2019 South African film
| The Last Victims |
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| Directed by | Maynard Kraak |
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| Written by | Sean Robert Daniels |
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| Story by | Sean Robert Daniels
Terwadkar Rajiv |
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| Produced by | Maynard Kraak
Terwadkar Rajiv |
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| Starring | Sean Cameron Michael
Kurt Egelhof
Wilson Dunster
Baby Cele
Gustav Gerdener
Ashish Gangapersad
Marno van der Merwe
Hayley Owen |
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| Cinematography | Meekaaeel Adam |
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| Edited by | Terwadkar Rajiv
Cohen Lorenzo Davids |
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| Music by | Geo Höhn |
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Release dates |
- 8 February 2019 (2019-02-08) (Pan African Film Festival)
- 28 February 2020 (2020-02-28)
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Running time | 125 minutes |
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| Country | South Africa |
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| Language | English |
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The Last Victims is a 2019 political drama film directed by Maynard Kraak. The film was filmed entirely on location in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa and world premiered at the Pan African Film Festival (PAFF) on 8 February 2019.
The film then opened the Rapid Lion - South African International Film Festival at the historic Market Theater in Johannesburg, South Africa on 1 March 2019. It screened "in competition" with three nominations: Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography (Meekaaeel Adam) and Best Actor in a Leading Role (Sean Cameron Michael). The film was then selected at 40th Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), Durban South Africa. The film is now selected in competition at Knysna Film Festival, Knysna, South Africa & African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in Nigeria. The film is nominated in 3 different section at AMAA viz. Best Screenplay (Sean Robert Daniels), Best Editing (Terwadkar Rajiv & Cohen Lorenzo Davids) & Best Sound (Janno Muller).
Plot
The film follows Dawid, a former member of South Africa's infamous C1 Counter Insurgency death squad, who must atone for his past when he helps one survivor Pravesh search for the bodies of a missing anti-apartheid cell. Unaware that as they hunt for answers, they too are being hunted.
"Notwithstanding that this film is based on real events, it is definitely a uniquely South African story because it’s about a fractured search for reconciliation in the face of a harrowing past that refuses to die out", says Rapid Lion festival director, Eric Miyeni,"It is a great metaphor for today’s South Africa".
