the run and become fugitives as law enforcers and SAFTEK hunt them at every turn. Director: Daryne Joshua Producer: Helena Spring and Junaid Ahmed Duration (min): 100 Format: 4k Type: Feature Film Genre: Science-fiction Financiers: National Film and Video Foundation (South Africa) Trailer Link: https://vimeo.com/95586580
Phase: Development
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