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Noem My Skollie to represent SA at the 2017 Academy Awards

The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) has nominated the feature film Noem My Skollie as South Africa's official selection to the 89th Annual Academy Awards (Oscars). The film, which is currently on circuit in South African cinemas, has been entered in the category for Best Foreign Language Film Award.
Noem My Skollie to represent SA at the 2017 Academy Awards

Competition this year for the nomination to represent South Africa was intense. This is Daryne Joshua’s first feature film. The producers, David Max Brown and Moshidi Motshegwa, and their partners who supported the financing of the film at the NFVF, kykNET, Mnet and distributor Ster Kinekor Entertainment are confident that it will earn the Academy’s award.

The film tells the story of a young man in 1960s Cape Town who ends up in jail and barters his skills as a storyteller in order to avoid being forced into the number gangs. It is based on the life of the scriptwriter John W. Fredericks who is now 70 years old. This is a heart-lifting story of redemption that sends the audience on an action-filled roller coaster with a massive emotional impact. It is a film that delves with great authenticity into the culture of the coloured people of the Western Cape, but it is a film for all South Africans to enjoy regardless of colour, creed or language.

“I dreamed the impossible dream. Deep inside my heart I knew that Skollie was going to make an impact! When I was 70 years old I was blessed with a replica of the OSCAR which takes center stage on my desk. I manifested this!” says Fredericks.

The film was released on 2 September 2016. To date, over 32,000 people in South Africa have seen the film.

Watch the trailer below:

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