6 December 2024
Baas Se Honne (2024)
Winner of the Best Shotgun Short Film Award (and Best Editing in a short film) at the 2024 kykNET Silwerskerm Awards, Baas se Honne follows Gys (SAFTA nominee Albert Pretorius from Spinners and Nêrens, Noord-Kaap), whose messy life has landed him in a tight spot.
His boss, Roelf (Silwerskerm winner Carel Nel from Gaia), is done taking care of and cleaning up after a puppy he emphatically never wanted. Now he’s forcing Gys to do his dirty work for him and put Buksie down. If Gys refuses, his job will be on the line. Gys has to make a plan, and quickly …
With Baas se Honne, SAFTA-winning writer-director Bennie Fourie (Taktiek, Hotel, Vuil Wasgoed) brings us a dark comedy that extracts the divine from the ridiculous, boasting a soundtrack by Peach van Pletzen and a cast that includes screen favourites like three-time SAFTA winner James Borthwick (Hotel, Som van Twee), SAFTA nominee Mila Guy (Hotel) and Silwerskerm winner Rolanda Marais (Die Byl, Recipes for Love and Murder, Poppie Nongena).
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