Dora's Peace

Dora's Peace
Directed byKonstandino Kalarytis
Written byAndrew Herold
Story byKosta Kalarytis
Produced byDumi Gumbi
Gabriella Kalarytis
Kosta Kalarytis
Starring
CinematographyNic Hofmeyr
Edited byKosta Kalarytis
Music byGeo Höhn
Production
company
One Man Band
Release date
  • 26 August 2016 (2016-08-26)
Running time
85 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageEnglish

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.