Ivan Abrahams

Фильмы

Boy Called Twist
Boese
The harrowing tale of a South African street-kid's search for love, based on Dickens' classic story. Growing up neglected in a rural orphanage, Twist escapes to the unpredictable freedom of Cape Town, where he falls in with Fagin's gang of street urchins. With a gritty honesty steeped in its vibrant characters, Boy called Twist superbly captures the contemporary equivalents of Dickens' seedy individuals as it shadows the timeless tale in its own inimitable style.
Krismis van Map Jacobs
A feared gang leader is released on parole after seven years. Has Map Jacobs changed, or is he still the bully? A family and community drama that takes place against the forced relocations from the Cape to the Plains. This piece gives a look at the way of life of the uprooted, their love and pain and the desperate longing for a better existence in a system that especially fails the defenseless.
Leemtes en Leegheid
Magdaleen, a lonely widow in her 70s, creates an imaginary version of her deceased husband to numb the sadness and pain. After being so overwhelmed with her memories for so long, she desperately tries to re-enter the outside world and see the sea again that she has been longing for for months now.