Sihle Hlophe
Production
Biography
Sihle Hlophe is a SAFTA winner. Her work has been recognised with numerous accolades including two Africa Movie Academy Award nominations for Best Documentary. She’s directed two narrative feature-length films for Showmax, a feature-length documentary, a 13-part mock-series and four short films that have been screened at over 70 film festivals.
Known For
A teen boy runs errands while being followed by various figures of authority. As he shares his experience with friends, this tense and controlled drama deftly explores the cyclical effects of victimization on the wider community.
Sadla
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March 2014. Filmmaker Sihle Hlophe has just gotten engaged. A few days later, her father passes away. Sihle is in a serious fix - who will receive the Lobola now that her father is no more? Sihle respects Lobola but she has reservations about the transactional, patriarchal and heteronormative elements of the practise. In an effort to learn more about Lobola before making her final decision, Sihle attends the Lobola ceremonies of three other couples.
Lobola, A Bride's True Price?
Dear Sikhonkwane is an intimate portrait of one of the first SiSwati authors, who wrote, cowrote and edited over 40 books. Told through the eyes of someone who deeply admired him, the film is a love letter to his legacy, exploring his passion for his mother tongue.