Film Festivals

Why Film Festivals?

The power of a flickering image in a darkened room is undeniable.

The “magic of the silver screen” can capture the imagination of an audience in ways other media cannot.

All of us remember vivid images from our childhood, many of them from films.

These images affect our behaviour, and often shape the way we perceive the world and the people that live in it.

Why Orange Farm?

The Orange Farm Film Festival is a human rights film festival, held in one of the most impoverished areas of South Africa, about an hour south of Johannesburg.

We aim to make it an annual event, which will encourage and inspire new filmmakers from all areas of our society.

“The Cradock Four” – The story of four men who defied Apartheid

The Film Programme

These are the films we showed ...

Supported by the Foundation for Human Rights

8 x Short films about intolerance made during the 2008 Xenophobia attacks

“Adera” – An Ethiopian refugee’s struggle for survival in Johannesburg

“Law & Freedom” (part 1 & 2) – Two films examining how we have built a more just society.

“The Battle for Johannesburg” – How city upgrading affects marginalised communities

“The Uprising of Hangberg” – Hout Bay residents fight the police for their homes.

“Citizen X” – An unflinching portrait of recent service delivery protests in South Africa.

“A Country for my Daughter” – A film about women, violence, and the law.