Varje barn kommer till den här världen full av löften, och få har mer potential än Chappie. Precis som alla andra barn kommer han under sin livstid att påverkas av sin omgivning – ibland till det bättre, ibland till det sämre – och bara genom att lyssna till sitt hjärta kan han gå sin egen väg. Men en sak skiljer Chappie från alla andra: han är en robot. Den första i sitt slag, med förmågan att både tänka och känna. Det är en farlig idé – något som får både mäktiga och farliga krafter att försöka se till att han också blir den sista av sitt slag.
Det har gått över 20 år sedan utomjordingar anlände till jorden. Mänskligheten förberedde sig då på ett fientligt möte med överlägsen teknologi. Men ingenting skedde. Istället blev utomjordingarna kvar som flyktingar på jorden. Varelserna placerades i provisoriska hem i Sydafrikas District 9, allt medan jordens nationer debatterade deras fortsatta öde.
An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by vicious killer lions.
The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.
I en kåkstad i utkanten av Johannesburg, Sydafrika, har gängledaren Tsotsi förträngt alla minnen av sitt förflutna, inklusive sitt riktiga namn - Tsotsi är helt enkelt gatuslang för gangster. Under de sex dagar vi följer Tsotsi råkar han av misstag kidnappa en tre månaders bebis i samband med en bilstöld. En ovanlig känsla av omtanke väcks hos Tsotsi, som vanligtvis bara bryr sig om sin egen överlevnad. Tsotsi är ett rörande porträtt av en arg, ung man som konfronteras med sin egen brutala natur. Filmen är framförallt en berättelse hopp och om hur kärleken besegrar allt. Tsotsi har belönats med flera priser i olika filmfestivaler och är Sydafrikas officiella Oscarsbidrag.
Young Brett must navigate the underbelly of the Johannesburg gambling world as a seemingly harmless horse-racing bet jeopardizes the surprise he's prepared for his father's birthday.
Based on Sax Rohmer's cult novels "Sumuru", the futuristic fantasy take you to an Earth colony in the far future in which woman rule and men are used to propagate the race and work in the mines..
A White enclave in Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. Molly Roth, 13 years old, is the daughter of leftist parents, and she must piece together what's happening around her when her father disappears one night, barely evading arrest, and, not long after, her mother is detained by the authorities. Some of Molly's White friends turn against her, and her family's friendships with Blacks take on new meaning. Relationships are fragile in the world of apartheid. How will she manage?
Yesterday får reda på att hon har blivit HIV-smittad av sin man John, en gruvarbetare på jobb i Johannesburg. Hennes hälsa försämras stadigt, men hon fortsätter kämpa för att försörja familjen. Hon bestämmer sig också för att inte ge efter för sjukdomen tills hennes dotter börjar skolan för att få den utbildning hon själv aldrig fick.
A documentary that tries to explain the reason for the passion of the Mexican football fandom.
In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. Reverend Misimangu is a young South African clergyman who helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute in the slums of Johannesburg.
Poena is Koning follows the sexual awakening of Poena Pieterse and his high school buddy Vaatjie, who have decided that they have to lose their virginity by the time they finish school. But they've picked the worst moment to embark on their sexual escapade – it's matric exam time and their quest results in major distractions from their studies. The consequences are dire.
A short film about the people who sweep the streets of Johannesburg every night.
Random people are terrorized by a malevolent man who brings their worst fears to life.
A drifter and his pet puma stand up against a motorcycle gang in a small American town.
Since its adoption in June 1955 by the Congress movement, the Freedom Charter has been the key political document that acted as a beacon and source of inspiration in the liberation struggle against Apartheid. It was reputedly the main source that informed democratic South Africa’s liberal constitution and a constant reference point for the ruling African National Congress (ANC) and rival political parties that it spawned since 1994, all claiming the Freedom Charter’s legacy. Freedom Isn’t Free assesses the history and role of the charter, especially in relation to key political and socio-economic aspects of developments in South Africa up to the present period. It includes rare archival footage with interviews of a cross-section of outspoken influential South Africans.
Set in a chic and middle class Johannesburg, a jaded academic and his journalist wife have their lives turned upside down when a celebrated and hedonistic older writer unexpectedly moves into their home.
A medical examiner investigating a series of prostitute murders discovers that the culprit is an ancient tribal witch doctor come back to life.
A white cop and a black reporter join forces to investigate apparent vigilante killings in the South African underworld.
Structured as a labyrinth-like game and inspired by Jorge Luis Borges, Aleph is a travelogue of experience, a dreamer's journey through the lives, experiences, stories and musings of protagonists spanning ten countries and five continents.