Marcel Van Heerden – MRQE

Shepherds and Butchers

Wed, 27 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he’s witnessed.

Durban Poison

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Twenty seven years after his UCLA graduate thesis film Shot Down was banned in his home country and went on to festival acclaim and cult status, writer-director Andrew Worsdale returns with this noir romance set among the marginalised white underclass. The film follows a police investigation into four murders and charts the doomed romance of the outlaw lovers. A deeply romantic, elegiac and universal crime story where the murders are not the point of the movie.

Max and Mona

Mon, 25 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Max Bua leaves his country life behind in hopes of becoming a doctor in Johannesburg, though the big city has different plans for him.

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.

Mapantsula

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 04:00:00 +0000

Mapantsula tells the story of Panic, a petty gangster who inevitably becomes caught up in the growing anti-apartheid struggle and has to choose between individual gain and a united stand against the system.

Steel Dawn

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

In a post-apocalyptic world, a warrior wandering through the desert comes upon a group of settlers who are being menaced by a murderous gang that is after the water they control.