The Academy's Samuel Goldwyn Theater plays host to the very popular awards ceremony which is held in the beginning of June. The South African entrant “Kammakastig Land” which was written and directed by Brandon Oelofse, tells the story of Fourie (H.O.Meyer), a young Afrikaans man who after the loss of his father sets out on a journey from Johannesburg to Cape Town to throw his fathers ashes off the edge of the Cape Point. Fourie journeys the distance finding along the way a true sense of the man his father was, and by confronting the past ultimately finds his future in the process.
The film is a meditation on the current identities that have emerged out of and into the transition towards the new South Africa, focusing in and around the psyche of the White Afrikaans Male and all that it represents in the context of the past, present and future of South Africa. The narrative uses a number of devices: The classic American Western, The Road Movie and the parallel narrative (past and present)to guide its translation, meaning and style.
The film is a comment on the marginalisation of a previously favoured group that has lost its way and seeks to find identity. Through the narrative the journey is, a reversal of the Groot Trek legacy from Cape Town to Johannesburg in essence redefining the identity of the Afrikaner youth. The film was completed in 2007 and as an AFDA honours graduate film scooped up ten awards at the AFDA Johannesburg film awards which included, Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Actor to name a few.
The film premiered in November 2007 at the AFDA film festival to a capacity audience and received one of the highest audience response ratings in the schools history. AFDA is a previous winner of this award in 2006 with the multiple award winning honours film “Elalini”. “You cannot know where you are going if you have no idea where you have been.” - Inscription on the entrance of the History Department at Notre Dame University, Ohio. The team that made the film is (Producer) Peter Adolphs, (Producer) Anthonie van der Walt, (Writer/Director) Brandon Oelofse, (DOP) Brad Devine, (Editor) Jan C Botha, (Sound Designer) Chris van der Walt, and (Production Designer) Carrie-Ann Daly. The film stars H.O Meyer as “Fourie”, Terri Ann Eckstein as “Carla”, Hayleigh Evans as “Jana”, Tarryn Lee Cockcroft, Lochner de Kock and Natalia de Rocher.
CONTACT Peter Adolphs (Producer) Cell: +2782 856 4038 Email: peter@turbinepro.co.za For more information visit http://www.kammakastigland.com or http://www.afda.co.za
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