Monday, February 10, 2025

Local Director Spills The Beans On What It Takes To Get A Movie Made

South African film industry insiders might know what goes into putting together a big screen production, but for the rest this interview offers some decent insight.

If you’re not yet excited about Five Fingers for Marseilles, then you’re doing it all wrong.

The movie promises to be one of the most exciting, truly homegrown productions in recent memory, and has already garnered much international attention.

This proudly South African production had its world premiere at last year’s Toronto Film Festival, was selected for the BFI Film Festival in London, and has been described as a ‘must see masterwork’, ‘visually stunning’ and ‘captivating’, so it’s one you don’t want to miss.

Spoiler alert – you don’t have to miss it, because we are giving our Jozi readers the chance to win FREE TICKETS, POPCORN AND A DRINK at an exclusive preview screening at Killarney Cine Centre, Killarney Mall.

The screening takes place ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, AND THE MOVIE STARTS AT 8PM.

In order to win tickets, you need to mail Damon at damon@2oceansvibe.com, say hello, use the subject line ‘Five Fingers Please’, and give him the following information:

  • your full name
  • how many tickets you would like (you can have one, two, three or four tickets)
  • make it clear that you want tickets to the Killarney Cine Centre, Killarney Mall screening.

It’s that easy. Win now, or wait until April 6 when it hits Ster Kinekor cinemas countrywide.

This highly anticipated film has local director Michael Matthews at the helm. Directing technically complex productions under pressure has earned Michael a reputation for executing ambitious projects, and he has a strong focus on emotive, visual storytelling.

Michael stopped by the 2oceansvibe Radio studios for a chat, and offered some incredible insight into how this concept developed and how the crew pulled it off.

Local is lekker:

Nothing like picking the brain of the director to get you really amped.

We may as well pop the trailer here, in case you’re playing catch up:

Go on, Jozi folks, drop Damon an email and win tickets.

For the rest of y’all, April 6 – note that down.