Lionel Newton – MRQE

Breathing In

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

1901, South Africa. As the Second Anglo-Boer War rages on, a wounded General seeks refuge in the small home of a woman and her young daughter. As the hurt man settles in, he begins noticing that something is off about the two women, particularly the daughter, and before long, hell learn the real reason for why theyve invited him and for how theyve survived on their own for so long.

Mia et le lion blanc

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A young girl from London moves to Africa with her parents where she befriends a lion cub.

Sleeper’s Wake

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

In a secluded cove on the South African coast, a middle-aged writer grieving the deaths of his wife and daughter is drawn into an affair with an alluring teenage girl who is grappling with demons of her own, in this gripping psychological thriller adapted from the award-winning novel by Alistair Morgan. (TIFF)

Triomf

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Adaptation of award winning novel by Marlene van Niekerk. Triomf is about the ultimate dysfunctional family, the Benades, poor white working class Afrikaner trailer trash on the eve of the first democratic election in South Africa.

Gums and Noses

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Black comedy about cocaine users in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Stander

Fri, 22 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

The life and career of Andre Stander, a South African police officer turned bank robber.

Jump the Gun

Tue, 26 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Set in Johannesburg, JUMP THE GUN follows the tangled lives of six very different working class characters, formerly kept apart by apartheid and now all striving to succeed in the new “rainbow nation”. United by their insecurities – both physical and financial – the film follows their struggle to discover their niche in this brave new world, where opportunity beckons, but violence is always lurking.