CANADA WIDE and ONLINE
SOUTH AFRICAN
FILM FESTIVAL CANADA
NOVEMBER 4 to 14, 2021
More Films, More Bonus Content, More Viewing Time, More Flexibility.
SAME PRICE FOR A FESTIVAL PASS
We are pleased to once again be a Community Partner
and Promoter of the Festival for 2021
Our partnered film is INFLUENCE
Tickets
Bonus ContentInterview with the Directors and renowned investigative journalists (link)
If you have never seen this doc – you need to watch it! It is one of those “must watch films”
Two films that are family oriented
First time – Live online discussions at Buddytree on 3 films:
Live discussion recording see review (below)
Live discussion Recordings see review (below)
________
Live Discussion Recording
We will be conducting reviews of some of the films
A wonderful opening to the festival yesterday November 4th 2021
The screening of Dare to Dream a film about the Zip Zap Circus, one of the most extraordinary social circuses of the world based in South Africa was so heartwarming and uplifting.
Their values are well aligned with Education without Borders (EWB) who is the charity based in Canada behind this festival
Even though listed as a comedy/ drama on IMDB, BARAKAT had some good family values and highlighted cultural Muslim traditions of a middle class family living in the Cape Flats of South 
Africa .
Excellent interview in the film package with MTN and the 2 directors who created the film. The movie was based on a community that has not been a subject too often in South African film, particularly as the dialog was predominantly in Afrikaans
TOORBOS
Submitted as South Africa’s nominee to the 93rd Oscars in 2021, this film resonates with Canada’s clear cutting of old growth forests and land rights.
The film takes place in the 1930’s. The forest inhabitants at that time in Knysna, were poverty stricken and removing them from the forest to the cities, and allowing clear cutting, ignoring any land rights, would alleviate their poverty and allow for better living conditions. All in the name of progress as is stated by the government at that time.
__________
The main difference in Canada today is that government action / or inaction to clear cutting old growth, in the name of so called :progress” is not related to poverty, but to land rights, as well as contributing to our climate crisis.
A discussion took place on Nov 7th and can be accessed at this link https://vimeo.com/643711154/8e9c7d52f8
A New Country
This 60 minute documentary is an open, realistic film, about the dashed hopes and dreams, of many South Africans, who after 25 years since South Africa transitioned to a democracy in 1994, still live in the most economically unequal country in the world.
———–
With almost 60% of the country’s youth unemployed, and a overall rate of 44 % unemployment, there is anger and resentment against the government of this rainbow nation.
———–
The interviews are frank, and illustrate the many failures of the leaders of the country, to provide for its citizens economically and socially. The injustices of the apartheid era and early colonialism have never been adequately dealt with. Corruption is rampant with little or no accountability and has affected the country economically
A discussion of the film with Prakash Diar took place on Thu Nov 11 and can be viewed here
————–
A further discussion with Jay Naidoo took place on Sat Nov 13:
To view Click here
SAFF Canada 2021 is Now Over
We are pleased to have participated once again and enjoyed the live discussions and many of the outstanding documentaries
If you missed some of the Bonus Interviews we have listed 2 of those available on YOUTUBE: