Fanie fouries loboloa wins highest honour at sedona. You might ask yourself what happens when an afrikaans guy and a zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola. The main focus of the film is crosscultural relationships and the challenges associated with such relationships. Fanie fouries lobola manages those feats pretty well, and its both romantic and funny. Released 20, fanie fouries lobola stars eduanvan jaarsveldt, jerrymofokeng, chrischameleon, yulemasiteng the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 30 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Fanie fouries lobola official trailer 1 2014 south. Fanie fouries lobola bluray disc details highdef digest. Apart from promotions, i was also actively involved in sourcing new content from across the continent for distribution to dvd.
Saw fanie at the sedona film festival a few years ago and have been trying since then to buy the. As the oscar season closes, the team at you, huisgenoot and drum proudly supports the proudly south african movie called fanie fouries lobola. Fanie fouries lobola is an honest but humorous look at how south africans are negotiating a new future where race and gender cease to be defining factors in. What happens when an afrikaans guy and a zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola. South african, morrocan, african american feature titles win siff 20 awards. Bianca miles senior digital manager content marketing. South african comedy fanie fouries lobola rakes in international awards. Its a recipe for disaster explored in fanie fouries lobola, acontemporary romantic comedy about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society.
The 39th seattle international film festival, the largest and most highly attended festival in the united states announced the winners of the siff 20 competition and golden space needle audience awards. The film, however, is neutral on the subject, depicting one view of lobola as a way of showing respect to the future wife and her family. Seattle film festival wraps with the bling ring, south african fanie fouries lobola wins audience award. Filled with humorous but hardhitting social commentary, the film is a contemporary fairytale about love and tradition. The film features a culturally diverse cast of actors as well as a production team. Funny yet hardhitting, the film tackles the thorny subject of crosscultural relationships with. Trailer for fanie fouries lobola what happens when an afrikaans guy and a zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola, a south african tradition that finds the grooms family negotiating for the brides hand. Fanie fouries lobola pictures and movie photo gallery check out just released fanie fouries lobola pics, images, clips, trailers, production photos and more from rotten tomatoes movie. Screen africa may 20 by sun circle publishers issuu. Fanie fouries lobola by henk pretorius eduan van jaarsveld. Fanie fouries lobola wins at seattle film festival.
Fanie fouries lobola is a feel good south african film released now 22 april 2014 sydneysbuzz. The story of the complications that ensue when an afrikaans man and zulu girl fall in love, especially when the traditional custom of lobola. Fanie fouries lobola, a small town called descent, durban poison, hear. Memorable quotes and exchanges from movies, tv series and more. Fanie fouries lobola audience feedback paff 20 youtube.
The story of the complications that ensue when an afrikaans man and zulu girl fall in love, especially when the traditional custom of lobola, or dowry, makes things even more difficult for them. When you purchase 2 or more kernel season s products. Fanie must provide the lobola if he wants to win dinkys hand but his failure to come up with the gift prompts his mother to tell him that it proves he isnt african. Fanie fouries lobola available in dvd ship this item temporarily out of stock online buy online, pick up in store is currently unavailable, but this item may be available for instore purchase. She is an actress, known for black sails 2014, fanie fouries lobola 20 and the no. Fanie fouries lobola is coming to a cinema near you soon. She also appeared in the drama series justice for all and presented an. South african comedy fanie fouries lobola has won best film at the 20 seattle international film festival golden space needle audience awards. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Titles include multiaward winning congolese title viva riva, how to steal 2 million, state of violence, nataniels combat, the global multi awardwinning otelo burning, fanie fouries lobola.
Video archive for the film fanie fouries lobola, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 20. Fanie fourie, an afrikaans guy, designs custom cars. Fanie fouries lobola kindle edition by motana, napea. Its a recipe for disaster explored in fanie fouries lobola, a contemporary romantic comedy about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society. Photo supplied cape town join a stellar south african cast in a story that sees fanie take dinky a fiery. The film answers the question what happens when an afrikaans guy and a zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading fanie fouries lobola. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing fanie fouries lobola near you. Oh, no, i mean ffl is a worldclass film with a strong south african flavour. Fanie fouries lobola showcases the best of sa music 26 february, 20 04. Fanie fouries lobola is a south african romantic comedy about an afrikaans guy and a zulu girl who fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola the traditional zulu bride price.
The story of the complications that ensue when an afrikaans man and zulu girl fall in love, especially when the traditional custom of lobola, or. Sasani has hosted every season of big brother africa barring the. We can take romantic to mean that it deals with the development of love between two characters. Fanie fouries lobola tells the tale of what happens when an afrikaans guy and a zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way through the complicated process of lobola. The south african film fanie fouries lobola has won an award at the largest film festival in the united states, it has been reported. Fanie fouries lobola is a south african romantic comedy about an afrikaans guy and a. By saying fanie fouries lobola is an awesome south african flick i do not mean compared with other south african films, or lekker for a local flick. Fanie fouries lobola showcases the best of sa music. Reviewed in the united states on november 10, 2014. In the spirit of ubuntu the producers will be paying the lobola for a happy couple who are ready to turn their love into. New romantic comedy fanie fouries lobola, a contemporary romantic comedy about love and tradition in a rapidly evolving society, is a real treat for south african music fans with a soundtrack that features a number of popular and lesserknown local artists. Fanie fouries lobola is a 20 south african romantic comedy based on the novel of the same name by nape a motana.
The chemistry between van jaarsveldt and dhlomo is electric and you cant help but root for the two of them to work things out. On a dare, he asks dinky magubane, a beautiful zulu woman, to come with him to his brothers wedding. He lives with his mother in an insulated world that looks like the old south africa. Its a recipe for disaster explored in fanie fouries. By saying fanie fouries lobola ffl is an awesome south african flick i do not mean. Fanie fouries lobola is an awesome south african flick. The audience prize went to southafricas fanie fouries lobola directed by. The main focus of the film is crosscultural relationships and. Producers of smash hit movie fanie fouries lobola are. Fanie fouries lobola pays tribute to romcoms the mail. Arts and culture minister paul mashatile has congratulated the team behind fanie fouries lobola for winning the audience choice award for best comedy at a us film festival. Seattle film festival wraps with the bling ring, south. What happens when an afrikaans guy and a zulu girl fall in love and have to navigate their way throughthe complicated process of lobola.
She agrees, on condition that he will pretend to be. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. Fanie fouries lobola wins seattle film festival audience award. Fanie fouries lobola is a lovely comedy with some wonderful characters in fanie and dinky. Its a recipe for disaster explored in fanie fourie.
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