off-topic is an independent film production company based in Cape Town and London.
ABOUT US
The company’s core ideology is to tell stories generally considered off-topic.
off-topic investigates complex topics concerning the other, and dismantles the notions of identity.
OUR CLIENTS
MEET THE TEAM
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Co-Founder(IMDb)
Film & TV Credits
Director | Writer | Producer
The Vegan and the Hunter (kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival 2022; kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival Pitch to Us Winner 2020; International distribution by 7 Palms Entertainment)Writer
Wedding Fever (Writers’ Room, Showmax, 2021)Director | Writer | Producer
Love. Thy. Neighbor. (New York CUNY Film Festival 2018)Director | Writer | Producer
Gartner Magic Quadrant Digital Campaign (Mastercard)Theatre Credits
Writer | Producer
Bacchus in Hillbrow (Aardklop National Arts Festival 2016, SU Woordfees 2017, Vrystaat Arts Festival 2017)Director | Writer | Producer
When Clouds Sing (Vrystaat Arts Festival 2017)Director | Writer | Producer
GUY (New York Summerfest 2019) -
Co-Founder
Film & TV Credits
Writer | Producer
3rd World Spectator – Ambulance (Music Video) (Universal Music Group)3rd World Spectator – SPARKS (Music Video) (Universal Music Group)
3rd World Spectator – Once More With Feeling (Music Video) (Universal Music Group)
Reliably There TVC Campaign (Nedbank Insurance)
Gartner Magic Quadrant Digital Campaign (Mastercard)
Producer
The Vegan and the Hunter (kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival 2022; kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival Pitch to Us Winner 2020; International distribution by 7 Palms Entertainment)Love. Thy. Neighbor. (New York CUNY Film Festival 2018)
Theatre Credits
Director | Producer
Bacchus in Hillbrow (Aardklop National Arts Festival 2016, SU Woordfees 2017, Vrystaat Arts Festival 2017)Producer
When Clouds Sing (Vrystaat Arts Festival 2017)Producer
GUY (New York Summerfest 2019)
RECENT WORK
The Vegan and the Hunter
The Vegan and the Hunter (Official Trailer)
kykNET Films
2022
A dark comedy that looks at when tastes differ — a wrong-com that explores generational trauma.
OUR WORK
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The Vegan and the Hunter (2022)
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Love. Thy. Neighbor. (2018)
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When Clouds Sing (2017)
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Bacchus in HIllbrow (2016)
In Development
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Body Horror
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Satirical Thriller
A desperate South African soap opera creator introduces a slasher plotline to deal with low ratings, but everything crumbles when life imitates art.
Selected as part of the Durban FilmMart Institute’s Access Programme 2023 (Fiction)
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Folk Horror
A father and son own a respected commercial butchery in the countryside of South Africa, but everything degenerates into the macabre as various bodies go missing.