South Africa / 2016 / 125mins / Crime, Drama / Afrikaans

Daryne Joshua’s debut feature is a portrait of life on the mean streets of Cape Town’s lawless Cape Flats in the 1960s. Barely into their teens, Abraham and his three friends form a gang, more out of self-preservation than malice. As they grow up, Abraham (now played by the intense Dann-Jacques Mouton) and his gang turn to petty thievery. After he is arrested, Abraham’s storytelling abilities protect him from the worst that prison life has to offer. Once he’s out, he hopes to reunite with his childhood sweetheart and get his stories down on paper—if, that is, his gang friends and society give him a chance. Noem My Skollie is both a tribute to the human need for stories—and storytellers—and a realistic look at youth gang behavior.

Daryne Joshua

Noem My Skollie / Call Me Thief, marks Daryne Joshua's debut as a feature film director. received the RapidLion Awards for Best Screenplay and Best South African Film, 2017.At an early age he wrote, illustrated and sold his own comics on the streets of Bridgetown. During his scholarship at AFDA, the local film school, he collected several awards and completed the degree with distinction. Now he is directing Television dramas and successful short films as either writer or director or both. Daryne Joshua also set up a Film and TV production company in Cape Town called Gambit Films. Learn More