I would like to watch some South african movies (Genre: comedy, drama or thriller) but it is next to impossible to find any here in Europe....and I really do not even know where to look on the internet for them
Thanks for your help! :)

Tsotsi and Drum

"The Gods must be crazy", part 1 & part 2

^^Thats a flippin funny movie! u gotta watch that! the coke bottles :rofl:

That´s great. Are these old or new movies? Apart from these two, any others?....so that I have got a broader selection

The Gods must be crazy" is an old movie done in the beggining of the 80s.
It was hilarious and one of the best funny movies of all time.

Filla se kind!

Yesterday , Cry the Beloved Country , Funny People 1 & II , Stander , eLollipop ...

Just avoid anything directed by Leon Schuster!

stander is very good I love that film. tsotsi was awsome

i LOVED "Yesterday" such an awesome film

www.kalahari.net have a good selection of south african movies.

"hijack stories" very modern like tosti but thats a different route has a bloody good ending 2

Thanks a lot to all the forumers for the numerous recommendation. I do now have got a good variety to choose from. :)

oops wrong thread,,,any of u guys watch the movie "forgiveness"?

Power of One (filmed in Bulawayo in Zim :) ) and a friend of mine is in it.
Breaker Morant (an Australian film) but set in South Africa in the Boer War.

Since I don't live in SA I'm not totally up on it, but uh... Stander was very good.

An Araibian or jewish film company shot a film in Durban city center about 3 years back, they filmed in Prince Edward street, they used some of our local actors, it wasnt a big budget film, but they transformed the whole street into a desert! they had like 10 tons of beach sand! It was cool to see all this stuff happening in my city, they even had the trailers, & cafeteria! I scored some free food & coffee from there (true indian :D)

If I remember the name of the movie will let you guys know.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_South_African_films
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamie_Uys
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leon_Schuster
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Blair
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neill_Blomkamp
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Dornford-May
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Gabriel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Greene
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gray_Hofmeyr
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gavin_Hood
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryan_Kaganof
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Kramer_(filmmaker)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Liebesman
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Friedberg
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lionel_Ngakane
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_De_Mezieres
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darrell_Roodt
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Stanley_(film_director)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fran%C3%A7ois_Verster
and a site with some South african programs to see. It has a free zone
http://www.kuduclub.com

'Lord of War' with Nicolas Cage was filmed entirely in the SA - quite incredible when you see the 'locations' the film goes through...and Blood Diamond with Leonardo di Caprio is largely shot in SA, and features a 'South African' lead.

But if you want South Africa rough and unintelligible to outsiders, you must read 'The Devils Valley' by Andre Brink.
I challenge anyone to come up with a more South African book - and it is unforgettable.
Not to mention 'Life and times of Michael K' by J.M.Coetzee - and 'Disgrace', although that is blackly depressing.

I know you asked for films, just thought I would mention these books.

To finish, I would like to recommend 'Saturday night at the Palace', great SA movie (1984).
And Mr Bones, Mama Afrika, Panic Mechanic - all light hearted.

Oh, and Sarafina, Paljas and 'Boetie gaan border toe' and 'The Stick' - both war movies.

If you can find:The angel, the bicycle and the chinaman's finger - watch it! One of the best comedies ever to come out of south africa. Jerulalema is apparently also amazing, still on circuit this side.

Goodbye bafana!

karate kallie :lol:

two movies I watched on DSTV recently about SA with Hollywood stars were

Country of my Skull with Samual L Jackson http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0349260/ Excellent movie and deals with Truth and Recon Committee in post appartheid South Africa
Catch a fire with Tim Robbins http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0437232/ also fantastic and about Apartheid SA as na white cop fighting an attack on Sasol in the 80s

JERUSALEMA-

it is a brilliant movie.
the focus is less on politics(apartheid) but subtle references to the current social contitions that are/arent pushed by the current political climate...

i love this film

Mr Bones (Brillant funny!!!) Mr Bones 2 will out end of this month.
There a Zulu on my Stoep - funny as well
Tsosti
Hansie (I haven't watch tho but it should be good)

Mr Bones (Brillant funny!!!) Mr Bones 2 will out end of this month.
There a Zulu on my Stoep - funny as well
Tsosti
Hansie (I haven't watch tho but it should be good)


We obviously have different tastes in movies. I hate Leon Schuster! But I must admit, Zulu on my stoep has moments (especially against the political background of the time).

Tsotsi was amazing.

Hansie - sentimental bhoohaha. Not for me: but I know some people that loved it to pieces.

Mr Bones is absolute shite.

OH SHUCKS HERE COMES UNTAG IS LEGEND! rhino horn!

Skating on Thin Uys

Skating on Thin Uys

And the award for worst pun goes to... pam pam pam... :cheers:

However, I think mr Uys has been quite revolutionary. The gods must be crazy... classic.

Number 10......... Don't Watch. very awful movie!

And the award for worst pun goes to... pam pam pam... :cheers:

However, I think mr Uys has been quite revolutionary. The gods must be crazy... classic.

That was Jamie Uys, not Pieter Dirk.... you fool. Skating on thin Uys was a kak funny Evita Bezuidenhout movie in 1986. Where oil is discovered in the independent homeland of Bapetikosweti, and of course South Africa wants it back. The only agreement they can reach with President Makoeloeli is if his son Leroy marries a Bezuidenhout, naturally Billie-Jean, Evita's daughter.... I still laugh when I watch it....