Snake Feature -VIBFF
Title: Snake Year: 2024 Country: South Africa Language: Afrikaans with English subtitles Director: Meg Rickards Review & Awards: Cast: Trailer: This thriller is based on
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December 5, 2025
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Night Train Feature Documentary SAFF2025
Title: Night Train Year: 2024 Country: South Africa Language: Zulu with English Subtitles Director: Kevin Harris Cast: Rudi Keyser(editor) Trailer: A documentary that brings to
Ian Merkel
November 22, 2025
I Did Not Ask for This Short Documentary SAFF2025
Title: I Did Not Ask for This Year: 2023 Country: South africa Language: Zulu with English Subtitles Director: Lunga Matholeni Cast and Crew: Tsakani Motshweni
Ian Merkel
November 22, 2025
Mbira Talks – Feature Documentary-SAFF2025
Title: Mbira Talks Year: 2025 Country: Zimbabwe, Canada Language: English and Shona with English Subtitles Director: Adrienne Amato Full Cast and Crew: Moyo Rainos Mutamba,
Ian Merkel
November 21, 2025
Illusion of Distance Short Documentary-SAFF2025
Title: Illusion of Distance Year: 2024 Country: South Africa Language: Afrikaans with English Subtitles , English Director: Sapho Wulana Awards: None Cast: None Trailer: None
Ian Merkel
November 21, 2025
Legacy: Apartheid’s Shadow Documentary Feature-SAFF2025
Title: Legacy: Apartheid’s Shadow Year: 2024 Country: South Africa Language: English Director: Tara Erica Moore Awards: Full Cast and Crew: Trailer: Director’s Interview with Variety:
Ian Merkel
November 21, 2025
The Voice of Others Short Documentary-SAFF2025
Title: The Voice of Others (La voix des autres) Year: 2023 Country: France Language: Arabic, French with English Subtitles Director: Fatima Kaci Awards: Cast: Trailer:
Ian Merkel
November 20, 2025
Wild Coast Warriors Feature Documentary-SAFF2025
Title: Wild Coast Warriors Year: 2024 Country: South Africa Language: Xhosa, Zula, with English and English subtitles Directors: Nick Chevallier, Leigh Wood, Guido Zanghi Awards:
Ian Merkel
November 20, 2025
The Wait Documentary Short-SAFF2025
Title: The Wait Year: 2023 Country: South Africa Language: Xhosa, Afrikaans with English subtitles Director: Imran Hamdulay Awards: Cast: Siya Mayola, Cedwyn Joel, Ayden Croy
Ian Merkel
November 20, 2025
Old Righteous Blues Feature-SAFF2025
Title: Old Righteous Blues Year: 2024 Country: South Africa Language: Afrikaans with English Subtitles Director: Muneera Sallies Awards: Full Cast and Crew: Trailer: Old Righteous
Ian Merkel
November 19, 2025
The Friendship Bench Feature Documentary-SAFF2025
Title: The Friendship Bench Year: 2024 Country: Zimbabwe Language: English, Shona with English Subtitles Director: Reabetswe Moeti-Vogt Awards: AWARDS SAGE Encounters Refinery Best Edited Film
Ian Merkel
November 19, 2025
Snake Feature -SAFF2025
Title: Snake Year: 2024 Country: South Africa Language: Afrikaans with English subtitles Director: Meg Rickards Review & Awards: Cast: Trailer: This thriller is based on
Ian Merkel
November 19, 2025
Diary of an Elephant Orphan Document Feature-SAFF025
Title: Diary of an Elephant Orphan Year: 2024 Country: South Africa Language: English and afrikaans with English subtitles Director: Hermien Roelvert Awards: Trailer: Diary of
Ian Merkel
November 19, 2025
Don’t Be late For My Funeral Documentary Feature SAFF2025
Title: Don’t Be late For My Funeral Year: 2023 Country: South Africa Language: English Director: Diana Keam Awards: Full Cast and Crew: Trailer: Most South
Ian Merkel
November 18, 2025
Capturing Water Documentary Feature-SAFF2025
Title: Capturing Water Year: 2024 Country: South Africa Language: Afrikaans and English with English Sub Titles Directors: Rehad Desai, Anita Khanna Review by Modern Times
Ian Merkel
November 17, 2025
Falls Around Her Feature Film-SAFF2025
Title: Falls Around Her Year: 2018 Country: Canada Language: English Director and Writer: Darlene Naponse Awards Tantoo Cardinal: Cast: Trailer: This film begins with a
Ian Merkel
November 14, 2025
The Showerhead – Opening Film SAFF2025
Movie Title: The Showerhead Year: 2024 Country: South Africa, Language: In English Director and Screenplay: Craig Tanner Producers: Craig Tanner, Anant Singh Awards: Not publicised
Ian Merkel
November 12, 2025
New Review Köln 75
Title: Köln 75 Foreign Title: Year: 2025 Country: Language: Awards: Director: Ido Fluk Cast: Trailer: I should begin with a confession: The Köln Concert was
Ronen Leibman
November 2, 2025
Late Shift VIFF2025-35
Title: Late Shift Foreign Title: Heldin Year: 2025 Country: Switzerland/Germany Language: In German with English subtitles Awards: Director and Writer : Petra Biondina Volpe Cast:
Ronen Leibman
October 20, 2025
Young Mothers – Feature VIFF2025-33
Title: Young Mothers Foreign Title: Jeunes mères Year: 2025 Country: Belgium/France Language: In French with English subtitles Awards: Directors and writer: Jean-Pierre Dardenne| Luc Dardenne Cast: The
