The Last Victims


The Last Victims is a 2019 political drama film directed by Maynard Kraak. The film was filmed entirely on location in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa and world premiered at the Pan African Film Festival on 8 February 2019.
The film then opened the Rapid Lion - South African International Film Festival at the historic Market Theater in Johannesburg, South Africa on 1 March 2019. It screened "in competition" with three nominations: Best Feature Film, Best Cinematography and Best Actor in a Leading Role. The film was then selected at 40th Durban International Film Festival, Durban South Africa. The film is now selected in competition at Knysna Film Festival, Knysna, South Africa & African Movie Academy Awards in Nigeria. The film is nominated in 3 different section at AMAA viz. Best Screenplay, Best Editing & Best Sound.

Plot

The film follows Dawid, a former member of South Africa's infamous C1 Counter Insurgency death squad, who must atone for his past when he helps one survivor Pravesh search for the bodies of a missing anti-apartheid cell. Unaware that as they hunt for answers, they too are being hunted.
"Notwithstanding that this film is based on real events, it is definitely a uniquely South African story because it’s about a fractured search for reconciliation in the face of a harrowing past that refuses to die out", says Rapid Lion festival director, Eric Miyeni,"It is a great metaphor for today’s South Africa".

Main cast

  • Sean Cameron Michael - Dawid
  • Kurt Egelhof - Pravesh
  • Marno van der Merwe - Young Dawid
  • Ashish Gangapersad - Young Pravesh
  • Grant Swanby - Warren
  • Wilson Dunster - Francois
  • Mark Mulder - Wouter
  • Deon Coetzee - Viaan
  • Kobus Van Heerden - Young Wouter
  • Tumie Ngumla - Young Lwazi
  • Baby Cele - Old Lwazi
  • Kira Wilkinson - Alice
  • Shelley Meskin - Martha
  • Sasha Stroebel - Luzanne
  • Caitlin Clerk - Phoebe
  • Ferdinand Gernandt - De Beer
  • Sam Phillips - TRC Committee Chair
  • Charles Bouguenon - Young Warren

    Accolades