FOLLOWING the global call for social distancing to slow down the spread of Covid-19, and now the countrywide South African lockdown, production companies worldwide have sought alternative means to ...

The Afrikaans word “moffie” is South Africa’s answer to “faggot”: an anti-gay slur used liberally and illiberally across the country’s tangle of languages, in casual playground teasing or brutal ...

LONDON (Reuters) - South African director Oliver Hermanus says he wants to outrage audiences with his BAFTA-nominated film "Moffie" to help them understand the nature of racism. Set in 1981 South ...

In 1981, South Africa was in a border war with Soviet-backed Angola. The white-minority government instituted apartheid in 1948 (which didn’t end until the early ‘90s), and white boys over the age of ...

South African auteur Oliver Hermanus makes his masterpiece with this brutal but radiant story of young gay desire on the Angolan war front. Courtesy of Portobello Film Sales/Daniel Rutland Manners The ...

The South African filmmaker, who is mixed race, takes a scathing look at institutional racism and homophobia in his Afrikaans-language drama, which bows in the U.S. today. By Scott Roxborough Europe ...

Cape Town – South African film Moffie has been nominated for three British Independent Film Awards. The nominations were announced on Wednesday, and the LGBTQI movie is nominated in the categories for ...

What can I say about Moffie that hasn't already been said? Lauded South African film maker Oliver Hermanus' new film has been praised by every critic who's watched it as audacious film making, ...

Cape Town - Oliver Hermanus’ new film, Moffie, will have its World Premiere in the official selection of the 76th Venice Film Festival which starts on 28 August. This is the second film by Oliver and ...

LONDON (Reuters) – South African director Oliver Hermanus says he wants to outrage audiences with his BAFTA-nominated film “Moffie” to help them understand the nature of racism. Set in 1981 South ...