The Woman King

The Woman King – TIFF 2022

The general of a West African royal army leads the fight against an oppressive empire in league with slavers in The Woman King. In 1823 West Africa, the Kingdom of Dahomey, led by King Ghezo (John Boyega), is projected by the Agojie, an all-female military regiment led by General Nanisca (Viola Davis). Nawi (Thuso Mbedu)…

glasshouse

Glasshouse – Fantasia 2021

The sheltered life of a family in a plague-ridden world is interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious stranger in Glasshouse. Bee (Jessica Alexander), Evie (Anja Taljaard), and Daisy (Kitty Harris) are three sisters living with their Mother (Adrienne Pearce) and brother Gabe (Brent Vermeulen) in a glass building, sheltering themselves from a dementia-inducing toxin…

Fried Barry

Fried Barry

A heroin junkie gets his mind literally fried after he is abducted by aliens in Fried Barry. Barry (Gary Green) is heroin abducted lowlife in Cape Town, who walks out on his wife Suz (Chanelle de Jager) shortly before he goes on a drug bender and gets abducted by aliens, who take control of his…

Bloodshot

Bloodshot

A slain soldier is brought back as a near-invincible killing machine in Bloodshot. Ray Garrison (Vin Diesel) is a US marine, who finds himself and his wife Gina (Talulah Riley) kidnapped by a group of mercenaries lead by Martin Axe (Toby Kebbell), who ends up killing them both. However, Ray later wakes up in the…

To LIve to Sing

To Live to Sing

A traditional opera troupe faces the demolition of their theatre in To Love to Sing. Zhao Li (Xiaoli Zhao) is the manager of a small Sichuan Opera troupe operating at a small theatre in a rural village on the outskirts of Chengdu, China, of which Zhao Li’s young niece Dan Dan (Guidan Gan) is the star…

The Sabbatical

The Sabbatical

A photography professor on his year off strikes up an unlikely friendship with a much younger art student in The Sabbatical. James Pittman (James Whittingham) is a professor at the University of Regina, who is using his one year sabbatical to attempt to put together a new photography book, even though he has trouble finding inspiration….

Momentum

Momentum

A thief goes on the run from a master assassin in Momentum. Alex Faraday (Olga Kurylenko) comes out of retirement to perform one last heist for her former partner. When her face is accidentally revealed during the robbery, Alex is forced to lay low in Cape Town. However, she becomes a target for CIA assassin Mr….

Chameleon

Chameleon

The “James Bond of journalism” is profiled in Chameleon.  Anas Aremeyaw Anas is an investigative journalist in Ghana, who lives by the three basis principles of naming, shaming and jailing.  Very few people have seen Anas’ face and he uses his extreme undercover methods to help bring down criminals across the country. Chameleon is a…