Of Good Report

Of Good Report
Film poster
Directed byJahmil X.T. Qubeka
Starring
Release date
  • 9 August 2013 (2013-08-09)
Running time
109 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageXhosa

Of Good Report is a 2013 South African thriller film directed by Jahmil X.T. Qubeka. The film had Mothusi Magano and Petronella Tshuma in lead roles. At the 10th Africa Movie Academy Awards, it received the most nominations and awards, and won the AMAA's Award for Best Film.[1] The film was screened at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival.[2]

In July 2013, on day it was to open the 34th Durban International Film Festival, it was banned by the National Film and Video Foundation for containing "child pornography". The decision was later overturned after an appeal by the producers of the film.[3] In November 2022, Of Good Report opened the Africa Rising International Film Festival (ARIFF) and given "the premier it never had[4]".

  1. ^ "SA's 'Of Good Report' scoops 13 Africa movie award nominations". 8 May 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  2. ^ Tambay, Obenson (13 September 2013). "TIFF 2013 Review: Jahmil Qubeka's Thriller 'Of Good Report' Brands Him A Director To Watch". Indiewire. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Of Good Report: The serial killer movie they tried to ban". CNN. 21 August 2013. Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  4. ^ World, Sunday (25 November 2022). "'ARIFF pays homage to past in the present for the future'". Sunday World. Retrieved 26 November 2022.