• 30 Oct – 01 Nov 2026
  • The Rockefeller Hotel, Cape Town
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Fame Shorts Film Festival

2026 FILMS

African Premiere

Documentary

Miss You Perdularia

Manu Zilveti
  • 10:00
  • Cuba

Cape Town Premiere

Comedy Satire

VIMBA! 2

Monde Gumede
  • 09:00
  • South Africa

African Premiere

Drama

You Tryna Say You Love Me?

Ty Molbak
  • 11:25
  • United States

South African Premiere

Drama

God Sleeps on Sundays

Naishe Nyamubaya
  • 17:10
  • Zimbabwe

World Premiere

Documentary

Queezy Visits the Races

Ben Mall
  • 5:14
  • South Africa

Drama

Everything Between Us

Robyn Phillips
  • 17:26
  • South Africa

Cape Town Premiere

Drama

The Man, The Cliff and The Dog

Luke Sharland
  • 18:00
  • South Africa

Documentary

Talking to Family

Kwei Shun-yu
  • 10:48
  • China

Documentary

The Academy

Julia Jansch
  • 20:00
  • South Africa

Drama

‘n Poppy op die Heuwel

Winford Collings
  • 27:00
  • South Africa
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2026 THEMES

 

The 2026 FAME Shorts Film Festival celebrates stories about hope, curiosity, possibility and the courage to keep moving forward. From communities holding onto language, tradition and each other, to strange worlds where the ordinary becomes wonderfully surreal, these films invite us to see life differently.

Across romance, satire, social commentary and stories of resilience and reinvention, filmmakers challenge convention, chase impossible dreams and find joy in unexpected places.

This year’s films remind us that hope is something we create, curiosity can take us anywhere, and there is always something new waiting on the horizon.

ON THE HORIZON

Welcome to stories that look at the familiar in unexpected new ways. Moving between romance, satire and social critique, these films question inherited rules, challenge the systems around us, and find humour and humanity in filmmakers willing to boldly push boundaries.

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ISLAND STORIES

Welcome to the Indian Ocean, where stories of memory, identity and belonging come alive. From Réunion, Mayotte and Mauritius, discover films exploring heritage, family, love and environmental change through fiction, documentary and animation. Presented with La Kourmétragerie.

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FOLLOW THE WHITE RABBIT

Welcome to a world where the ordinary becomes wonderfully strange. Follow the White Rabbit as darkness falls, shadows shift and reality begins to unravel. Eerie, uncanny and sometimes downright bizarre, these films reward those curious enough to follow wherever the mysterious rabbit leads.

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AT FIRST LIGHT

Welcome to stories where hope is something we create. Through music, sport, dance, community and tradition, these films celebrate people who choose courage, nurture possibility and keep moving forward, reminding us that every milestone begins with believing it can happen.

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AND THEY LIVED

Welcome to stories that remind us life doesn’t end with happily ever after. Through passion, creativity, resilience and second chances, these films celebrate choosing what makes us feel alive, embracing joy, finding the courage to begin again and living life on our terms.

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2026 DIRECTORS

Ben Mall

Célia Berby Maillot

Chavala Yaduma

Déwun Owusu

Dian Weys
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