by Thinus Ferreira
The Arendsvlei telenovela on kykNET & Kie (DStv 145) will broadcast its 500th episode tonight at 19:30 and celebrated the milestone on Wednesday at Atlantic Studios in Milnerton with sparkling wine and cake.
The telenovela, produced by Penguins Films, made its debut on 1 October 2018 as a single season series but DStv ratings prompted kykNET to commission it for a further two seasons and to increase episode to four episodes per week from Mondays to Thursdays.
Arendsvlei, filmed at Atlantic Studios in Montague Gardens and Eersteriver, stars Jolene Martin,
Jody Abrahams, Crystal Donna Roberts, Melanie du Bois, Kay Smith and many more with Vinette Ebrahim, Chris
van Niekerk, Natalia da Rocha and Dann-Jacques Mouton who joined from the third season.
Roberta
Durrant, creative producer of Arendsvlei, says she is incredibly grateful to
kykNET that they gave Penguin Films the opportunity to tell this story.
"We were
able to develop many talents in Cape Town through Arendsvlei. Young actors got
their first roles on Arendsvlei and we were able to develop and train new
directors, writers, editors and crew members."
Theltom
Masimila, creative producer and creator of Arendsvlei, says he is extremely
proud of the actors and production team for all the hard work they put in.
"We
look forward to telling the stories of the people of Arendsvlei for a very long
time to come. And most important of all, we are grateful to the viewers because
without them such a production would not exist."
