Dora's Peace

2016 South African film
  • Khabonina Qubeka
  • Danny Keogh
  • Hlubi Mboya
  • Ronnie Nyakale
  • Paballo Koza
CinematographyNic HofmeyrEdited byKosta KalarytisMusic byGeo Höhn
Production
company
One Man Band
Release date
  • 26 August 2016 (2016-08-26)
Running time
85 minutesCountrySouth AfricaLanguageEnglish

Dora's Peace is a 2016 South African crime drama directed by Konstandino Kalarytis and starring Khabonina Qubeka, Danny Keogh, Hlubi Mboya, Ronnie Nyakale and Paballo Koza.[1][2][3]

Cast

  • Denel Honeyball as Kelly
  • Danny Keogh as Stavro
  • Paballo Koza as Peace
  • Yule Masiteng as Father Khumalo
  • Israel Makoe as Shakes
  • Hlubi Mboya as Connie
  • Tinah Mnumzana as Dora's mom
  • Molefi Monaisa as Themba
  • Ronnie Nyakale as Vusi
  • Khabonina Qubeka as Dora
  • Meren Reddy as Ravi

Reception

Theresa Smith of Independent Online awarded the film four stars out of five.[4]

Accolades and nominations

The film was nominated for five Africa Movie Academy Awards, including Best Achievement in Sound, Best Actress in a Leading Role (Khabonina Qubeka), Best Young Actor (Paballo Koza), Best Makeup and Best Screenplay.[5]

At the Boston International Film Festival, Qubeka won the Indie Spirit Award for Best Actress and director Konstandino Kalarytis won a Special Recognition Award.[6]

For her performance, Hlubi Mboya won the South African Film and Television Award for Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film.[7] Nerine Pienaar and Jolandi Pienaar were also nominated for the SAFTA Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design – Feature Film.[8]

The film also won the Best South African Feature Film award at the Jozi Film Festival and was nominated for the Rapid Lion Award for Best South African Film.[9]

References

  1. ^ Zeeman, Kyle (11 September 2017). "Local flick Dora's Peace heads to prestigious Orlando Film Festival". The Times (South Africa). Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  2. ^ Blignaut, Chari (4 September 2016). "A closer look at the new South African film Dora's Peace". News24. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  3. ^ Zeeman, Kyle (13 August 2015). "Hlubi gets thrown from a window in movie trailer". News24. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  4. ^ Smith, Theresa (26 August 2016). "MOVIE REVIEW: Dora's Peace". Independent Online (South Africa). Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  5. ^ "SA bags 28 nominations at the Africa Movie Academy Awards". News24. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  6. ^ TSHISALIVE (19 April 2017). "Dora's Peace scores big in Boston but is 'still trying to win SA's love'". The Times (South Africa). Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  7. ^ Thangevelo, Debashine (19 March 2017). "#SAFTAs11 - And the winners are..." Independent Online (South Africa). Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  8. ^ "SAFTA Awards Nominees 2017". Algoa FM. 20 February 2017. Archived from the original on 17 August 2019. Retrieved 22 August 2019.
  9. ^ TSHISALIVE (28 March 2017). "Dora's Peace gets international recognition". The Times (South Africa). Retrieved 22 August 2019.