Videovision Entertainment

The catalogue

The films that took South Africa to the world.

Videovision Entertainment has produced more than 100 films since 1986, and distributed more than 3,500 international titles into South Africa. The canon below, and the full filmography beneath it.

The canon

Ten films that defined four decades.

The Road HomeIN PRODUCTION

The Road Home

2026

A music drama on the friendship of Hugh Masekela, Miriam Makeba, Paul Simon and Trevor Huddleston. Cynthia Erivo as Miriam Makeba, with Thabo Rametsi and Guy Pearce. For StudioCanal and Palisades Park Pictures. Shooting in South Africa.

Personal Best, Paris 2024

Personal Best, Paris 2024

2025

Olympic Channel documentary following eight athletes through the Paris 2024 Games. Winner, Best Thematic Documentary, SPORTEL Awards, Monaco, 2025.

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom

2013

Justin Chadwick

Idris Elba, Naomie Harris; Toronto 2013 premiere; Golden Globe win; Academy Award, BAFTA & additional Golden Globe nominations.

The First Grader

The First Grader

2010

Justin Chadwick

Telluride/Toronto/London/Doha hit; National Geographic Films US release.

More Than Just a Game

More Than Just a Game

2008

Junaid Ahmed

Robben Island football docudrama.

Yesterday

Yesterday

2004

Darrell James Roodt

Leleti Khumalo; first SA Academy Award nominee (Best Foreign Language Film, 2005); Peabody 2005; Emmy nominee.

Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country

1995

Darrell James Roodt

James Earl Jones, Richard Harris; score by John Barry; Mandela / Hillary Clinton NY premiere; Christopher Award.

Sarafina!

Sarafina!

1992

Darrell James Roodt

Whoopi Goldberg, Leleti Khumalo, Miriam Makeba; ~$8m WW; Christopher Award 1993.

Place of Weeping

Place of Weeping

1986

Darrell James Roodt

First Videovision feature; first anti-apartheid feature shot entirely in SA; HBO US play; "Place of Weeping Day" proclaimed in LA.

The StickKEY ART TO COME

The Stick

1988

Darrell James Roodt

Banned then released; opened 1989 World Film Festival Montreal; six AA Life/M-Net nominations.

The full filmography

Every production, since 1986.

The production filmography in full. The distribution catalogue of more than 3,500 international films is held separately.

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Distribution

More than 3,500 films, released into South Africa.

For more than 25 years Videovision has brought international cinema to South African audiences, theatrically and on home video, from independent and foreign-language work to the largest Hollywood releases. Selected titles with dedicated coverage:

  • Selma
  • Suffragette
  • Vice
  • Viceroy's House
  • Pride
  • Les Misérables
  • The Little Prince
  • Detroit
  • The Odyssey
  • A United Kingdom
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