Noem My Skollie: Call Me Thief

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Noem My Skollie: Call Me Thief is a film directed by Daryne Joshua.

The film

Known as Noem My Skollie ("call me Skollie") in Afrikaans or Call me Thief in English. The film is set in Athlone, Cape Town and is based on the true life story of a young man who becomes a storyteller in jail.

Based on the actual experiences of John W. Fredericks, the script written by John W. Fredericks, it was produced by David Max Brown and Moshidi Motshegwa and directed by Daryne Joshua, with Christian Bennett, Dann Jaques Mouton, Tarynn Wyngaard, Sandi Schultz, Gantane Kusch, Austin Rose and Abduraghmaan Adams.

Music by Kyle Shepherd, cinematography by Zenn van Zyl, film Editing by Simon Beesley and C.A. van Aswegen, casting byChrista Schamberger, production design by Warren Gray, costume design by Emma Moss, key art design by Daniel-Duncan Rheed, make-up by [[Gale Shepherd and Jacqui Viljoen, production management by Marcelle du Toit, line production by Dylan Voogt, props Nina Putz, sound by Charlotte Buys and James Matthes, special effects by Alfred Mxolisi Mkhutshwa, stunts co-ordinated by Grant Powell, stunts performed by Armando De Leca and Paul Pieterse, script supervisor Sphe Dludlu and behind the scenes Juri Badenhorst.

Released in August 2016 (South Africa)

Awards

The film won 5 Golden Horn Awards in 2017 in the category for Feature Films: Best Actor (Dann Jaques Mouton), Best Supporting Actor (Abduraghmaan Adams), Best Achievement in Costume Design (Emma Moss), Best Achievement in Make-up and Hair (Gaile Shepherd) and Best Production Design (Warren Gray).

The film was South Africa's official submission for the Best Foreign Language Film category of the 89th Academy Awards in 2017.

Sources

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4567500/

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4567500/fullcredits

http://www.mytvnews.co.za/saftas-2017-list-of-winners-for-golden-horn-saftas11/

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