Mzansi’s Romantic Film titled” Between Friends” will premiere in local cinemas from 15 August 2014. This follows the great news after it was announced that the film will screen at the Durban International Film Festival, South Africa’s largest and longest-running film festival, from 17 to 27 July 2014.
“Between Friends” is directed by Zuko Nodada, who has directed a number of films, theatre shows and drama series for SABC1, including the hit drama series “Intersexions” and “Bay of Plenty”. Nodada is also a graduate of the Durban University of Technology, where he studied drama.
The film tell the story of a group of five university friends who reunite at an upmarket game lodge in KwaZulu Natal, seven years after graduation. Haunting their reunion is the secret of a wild night they spent together at the very same lodge years ago. Long buried secrets shared by the old friends are eventually exposed, causing tension to arise in their current relationships.
“Between Friends” features a cast of familiar faces. Thapelo Mokoena plays Nkanyiso, a suave, successful entrepreneur who is reluctantly attending the reunion with his gorgeous trophy girlfriend, Nisha, played by Amanda Du Pont. Mokoena starred in 2013’s “Nothing for Mahala”, played Elias Motsoaledi in “Long Walk to Freedom” and appearing in the “Hunters Dry” advertising campaign. He is also a familiar face on television, having starred in Intersexions, Mtunzini.com, and hosted “Fear Factor SA” for a season. Amanda Du Pont was cast in “Intersexions”, “End Game” and “Task Force” in 2013, and currently presents “RGB” on SABC1.
In the role of the older and wiser Njabulo, Nkanyiso’s more laid-back brother and manager of the game lodge, is Siyabonga Radebe. Radebe is best known for his role as Cassius in the SABC 1 drama series “A Place Called Home”. He has also appeared in “Intersexions”, the SABC1 mini-series “uGugu no Andile”, the ITV drama “Wild at Heart” and the SABC1 legal drama series “Sokhulu & Partners”. He also played the role of Obesandjo’s 1st Lieutenant in the award-winning South Africa science fiction film “District 9”, in 2009.
The films also stars Lihle Dhlomo, who won “Best Newcomer” at the 2012 Mercury Durban Theatre awards and is well known on the Durban stage, best known for his role as Dumisani Shabani in the SABC1 soapie Generations, and newcomer Madisa Nduna, who made it the final four of “Class Act 2”. She has had leading roles in Mzansi Magic’s “Devil in the House” and “Uninvited Woman” and is described as a household name in “Loxion Bioskope”. This is her first feature film performance.
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