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Sarafina! · 1992

Dominee Tienie · 2018

South AfricaAfrikaans

Best Film · AMAA 2018

Five Fingers for Marseilles · 2018

Jiva! · 2021

Goodbye Bafana · 2007

South AfricaEnglish

Umjolo: The Gone Girl · 2024

South AfricaEnglish

Maya & Samar · 2026

Anner House · 2007

Jozi-H · 2006

Abraham · 2015

South AfricaAfrikaans

Tsotsi · 2005

Kleva-ish · 2023

South AfricaTswana

Grensbasis 13 · 1979

Danger Zone · 1996

South AfricaEnglish

Asinamali · 2017

Master Harold... and the Boys · 2010

South AfricaEnglish

Paljas · 1998

African America · 2021

Friends · 1994

South AfricaEnglish

Faith Like Potatoes · 2006

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