The Last Victims

The Last Victims is a 2019 political drama film directed by Maynard Kraak. The film was filmed entirely on location in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa and world premiered at the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) on 8 February 2019. The film then opened the Rapid Lion - South African International Film Festival at the historic Market Theater in Johannesburg, South Africa on 1 March 2019. It screened "in competition" with three nominations: Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography (Meekaaeel Adam) and Best Actor in a Leading Role (Sean Cameron Michael). The film was then selected at 40th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), Durban South Africa. The film is now selected in competition at Knysna Film Festival, Knysna, South Africa & African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in Nigeria. The film is nominated in 3 different section at AMAA viz. Best Screenplay (Sean Robert Daniels), Best Editing (Terwadkar Rajiv & Cohen Lorenzo Davids) & Best Sound (Janno Muller).

Plot

The film follows Dawid, a former member of South Africa's infamous C1 Counter Insurgency death squad, who must atone for his past when he helps one survivor Pravesh search for the bodies of a missing anti-apartheid cell. Unaware that as they hunt for answers, they too are being hunted.

"Notwithstanding that this film is based on real events, it is definitely a uniquely South African story because it’s about a fractured search for reconciliation in the face of a harrowing past that refuses to die out", says Rapid Lion festival director, Eric Miyeni,"It is a great metaphor for today’s South Africa".

Main cast

Sean Cameron Michael - Dawid

Kurt Egelhof - Pravesh

Marno van der Merwe - Young Dawid

Ashish Gangapersad - Young Pravesh

Grant Swanby - Warren

Wilson Dunster - Francois

Mark Mulder - Wouter

Deon Coetzee - Viaan

Kobus Van Heerden - Young Wouter

Tumie Ngumla - Young Lwazi

Baby Cele - Old Lwazi

Kira Wilkinson - Alice

Shelley Meskin - Martha

Sasha Stroebel - Luzanne

Caitlin Clerk - Phoebe

Ferdinand Gernandt - De Beer

Sam Phillips - TRC Committee Chair

Accolades

References

External links

The Last Victims at PAFF

The Last Victims premiere at Pan African Film Festival

The Last Victims premieres at PAFF - Artsvark Presser

Mystery Thrilled to be filmed in KZN at Press Reader

Step aside Hollywood, enter KZN’s Dollywood at Film Contact

SA film The Last Victims to premiere at US film festival at BizCommunity

SA Movie set for LA festival at Press Reader / Cape Times newspaper

RapidLion Awards Ceremony Returns To The Festival at Asempa News

Entertainment: The Last Victims (film) - Cape Talk

Entertainment: The Last Victims (film) - Talk 702 Radio

Acclaimed SA film comes to the screen at Durban International Film Festival

The Last Victims wins Best International Film at the Uganda Film Festival

Screening of ‘The Last Victims’ at popular film festival - Rising Sun

Maynard Kraak’s latest film, The Last Victims, to open RapidLion 2019

Sydney South African Film Festival goes Online

We are Moving Stories "Tokyo Lift-Off Film Festival" 2020 – The Last Victims

2019 films

Films set in Africa

Films shot in KwaZulu-Natal

2019 independent films

2010s English-language films