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Oliver Hermanus

OPINION | How film can shape our understanding of African queer realities
Opinion
/ 25 May 2022

OPINION | How film can shape our understanding of African queer realities

‘Inxeba/The Wound’ is but one of the films of the growing body of literary and visual texts which have focused on queer lived experiences in Africa.

By Gibson Ncube
Eye of the beholder
Article
/ 5 August 2011

Eye of the beholder

Oliver Hermanus’s film <i>Skoonheid</i> is raking in the prizes, whether in Cannes or, last weekend, at the Durban International Film Festival.

By Shaun De Waal and Kai Horsthemke
Beauty and the beast within
Article
/ 15 July 2011

Beauty and the beast within

An all-male orgy of married Afrikaners is just one of the scenes from <i>Skoonheid</i> that shocked — and impressed — the Cannes Film Festival judge

By Samantha Steele
From KTV to Cannes
Article
/ 17 September 2010

From KTV to Cannes

The director of <i>Shirley Adams</i> harboured no goals to be a famous filmmaker.

By Staff Reporter
Goodness, mercy and survival
Article
/ 13 August 2010

Goodness, mercy and survival

There are few South African films that have been as daring in their choice of narrative style as Oliver Hermanus’s <i>Shirley Adams</i>.

By Staff Reporter

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