Ronen Leibman
October 20, 2025
Kontinental ’25 Feature VIFF2025-34
Title: Kontinental ’25 Foreign Title: Year: 2025 Country: Romania Language: In Romanian, Hungarian and German with English subtitles Awards: Director and Writer: Radu Jude Cast:
Anne Breaky
October 20, 2025
News From Home Feature VIFF 2025-32
Title: News From Home Foreign Title: Year: 1976 Country: France Language: In French with English subtitles Awards: Director:
Tom Konyves
October 19, 2025
Dont Let’s Go To the Dogs Tonight
Movie Title: Don’t Let’s Go to the Dogs Tonight Year: 2024 Country: South Africa, Zimbabwe (formerly Rhodesia) Language: In English and Shona with English Subtitles
Ian Merkel
October 10, 2025
The Bora Feature VIFF2025-31
Title: The Bora Foreign Title: Sardbad Year: 2024 Country: Iran Language: In Farsi with English subtitles Awards: Director: Mohammad Esmaeili Cast: “Four members of the Sarab
Tom Konyves
October 6, 2025
The Little Sister Feature VIFF2025-30
Title: The Little Sister Foreign Title: La Petite Dernière Year: 2025 Country: France/Germany Language: In French and Arabic with English subtitles Awards: Director: Hafsia Herzi Cast:
Ronen Leibman
October 6, 2025
BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Feature Review VIFF 2025-29
Title: BLKNWS: Terms & Conditions Foreign Title: Year: 2025 Country: U.S.A Language: Enflish Awards: Director: Kahlil Joseph Cast: Not a documentary in the conventional sense,
Mike Archibald
October 2, 2025
Silent Friend Feature Review VIFF2025-28
Title: Silent Friend Foreign Title: Year: 2025 Country: Germany/France/Hungary Language: In German and English with English subtitles Awards: Director: Ildikó Enyedi Cast: If you choose
Ronen Leibman
October 2, 2025
Hysteria Feature Review VIFF2025-27
Title: Hysteria Foreign Title: Year: 2025 Country: Germany Language: In German, Turkish, Kurdish, Arabic and English with English subtitles Awards: Director: Mehmet Akif Büyükatalay Cast:
Anne Breaky
October 2, 2025
How To Build A Library Documentary Feature Review VIFF2025-26
Title: How To Build A Library Foreign Title: Year: 2025 Country: Kenya Language: In English and Swahili with English subtitles Awards: Directors: Christopher King, Maia
Ian Merkel
October 2, 2025
Bidad Feature Review VIFF2025-26
Title: Bidad Foreign Title: Bidad Year: 2025 Country: Iran Language: In Farsi with English subtitles Awards: Director: Soheil Beiraghi Cast: As this is a film
Ronen Leibman
October 1, 2025
The Uniformed Shorts Review VIFF2025-25
Title: The Uniformed Shorts Review VIFF2025-25 Foreign Title: Die Uniformierten Year: 2025 Country: Germany Language: In German with English subtitles Awards: Director: Timon Ott Credits: Armies
Ronen Leibman
October 1, 2025
The Ice Tower Feature Review Viff2025-24
Title: The Ice Tower Foreign Title: La Tour de Glace Year: 2025 Country: France/Germany Language: In French with English subtitles Awards: Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic Cast:
Anne Breaky
October 1, 2025
Saikai Paradise-Feature Review VIFF 2025-23
Title: Saikai Paradise Foreign Title: 西海楽園 Year: 2025 Country: Japan Language: In Japanese with English subtitles Awards: Director and Credits: Keiko Tsuruoka Cast: Kazunari Yanagitani, Misaki
Ian Merkel
October 1, 2025
Muljil: Diving Shorts Review VIFF2025-22
Title: Muljil: Diving Foreign Title: Year: 2025 Country: South Korea Language: In Korean with English subtitles Awards: Director: Young Eun Yoo (Yooye) Credits: There are hundreds
Tom Konyves
September 30, 2025
Orphan Feature Review VIFF2025-21
Title: Orphan Foreign Title: Arva Year: 2025 Country: Hungary/France/Germany/UK Language: In Hungarian with English subtitles Awards: Director: László Nemes(II) Full Cast & Crew: This period
Anne Breaky
September 30, 2025
Your Touch Makes Others Invisible Documentary Feature Review VIFF2025-20
Title: Your Touch Makes Others Invisible Foreign Title: Year: 2025 Country: Sri Lanka/USA Language: In Tamil, Sinhala, English and Russian with English subtitles Awards: Director
Mike Archibald
September 30, 2025
Our Pantheons Shorts Review VIFF2025-19
Title: Our pantheons Foreign Title: Nos panthéons Year: 2025 Country: France Language: In French with English subtitles Awards: Director: Rosalie Charrier Credits: “Everything is political. Every choice,
Tom Konyves
September 28, 2025
Khartoum Documentary Feature Review VIFF2025-18
Title: Khartoum Foreign Title: Year: 2025 Country: UK/Sudan/Germany/Qatar Language: In Arabic with English subtitles Awards: Directors: Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy, Timeea Mohamed Ahmed
Ronen Leibman
September 28, 2025
Force Times Displacement Short Reviews VIFF2025-17
Title: Force Times Displacement Foreign Title: Year: 2025 Country: Taiwan Language: Awards: Director: Angel Wu Cast: There’s nothing like the free play of the imagination,
Mike Archibald
September 25, 2025