Jonathan Kovel

Películas

Aníkúlápó
Cinematography
Cuenta la historia de Saro, un hombre que busca pastos más verdes, pero al desarrollarse los acontecimientos y su aventura con la esposa del rey, se encuentra con su muerte prematura y con Akala, un pájaro místico que se cree que da y quita la vida.
La Femme Anjola
Director of Photography
A psychological-thriller film noir about a young male stock broker whose life is turned upside down when he falls for a femme fatale married to a wealthy gangster.
Voces por la libertad
Photoscience Manager
Una chica brillante y con un futuro prometedor es secuestrada y llevada a un campamento terrorista donde, contra todo pronóstico, conoce a su alma gemela
Mugabe
Cinematography
Mugabe rises from being a prisoner to power as a guerrilla fighter but gradually becomes the world's top tyrant. After four decades in power his allies do the unexpected.
Untitled Pizza Movie
Cinematography
How do you remember somebody in a disposable world? Untitled Pizza Movie sets out to do just that, by weaving an abandoned film about pizza (shot in NYC in the 1990s), and a stunning, filmed archive (thousands of objects), with a remarkable triple portrait, tracing the trajectory of three lives, across thirty years and three continents.
Sew the Winter to My Skin
Director of Photography
Set in South Africa's rural Great-Karoo region in the 1950s, this epic existential-adventure film chronicles the exploits of the outlaw John Kepe and the various individuals his escapades affected. This Robin-Hoodesque figure would steal primarily livestock from the white settler farmers, terrorizing them for over a decade. Led by the hardliner General Botha, a mammoth manhunt ensues in the very mountain where Kepe was rumored to occupy a Noah's Ark like cave. This spectacle ingratiated Kepe in the hearts of the marginalized indigenous-population, who turn Kepe's miscreant deeds into the stuff of legend, making him a threat to the very fabric of the colonial society. Sew the Winter to my Skin is a thrilling, operatic ride into the heart of Pre-Apartheid South Africa and is a visceral exploration of the effects of the colonial displacement that sewed the seeds for one of the most viciously racist, political regimes in history.
Berea
Director of Photography
South African Vincent Moloi’s Berea is a compelling drama about the anxiety of an elderly gentleman disoriented by the radical urbanization of his neighbourhood.
Of Good Report
Director of Photography
After engaging in an illicit affair with one of his pupils, teacher Parker Sithole spirals into an abyss of obsession that eventually turns to murder. A cinephile's passionate homage to classic film noir, Of Good Report is a serial killer origins story about how a social misfit turns into an inadequate man hellbent on satisfying his shameful lust. It is Little Red Riding Hood, told from the wolf's perspective.
Gums and Noses
Director of Photography
Black comedy about cocaine users in Johannesburg, South Africa.