SA Film, "Dont Give Up" wins at Monte-Carlo Festival
Don't Give Up , produced by Anant Singh and starring Leleti Khumalo, won Best Creation in the Fiction category at the Golden Nymph Awards.
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Actress Leleti Khumalo and producer Anant Singh discussed the film's journey and impact during an interview with eNCA.
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Next Stay Close ✕ N'lamwai Luntha Chithambo was born in Edinburgh and completed a Master of Fine Art degree, also at Rhodes University. Image: Supplied N'lamwai Luntha Chithambo was born in Edinburgh, Scotland in 1997 to Malawian parents. In 2019, he completed a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree at Rhodes University with distinction and in 2023 he completed a Master of Fine Art degree, also at Rhodes University. He has twice featured in the Thami Mnyele Fine Arts Awards Top 100 Exhibition (2019, 2022) as well as displayed his work at the National Arts Festival in Makhanda (2016, 2019, 2023). In2023, two of his paintings were selected for the Sasol New Signatures Finalist Exhibition at Pretoria Art Museum. Chithambo has also shown work in group exhibitions hosted by BAGFactory Artist Studios (2023, 2024) and has featured in a group exhibition hosted by Origin Art Gallery (2024). He currently lives in Johannesburg Zama Mwandla was born in Newcastle in 2000. Zama is a South African surrealist painter whose bold, narrative-driven oil paintings confront the psychological aftermath of rape and the complex journey toward healing. Drawing from her own traumatic experience as a rape survivor, Mwandla creates fantastical yet hauntingly visceral worlds where hybrid human-creatures symbolize mental breakdowns, sinful behaviour, and the fragile path to recovery. Influenced by Baroque art, Japanese erotic art, and psychological anime, her vividly graphic works depict utopian dreamscapes that both soothe and disturb. These visual worlds offer solace to survivors while compelling viewers - particularly men - to confront the uncomfortable realities of sexual violence. Her characters, often female or ambiguous in form, embody different phases of trauma, healing, and the emotional futility of revenge. Themes of violence, memory, and redemption are central to her practice. Mwandla earned a BAFA with Honours from the University of the Witwatersrand under the mentorship of Professor Sharlene Khan, receiving several academic awards for her work. She has exhibited in both local and international platforms, including the African Feminisms (Afems) exhibition (2019) and the 54th Art & Antique Fair in Salzburg, Austria (2023). Her paintings are held in prominent collections such as the Schuetz Art Museum (Austria) and the Amawal Collection (Spain). In addition to her studio practice, Mwandla collaborated with the AfrikaBurn Organisation in Cape Town, assisting in the development of their first visual art residency programme.
