Christopher van der Westhuizen

The short film Ons, presented in the Silwerskerm Festival’s Emerging Filmmakers category, features a married couple whose relationship changes irrevocably in the course of one night. A series of revelations and a fatal incident place Liezl (Izel Bezuidenhout) and Dirk (Jacques Adriaanse) on a stormy emotional road of betrayal, disputes and twists as they become entangled in the web of the dark night.

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What happens when your worst enemy is the only person who can help you? In Ontwaak, the story revolves around Melissa Human, a psychiatrist who starts working at Noordlig, a home for extremely dangerous patients. But behind the high walls, more than just patients await her. She discovers a sinister cult, Horisonne, that has taken in her daughter, and is led by her ex-fiancé. To save her daughter, Melissa must cross her own boundaries and rely on a brilliant serial killer. However, every answer leads to a new danger; every choice has a price. This is not just a fight against a cult – it’s a fight against the darkest depths of the self.

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Retta Blom has the perfect life. Or so it seems. A loving husband, a son, her beloved dog and a dream house in a leafy Johannesburg suburb. When her perfectionist eye spots a tiny crack in the varnish of her flawless life, doubt seeps in. She starts investigating. Perhaps her husband, Tobias, isn’t all he pretends to be. Has he been hiding a dark secret from her all these years? When she joins her madcap friend Leigh on a road trip to Cape Town, the puzzle pieces start falling into place one by one. And with each new piece, Retta falls apart a little more.

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A psychological profiler with the South African Police Service spends the lockdown with her family, and uses the time to revisit some cold cases. Startling new information leads her down a twisted trail through the history of her new in-laws. Soon she finds herself trapped between suspicion and doubt, with only her instincts to save the lives of her loved ones.

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Yvette has dreamed of performing Romeo and Juliet since starting high school. Now, in her final year, the headmaster has decided to use the school's entire arts and culture budget to fund a T20 event. In a last ditch effort to put on the play, they ask the school's cricket hero, Marko Marais, to play the role of Romeo.

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Based upon the book written by South African author Leon van Nierop, and the 1980s TV series it spawned, this drama focuses on the mysterious disappearance of celebrated writer Jacques Rynhard (Armand Aucamp), and the investigative hunt for him launched by journalist Carina Human (DonnaLee Roberts). Christia Visser, Rolanda Marais and Jacques Bessenger co-star.

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The short film Ons, presented in the Silwerskerm Festival’s Emerging Filmmakers category, features a married couple whose relationship changes irrevocably in the course of one night. A series of revelations and a fatal incident place Liezl (Izel Bezuidenhout) and Dirk (Jacques Adriaanse) on a stormy emotional road of betrayal, disputes and twists as they become entangled in the web of the dark night.

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