White Wedding
Directed byJann Turner
Written byJann Turner
Kenneth Nkosi
Rapulana Seiphemo
Produced byJann Turner
Kenneth Nkosi
Ken Follett
Rapulana Seiphemo
StarringKenneth Nkosi
Rapulana Seiphemo
Zandile Msutwana
Jodie Whittaker
Distributed bySter-Kinekor
Release date
29 April 2009 (2009-04-29) (South Africa)
Running time
93 minutes
LanguagesAfrikaans
English
Setswana
isiXhosa
isiZulu

White Wedding is a South African romantic comedy. It tells the story of a road trip adventure embarked by a groom and his best friend as they race across South Africa to attend a wedding. This film was South Africa's official submission to the 82nd Academy Awards for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. White Wedding was released in the U.S. on 3 September 2010 by Dada Films and The Little Film Company.

Plot

Elvis (Kenneth Nkosi) leaves Johannesburg Park Station for Durban where his best friend Tumi (Rapulana Seiphemo) will drive them to Cape Town to attend his wedding to Ayanda (Zandile Msutwana). Nothing goes according to plan as the two friends trek across the country, meeting eccentric characters along the way, as Ayanda nervously waits in Cape Town.

Cast

Reception

The film was both a moderate critical and commercial success in South Africa and it received mixed reviews internationally. Picktainment.com said, "What White Wedding lacks in exposition, it gains in its honest portrayal of a country still lacerated by racial differences."[1] It grossed R1.1 million in the box office in its first week of opening and had accumulated R4.2 million in a seven-week run.

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref.
2009 Macau International Movie Festival Best Director Jann Turner Nominated [2]
2010 South African Film and Television Awards Best Actor – Feature Film Kenneth Nkosi Won
Best Achievement in Original Music/Score – Feature Film Joel Assaizky Nominated
Best Feature Film Nominated
Best Achievement in Directing – Feature Film Jann Turner Nominated
Best Supporting Actress – Feature Film Zandile Msutwana Nominated
Best Achievement in Script Writing – Feature Film Jann Turner
Rapulana Seiphemo		 Nominated
Best Supporting Actor – Feature Film Marcel van Heerden Nominated

References

  1. ↑ "White Wedding is Worth Celebrating". Picktainment. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 3 March 2011.
  2. ↑ "imdb – White Wedding Awards". IMDb. 1 January 2020.
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