Afrikaans feature film based on the play and setwork book for grade 9 by the same name “Diekie Vannie Bo-Kaap”. On the Writer- Zulfah Otto Sallies
As an accomplished playwright, author, poet, scriptwriter and filmmaker, Zulfah started her career in the theatre. She wrote and directed several plays and musicals, and toured Malaysia and Indonesia with her highly successful dance musical, Rosa. Amon
gst the many short stories, she also published a book, called Diekie Vannie Bo-Kaap, which is already in its 18th print-run. As scriptwriter, she made her film debut with the award winning short films called “Kap an Driver” and “Stompie and the red tide”. Soon after, she wrote and directed a short film, Raya, as part of the Mama Africa series. As the opening film at Sithengi 2001, it has received great reviews and was distributed internationally. Her film Raya won the adjudicators award at the Apollo film festival and the gold award at the stone awards Cape Town. 2002 she produced and directed “Through the eyes of my daughter “a personal account of her relationship with her teenage daughter, as part of the SABC, project 10 series. The film was successfully received at the Berlin, Milano and various other international festivals. In 2005/2006 she produced, wrote and directed her first feature film called “Don’t Touch”, at local and International film festivals.
