by Thinus Ferreira
The Khuma Film Festival of South Africa's North West province will take place for a second time from 28 to 30 May in the Dr Kenneth Kaunda district municipality, as it tries to establish a film industry in the province and grow a film appreciation community.
Actor, director and producer Neo Ntlatleng is the Khuma Film Festival director.
Naomi Mokhele, Khuma Film Festival founder, says "We have curated brilliant films that will not only resonate with our audiences, but will also inspire young people to tell their own stories in a unique way".
"As the festival aims to establish a film industry in the area and create a film appreciative community, we hope that the foundation we have built, will ultimately result in reaching these goals."
The 2nd Khuma Film Festival will take place at the Phillemon Masinga Sports Complex Hall and honour the 5-decades of work of actor Moditle "Boikie" Pholo.
According to Naomi Mokhele, the 2nd Khuma Film Festival will include film screenings, workshops and discussions that bring together film enthusiasts and industry professionals.
"We have curated brilliant films that will not only resonate with our audiences, but will also inspire young people to tell their own stories in a unique way."
The 2nd Khuma Film Festival will open with a premiere of the 2018 film Sew The Winter into My Skin, with a story in South Africa's rural Great-Karoo region in the 1950s.
Written and directed by filmmaker Jahmil X.T. Qubeka and starring Ezra Mabengeza, Peter Kurth and Kandyse McClure, the film tells a true story of John Kepe (Ezra Mabengeza) whose journey as an outlaw explores the inherent desire and need in humanity to seek out heroes.
The film festival will wrap with a screening of the late Menzi Ngubane documentary, The Life and Times of Menzi Ngubane.
Creative talent attending include Vincent Moloi, Neo Ntlatleng, Robert Mpisi, Israel Matseke-Zulu, Thembile Botman and Didintle Khonou.
The Khuma Film Festival is supported by the National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) through the Presidential Employment Stimulus Programme.