Enchanting film ‘Meerkat Maantuig’ a must-see
The film has already been accepted to screen at 12 international film festivals.
The enchanting film Meerkat Maantuig will be opening in cinemas across South Africa on Friday, 16 March. The film has already been accepted to screen at 12 international film festivals.
The film’s writer and director, Hanneke Schutte, used the youth novella Blinde Sambok by well-known South African writer Riana Scheepers, as a point of departure and transformed it into a cinematic story set in the wonderful woods of Magoebaskloof in Limpopo.
The film tells the story of Gideonette de la Rey, a frightened 13-year-old girl who believes in her family’s generational curse and is convinced she is next in line to die a premature death. Scared and desperate, she’s not able to escape from this story which has defined her reality. Finally, it’s only by facing her fears that she can overcome them.
The film stars young actress Anchen du Plessis in the leading role – who was played the part of a younger Killer in Vaselinetjie in 2017, Themba Ntuli, Pierre van Pletzen and Rika Sennet to name a few.
The first screening of Meerkat Maantuig was at the annual Silwerskerm Fees in Camps Bay, Cape Town last year, where it was nominated for Best Cinematography, Best Production Design and Best Director. The cinematographer Willie Nel walked away with the prize for Best Cinematography.
The film will be screened at the Austin Film Festival, Oxford Film Festival, Sedona Film Festival in Arizona, The Kids First Film Festival (the biggest kids’ film festival in the world), The Bay Area Children’s Festival outside San Francisco, Omaha Film Festival, Nebraska, Calcutta International Cult Film Festival and the GUKIFF International Kids Film Festival, Seoul, Korea, to name a few.
Watch the trailer here:
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