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After a prolific South African writer disappears, a journalist is motivated by ambition to uncover the writer's secret history.

Vaselinetjie, a white girl, is raised by her loving brown grandparents in a remote rural village. When the welfare finds out that she is not their biological grandchild, they send her to an orphanage in the faraway city of Johannesburg.

Nadia van Heerden is a loving, ambitious orphan who dreams of becoming the head-girl of her school. Other girls have the same ambition but are not worried about how they achieve it. Nadia and her classmates learn that a good leader is someone who can inspire by example and is not always in the limelight.

Wimpie Koekemoer--the biggest geek in school. He is constantly embarrassed by his conservative mother and his strange father, especially in front of girls. Wimpie dreams of being popular. His dream could unexpectedly become a reality when the most popular girl in school, Katrien Swanepoel, is dumped by first-team rugby centre Werner 'Killer' Botha. Katrien and her friends Liezl and Christie decide to give Werner a taste of his own medicine by planning to make Wimpie the new first team centre. Rugby is a lot harder than Karien and Wimpie anticipated and Wimpie almost gives up. Fortunately, his unexpected popularity leads to friendship with school rascals Japie and Fanie. The mischievous duo unknowingly convince Wimpie to keep playing rugby although they're much more interested in pajama parties with girls. Bakgat is finding yourself, despite high school.

Basson has five days to get to his father's funeral in Cape Town, but he needs to complete certain tasks on this trip before he can call the family company his own. On the road he meets free-spirited bohemian Amory. As they journey across South Africa's breathtaking landscape, they meet wonderful characters who allow for hilarious moments and life-changing experiences. Their trip takes a sudden bad turn when a villainous figure appears. Basson and Amory are faced with disappointment and heartache. On the road called life, it is inevitable that you will take some wrong turns. But no matter how hard the road might be, en route to true love is where you will find your true north.

During the South African 70's, a young nurse ruffles feathers as she shows a small town, and its golden boy, what it means to be an independent woman.

Gideonette, a timid and visionary girl, lives with her parents in a small town. Her dad Gideon battles daily to allay her fears about the curse of the Gideon de La Reys. Throughout their family history, every Gideon de La Rey died in a freak accident at a young age. To prove everyone wrong, Gideon named his daughter--Gideonette. Although Gideonette has had to endure endless teasing about the curse, her dad has tried to convince her that they'll both grow old. When he suddenly dies, her worst fears are realized and she retreats into a dark world where her imagination runs wild. Realising that Gideonette needs to get away from the curse, her mom sends her to her grandparents. Here Gideonette meets Bhubesi, a deaf boy who's 'training' to become an astronaut. While her grandfather builds Bhubesi a Moonship, the brave boy wins her trust and they embark on a curious journey of wordless friendship that helps her realise she can't hide from death. When fate hands her a final blow and her newfound strength is tested, she must decide whether she will let the curse consume her--or whether she'll defy it.

A coloured woman living in the arid Karoo takes in a lost white child and raises him as her own. Nine years later, the boy is removed and forced to live in the Knysna Forest with a family of woodcutters who claim that he is theirs.

A group of tourists face the fight of their lives in a South African game reserve.

A support group travels to the Orange River. A doctor, 2 moms, a daughter and a suicidal woman leave for their "veldskool" trip. Many trials, tribulations and truths are revealed as they go on this epic adventure.

After a dreadful break-up, a strikingly cultured student stuck in the small town of Potchefstroom, packs her bags for the adventure and bright lights of London. She falls head over heels in love with a handsome, barefoot Namibian, but allows her fears to get the better of her. When he knocks on her door years later, with promises of horizons and a life together, she can play it safe and choose the alluring city lights, or she can risk it all for sunsets, sand dunes and barefoot love.

In order to catch a drug king-pin, a brother and sister team of hapless detectives must go undercover as husband and wife to infiltrate the high society of a golfing estate.

After the budget gets cut for "Romeo and Juliet", drama geeks Yvette and Tyler have to think of a plan to save their production. However, this involves unforeseen consequences for the new hero of the show, Marko Marais.

Matilda en Matthys is an off-beat romcom about a generation's fear of commitment and suspicion of romance, and how love always knows best, in the end.

Upon hearing that the enemy (the British) are planning a "scorched-earth" policy, a loving father and husband who is also a well-respected Boer officer decides to go home and protect his wife and family instead of participating further in the war. This decision leads to him and his sons being tried for high treason.

The story of a 1966 railway community, told through the eyes of an eleven-year-old boy named Timus.

Wim and Kevin work at a laundromat. Things are boring by day, but when the sun sets they party in their clients' clothes. During a party, they discover a chopped-off finger in a client's suit jacket. The underhanded owner of the finger, his sons, and a ruthless traitor are hot on Wim and Kevin's heels and have no regard for their safety.

A woman with a traumatic past, stopped playing piano due to her eyesight deteriorating. Her husband is invited to a rich man's farm where no one could have forseen the nightmare ahead of them!

Wimpie Koekemoer enters the challenging world of university rugby, where dreams seem unreachable and the chosen legends of tomorrow are shaped.

Shrouded in a veil of mystery, Sonja Daneel arrives at the luxurious Hotel Njala, which belongs to the Joubert family, to start as the establishment's new receptionist. However, following a freak car accident, Daleen can't remember who she is, where she comes from or why she chose to accept a position at this place. With the help of the cynical lieutenant Conrad Nolte, Sonja hesitantly sweeps aside the veil of her forgotten memories and begins to uncover disturbing details about Hotel Njala and the Jouberts. A series of murders shocks all involved with the Hotel to the core. Sonja Daneel realises - only by confronting her true identity can she save her life and put the ghost that has haunted her past to rest.

Walter du Toit is a secret agent known "Agent 2000". He is hired to find the bully terrorizing the school, known only as the Laksman (The Executioner). Before unmasking his foe he finds friendship and the girl of his dreams.

Childhood friends Nina and Hugo chose different paths in life. Years later, Hugo returns to his hometown and discovers that Nina is getting married the next day. Events on the wedding day throw them back together and they embark on a new adventure.

Landing in England, an aspiring rugby player who struggles to fit in with the locals decides to put his own team together in order to win the rugby league prize money to pay for his wedding, not realizing that he's putting his relationship in jeopardy because of it.

In a country where police sirens are an everyday melody and survival is an ongoing struggle, we see Albert and Peet step in and give us hope that there are superheroes among us who will stand up and fight for the man on the street.

You're a normal citizen minding your own business. You're pulled into a situation by a strange character that is turning your reality upside-down. The thought that this cannot be real crosses your mind, but before it sinks in, your emotions are pushed beyond your control. You're at the point where that innocent citizen you were just five minutes ago, feels like a dream from another lifetime, and that's when this weirdo exposes the truth. As he points out the hidden movie cameras that surround you, it sinks in that you just fell for it, like you never thought you would. 'Why would they put me through this?!' you might ponder. The answer is simple: to make people laugh. "Ek Joke Net!" is an epic candid-camera movie that follows and re-invents a long South African history of candid camera films. From the shoe salesman with a foot fetish; the drunken driving instructor, and mistaken celebrities at the airport to the terrifying Haunted House: the gags are made for the big screen. Our daring pranksters add fuel to the fire as our victims are caught unawares. Their anger, fear, confusion, and relief combine to construct a comedy guaranteed to make you laugh 'till you cry. "Ek Joke Net!" is modern candid camera at its best.