In Development
New features moving toward production — from pre-production to financing and available screenplays.
Goeiedag vir Boomklim
A Good Day for Climbing Trees
When quiet middle child Marnus is swept up in Leila's protest to save an old tree, he discovers that standing up for something might mean climbing higher than he ever dared. A warm, youth-led environmental story adapted from a much-loved novel published in nine European languages, with four-quadrant appeal for local and European family audiences.
Directed by Corné van Rooyen · Produced by René van Rooyen and Tascha van der Westhuizen
MultiChoice pre-sale · NFVF production funding
Outsider
A slow-burn South African horror in the tradition of The Witch and The Babadook, in which an unseen monster exposes how fear is weaponised by people and the political systems they build.
Directed by René van Rooyen
South Africa–Canada co-production with 4AM Films · Developed through the Realness African Screenwriters' Residency and Durban Filmmart.
Spartacus
On the Cape Flats, a volatile teenage boy discovers ballet and turns it into his weapon against poverty, violence and the masculinity imposed on him. A raw, emotionally charged coming-of-age story about the courage it takes to become yourself.
Directed by René van Rooyen
Shortlisted for the MultiChoice 2026 co-production slate
Rough Rider
Sheltered farm daughter Emma, 19, takes to the road with an older boyfriend her parents would never approve of. A bold, high-stakes road romance about control, freedom and first love, set against the cinematic vastness of the Karoo.
Written by René van Rooyen
