BERLIN FILM FESTIVAL
Local film set to wow audiences at prestigious Berlin Film Festival
Vaya, which weaves together three stories of homeless people‚ has been hailed by critics for telling a gritty story about people who are often invisible
South African film Vaya is set to fly the country’s flag high when it is screened at the prestigious 67th Berlin International Film Festival in Germany in February. The film‚ which weaves together three stories of people who have been homeless‚ will become the latest South African film to be featured at the festival. It follows in the footsteps of local film Shepherds and Butchers, which screened at the festival last year. Vaya is directed by award-winning director Akin Omotoso and stars Mary Twala‚ Sihle Xaba‚ Zimkhitha Nyoka and Warren Masemola. The film’s producer and writer Robbie Thorpe told TshisaLIVE that he and Omotoso would be flying to Berlin early in February to introduce the film at the festival. He said it was an honour to represent the country on the global stage. "To be selected for the Berlin Film Festival is a great honour. The festival is‚ in terms of the business of films‚ in the top four or five film festivals in the world. It brings together some of the world’s ...
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