Tuesday, July 13, 2010

Superhero in SEATTLE


In September Superhero will be showing at the 1 Reel Film Festival at the fantastic Bumbershoot Arts and Music festival in Seattle - North America’s largest urban arts festival, Bumbershoot takes place in the heart of the city at the 74-acre Seattle Center. Over 150,000 visitors from near and far spend the weekend reveling in the world of Bumbershoot, experiencing everything from regional favourites to international superstars across all arts disciplines.

Sunday, May 2, 2010

Supehero showing at the Short Film Corner at the Cannes film Festival

Superhero will be showing at the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival in May. (Not to be confused with an Official Selection for the festival). The Short Film Corner is a meeting place for film professionals from around the world. For more info on the Short Film Corner visit the link below.

http://www.shortfilmcorner.com/sfcfilm/filmFiche2.Aspx?id=13906322

Thursday, March 18, 2010

Superhero showing in Potsdam Germany in April.

Superhero will be showing at the Sehsüchte film festival - the largest amateur film festival of its kind in Europe. Details to follow.

Sunday, February 21, 2010

Two Safta wins for Superhero!

On Saturday night Supehero walked away with two SAFTAs (South African Film and Television Awards). One for Best Short Film and one for Best Cinematography. Well done to Willie Nel who was also nominated for his cinematography in the drama series Hopeville.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Superhero showing in London and Stockholm

Superhero will be showing at the CinemAfrica Film Festival in Stockholm, Sweden in February and at the Birds-eye-view Film Festival in London in March: (links below)

http://www.cinemafrica.se/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=137%3Asuperhero&catid=58%3Akortfilmer&Itemid=151&lang=sv

http://www.birds-eye-view.co.uk/2039/shorts/international-shorts.html

Friday, December 11, 2009

Review by Dr. Don Mattera

A young, schoolboy stumbles upon a limping and visibly-shaken Superhero – complete with an outer-space cape, boots and costume with a huge letter P emblazoned on the chest - in one of many mine deserted dumps, somewhere in the City of Gold. The hero's cry for help draws the 11-year-old boy closer to the man from a place of his dreams where the good guys win against the baddies.

The saga of the Superhero and the innocence of childhood blend in a lesson of forgiveness and conciliation that will warm the cockles of even the sturdiest heart. How the pain and anger of an aggrieved young man against his tormentor (the Superhero) is set aside rather than shatter the faith of his kid brother in the hero from another galaxy; a hero who fell face first onto a mine dump in Jozi.

Writer and director, Hanneke Schutte and her collective: Willie Nel (Director of photography); editor (Karyn Bosch) and music by (Trevor Sacks and Jonathan Beggs) have produced a touching short film that boasts a simple storyline of hurt and forgiving without the blare and fanfare of public cries for vengeance.

It is a warm tale of a limping hero crying out for help and the compassion and caring of a young schoolboy that comes to his aid and unconsciously becomes the catalyst for human contrition, healing and hopefully, for transformation. There is excellent acting from the trio who anchor this lovely drama: Justin Strydom (the Superhero); Johannes de Bruyn (schoolboy Lebo) and his stern and stony-eyed elder brother, (Loyiso Gxwala).

Superhero is the kind of quiet and unassuming gesture that may help to heal hearts that still fear the poultice and balms of contrition and forgiveness. It is indeed a fitting award-winning effort.

http://nfvf.co.za/weblog/2009-12-07/short-film-contest-review

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

The Trailer

video

Saturday, April 18, 2009

Poster