Cold Harbour (film)

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Cold Harbour
Cold Harbour poster.jpg
Film poster
Directed byCarey McKenzie
Screenplay byCarey McKenzie
Produced byTendeka Matatu
Starring Tony Kgoroge
Fana Mokoena
Deon Lotz
CinematographyShane Daly
Edited byMags Arnold
Production
company
Ten10 Films
Release dates
Running time
73 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
Languages Afrikaans
English
Xhosa

Cold Harbour is a 2013 South African crime thriller film directed by Carey McKenzie. It follows the story of a Cape Town policeman investigating a murder that he suspects might be gang-related. [3]

Contents

Cast

Development and production

Development for the film began before 2007, but was put on hold due to a lack of financing during the 2008 financial crisis. [4]

During development of the film, McKenzie and cinematographer Shane Daly decided that the visual look of the film should be desaturated, shot on anamorphic lenses, and moving the camera "as much as possible". Most of the film was shot handheld, with the exception of some Steadicam shots. [5] Tony Kgoroge did all his own stunts in the film. [6]

Release and reception

Cold Harbour premiered at the Chicago International Film Festival on 12 October 2013, and later showed at the Durban International Film Festival on 19 July 2014. [2] [7] The film also won the film festival's Best Actor award for Tony Kgoroge's performance. [8] It was released nation-wide in South Africa on 25 July 2014. [6]

Writing for Screen Anarchy, Stuart Muller described the film as "a bold, starkly beautiful, and thought-provoking film with plenty to savour". [9] Alex Isaacs of Channel24 wrote, "There are lots of things that could have been better about this thriller, but overall I think it’s one of the best South African movies that I have seen in a while because it doesn’t spoon-feed the audience and ask it to choose between who is right and who is wrong." [3]

The film was nominated for two awards at the 2015 Africa Movie Academy Awards: Best Actor in a leading role and Best First Feature Film by a Director. [10]

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References

  1. ↑ "Cold Harbour - Movie Review". 14 October 2013.
  2. 1 2 "Cold Harbour". Durban International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 25 July 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2019. "Film Schedule Suncoast". Durban International Film Festival. Archived from the original on 1 July 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  3. 1 2 Isaacs, Alex (25 July 2014). "Cold Harbour". Channel24. News24 . Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  4. ↑ Tesco, Christine (2014). "Interview: 15 minutes with Cold Harbour Director Carey McKenzie". Fortress of Solitude. Archived from the original on 23 October 2019. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  5. ↑ Pountain, David (21 September 2016). "Interview: Carey McKenzie Talks Cold Harbour". FilmDoo. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  6. 1 2 "Crime thriller Cold Harbour to premiere at the Durban International Film Festival". Channel24. 25 June 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  7. ↑ Vourlias, Christopher (17 July 2014). "Durban Festival: Restless Producers Move Into High-End TV". Variety. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  8. ↑ Vourlias, Christopher (26 July 2014). "Durban: Rookie Helmer Bass Wins Top South African Film Prize". Variety. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  9. ↑ Muller, Stuart (22 July 2014). "Durban 2014 Review: Cold Harbour Gets Moody About Corruption". Screen Anarchy. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  10. ↑ "Tony Elumelu Bags Amaa's Award As Mauritania, Nigeria Win Big" . All Africa. 16 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018– via General OneFile.
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