An Act of Defiance
Category: Main Competition, Narrative Feature.
Age limitations : 16+
An Act of Defiance(2017)
Country: The Netherlands, South Africa
Duration: 124 min
Director:
Genre: biography, politics
Director: Jean van De Velde
Screenplay: Matt Harvey, Dominic Morgan, Jean van de Velde
Director of Cinematography: Miles Goodall
Editor: Sander Vos
Composer: Floris Verbeij
Cast: Peter Paul Muller, Antonietta Lowe, Sello Motloung, Shaun Venter
Category: Main Competition, Narrative Feature
Age limitations : 16+
Plot
In apartheid-ruled South Africa, a renowned lawyer struggles to hide his secret affiliation to the nation's chief resistance movement - as he takes on defending a group of its arrested members, including its leader, Nelson Mandela.
Rewards and nominations
- Cape Town & Winelands International Film Festival 2017 - Best Actress, Best Script
- Mill Valley Film Festival 2017 - Audience Award
- Nederlands Film Festival 2017 - Best Actor, Best Screenplay of a Feature Film
