Comedy docuseries “The World’s Strangest Jobs,” from Johannesburg-based Mannequin Pictures, one of South Africa’s key production, finance, and distribution companies, has sold to Prime Video the rights to the African continent.
Mannequin is now pursuing sales in all other territories. The eight-part series is hosted by comedian and actor Schalk Bezuidenhout. The popular South African comic, a household name in his country of birth, balances Safta winning acting work (“Hotel”) with his bread and butter as a comic. Most recently, he formed part of Netflix’s stand-up comedy show, “Only Jokes Allowed.”
His latest follows Bezuidenhout travel the world in search for the titular ‘World’s Strangest Jobs,’ discovering many, from pet detectives in New York to rental boyfriends in Tokyo.
“We’re ecstatic that Prime Video has picked up this original show that will give audiences a front row seat to careers that no one could imagine,...
Mannequin is now pursuing sales in all other territories. The eight-part series is hosted by comedian and actor Schalk Bezuidenhout. The popular South African comic, a household name in his country of birth, balances Safta winning acting work (“Hotel”) with his bread and butter as a comic. Most recently, he formed part of Netflix’s stand-up comedy show, “Only Jokes Allowed.”
His latest follows Bezuidenhout travel the world in search for the titular ‘World’s Strangest Jobs,’ discovering many, from pet detectives in New York to rental boyfriends in Tokyo.
“We’re ecstatic that Prime Video has picked up this original show that will give audiences a front row seat to careers that no one could imagine,...
- 4/12/2024
- by Callum McLennan
- Variety Film + TV
Come get your Q on! The 12th Annual QFest St. Louis, presented by Cinema St. Louis,runs April 28-May 2, 2019, at the Tivoli Theatre (6350 Delmar) .The St. Louis-based Lgbtq film festival, QFest will present an eclectic slate of 28 films. The participating filmmakers represent a wide variety of voices in contemporary queer world cinema. The mission of the film festival is to use the art of contemporary gay cinema to spotlight the lives of Lgbtq people and to celebrate queer culture. The full schedule can be found Here
The 12th Annual QFest St. Louis continues Wednesday May 1st. Here’s Wednesday’s schedule:
5:00pm May 1st: Queer Shorts 1 – Ready Or Not Out I Come – This is a Free screening
(though tickets are required from box office)
Clothes & Blow: An American voice-over actor living in London is bored by demanding client calls and awkward Grindr meetups, and when his mother decides to visit unexpectedly,...
The 12th Annual QFest St. Louis continues Wednesday May 1st. Here’s Wednesday’s schedule:
5:00pm May 1st: Queer Shorts 1 – Ready Or Not Out I Come – This is a Free screening
(though tickets are required from box office)
Clothes & Blow: An American voice-over actor living in London is bored by demanding client calls and awkward Grindr meetups, and when his mother decides to visit unexpectedly,...
- 4/30/2019
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
South African film premiered at Inside Out Toronto Lgbt Film Festival.
Breaking Glass has acquired the South Africa-set coming-of-age Lgbt musical drama Canary (Kanarie) starring Schalk Bezuidenhout.
Set in 1985 in the midst of apartheid, the film follows Johan, whose love for Boy George and Depeche Mode lands him a place in the South African Defence Force’s Choir known as the ‘Canaries’.
During a nationwide tour to promote the military effort against the white leadership’s perceived enemies, Johan finds love on the battlefield and is forced to confront his long-repressed sexuality.
Christiaan Olwagen directed the Marche Media production from...
Breaking Glass has acquired the South Africa-set coming-of-age Lgbt musical drama Canary (Kanarie) starring Schalk Bezuidenhout.
Set in 1985 in the midst of apartheid, the film follows Johan, whose love for Boy George and Depeche Mode lands him a place in the South African Defence Force’s Choir known as the ‘Canaries’.
During a nationwide tour to promote the military effort against the white leadership’s perceived enemies, Johan finds love on the battlefield and is forced to confront his long-repressed sexuality.
Christiaan Olwagen directed the Marche Media production from...
- 1/15/2019
- by Jeremy Kay
- ScreenDaily
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