African Couch Potato
African Couch Potato is a South African perspective on all things film and television. Hosted by award-winning TV producer, Gino Shelile, it mashes up in-studio interviews with industry professionals, titles to check out each week, a current film or series review, and a look at old movies that are worth rewatching.
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S2 43 Jordy Sank and Gabriella Blumberg on “Die Kwiksilwers”
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In this week's ACP, we were lucky enough to get both the director and the producer of the acclaimed road trip movie Die Kwiksilvers. Gino sits down with director Jordy Sank and producer Gabriella Blumberg from Sanktuary Films to find out how two "rooineks" ended up creating this delightful Afrikaans mix of comedy, grief and road trip antics.
Jordy is a two-time South African Film and TV Award-winning Director, Screenwriter and Producer known for his feature documentary I Am Here, which won the Best South African Documentary Award at the Durban International Film Festival (2021). Die Kwiksilwers is his directorial narrative feature debut.
Gabriella is also an award winner. She is a producer, director, and writer who focuses on stories that break stigmas. She produced the 3x SAFTA winning feature documentary I Am Here and the award-winning short Leemtes en Leegheid. She produced and co-wrote Die Kwiksilwers.
Filled with "heart and humour", Die Kwiksilwers follows the adventures of Elsabe Marais, an elderly widow and her three geriatric friends, who embark on a hilarious road trip across the Karoo to be at a meteor shower viewing in Sutherland. With only three days to get there, they speed away from her overprotective son, who is hot on their tail.
Pile into the Ford Granada and head for the cinema from May 1st to catch Die Kwiksilwers on the silver screen.
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