The Afrikaans word “moffie” is South Africa’s answer to “faggot”: an anti-gay slur used liberally and illiberally across the country’s tangle of languages, in casual playground teasing or brutal ...

The South African filmmaker, who is mixed race, takes a scathing look at institutional racism and homophobia in his Afrikaans-language drama, which bows in the U.S. today. By Scott Roxborough Europe ...

South African auteur Oliver Hermanus makes his masterpiece with this brutal but radiant story of young gay desire on the Angolan war front. Courtesy of Portobello Film Sales/Daniel Rutland Manners The ...

FOLLOWING the global call for social distancing to slow down the spread of Covid-19, and now the countrywide South African lockdown, production companies worldwide have sought alternative means to ...

South African actor Kai Luke Brümmer in Moffie (Image: Daniel Rutland Manners) It’s been almost five years since South African actor Kai Luke Brümmer was hailed by critics at the 76th Venice Film ...

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a strong first teaser trailer for Venice buzz title Moffie from Ida producer Eric Abraham and director Oliver Hermanus (Skoonheid). Debuting in the festival’s Horizons strand, the ...

IFC Films has nabbed North American rights to South African Oliver Hermanus’ “Moffie,” a queer war film that is set against the backdrop of a South African border war. The indie studio will release ...

Herman Eloff, News24's Lifestyle and Entertainment Editor, in conversation with South African filmmaker Oliver Hermanus about war, sexuality, and the local film that's receiving praise in SA and ...

In 1981, South Africa was in a border war with Soviet-backed Angola. The white-minority government instituted apartheid in 1948 (which didn’t end until the early ‘90s), and white boys over the age of ...

What can I say about Moffie that hasn't already been said? Lauded South African film maker Oliver Hermanus' new film has been praised by every critic who's watched it as audacious film making, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Hot off of a BAFTA nomination for Outstanding Debut By A British Writer, Director or Producer, South African drama Moffie is due to release in select U.S. theaters and on digital and VOD ...

IFC Films has nabbed North American rights to South African Oliver Hermanus’ “Moffie,” a queer war film that is set against the backdrop of a South African border war. The indie studio will release ...