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This is a wonderful South African indie feature I really like. Link to trailer below.

108 Media presents Fanie Fourie's Lobola and its release by 108 Media on VOD after Tuesday April 22, 2014 on iTunes http://bit.ly/1n8YQiM Amazon, Xbox, Playstation...

South African comedy in which newcomer actress Zethu Dhlomo shines, Fanie Fourie's Lobola won the 2013 Seattle Film Festival Best Film and Best Comedy at Best Comedy at the Sedona one, both audience awards.

Direcred by Henk Pretorius Lobola is a feel good film that lightheartedly addresses cultural divides and an evolving culture in stunning hilarity and beautiful production. This love story gives viewers a taste of African cinema, bringing together comedy and romance as young Afrikaner, Fanie Fourie (Eduan van Jaarsveldt), and beautiful Zulu, Dinky Magubane, fall in love.

After being presented with a dare at the cake shop, Fanie makes his first moves on Dinky after he is urged to invite her as a date to his brother's wedding. Marking the beginning of a tumultuous love story, this film goes on to break down traditional cross-cultural barriers, emphasizing the power of love. As Fanie and Dinky quickly begin to fall head over heels in love, their lives go awry as their loved ones struggle to come to an agreement on the Lobola – the traditional Zulu bride price.

Watch the trailer here -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHKxbP3lSjU...

The 39th Seattle International Film Festival announced the winners of the Siff 2013 Competition and Golden Space Needle Audience Awards over the weekend, with a few S&A profiled titles picking up trophies, including South African dramedy Fanie Fourie's Lobola, and the crowd-pleasing feature documentary on African American back-up singers, Twenty Feet from Stardom, each receiving Golden Space Needle Audience Awards. Also the Moroccan drama Horses of God, directed by Nabil Ayouch, won the Best Director Golden Space Needle Award.  Others receiving mention include Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth and Finding Hillywood helping to round out the top 10 in...

The sprawling 39th Seattle International Film Festival, at 25 days the largest in the United States, wrapped up on Sunday. At the annual awards brunch at the Space Needle, director Carl Spence, jury members and some of his programming team of 25 announced the winners of the Siff 2013 Competition and Golden Space Needle Audience Awards. The fest launched on May 16 with Joss Whedon's "Much Ado About Nothing," one of the more popular films at the fest, which ran over 447 films from 85 countries, including 49 World (18 Features, 31 Shorts), 48 North American (38 Features, 10 Shorts), 17 Us Premieres (6 Features, 11 Shorts), and over 700 screenings. Spence thanked Delta Airlines for making it possible to bring in more talent and industry pros than ever before. The fest closes Sunday night with Sofia Coppola's Cannes selection "The Bling Ring." Strikingly, the audience award-winner, "Fanie Fourie's Lobola," came from the first-ever African Pictures program of 18 films, which was made...