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

  • 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
    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.

"Sharp, funny and unique." - Klyntji

OUR WORK

  • The Vegan and the Hunter (2022)

  • Love. Thy. Neighbor. (2018)

  • When Clouds Sing (2017)

  • Bacchus in HIllbrow (2016)

In Development

  • 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)

  • 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.

  • Drama

    A man returns to his family’s South African farm from Europe after the brutal murder of his estranged father by his ex-lover’s father - a worker on the same farm.