+ The Brutalist, September 5, Thelma & Iyanu: The Age of Wonders
KHAKI FEVER
Showmax Original | Stream from Friday, 5 September
In Khaki Fever, a group of game rangers set up a challenge to see who can hook up with the most tourists during a season. The prize? The title of being the King of Khaki, as well as the losers’ collective tips. The challenge? Outsmarting Anel, the conservative lodge manager, who has made it clear that anyone caught fraternising with guests will be fired on the spot.
SAFTA nominee Christopher Japhta gets top billing as Daniel, with Francois Jacobs (Kaalgat Karel) stealing the show, and his first Silwerskerm award, as Albie. Liam Bosman and Ilse Klink were also nominated for Khaki Fever at Silwerskerm, with Bosman also up in the TV category for Een Keer Om Die Som and Klink winning for Nerêns, Noord-Kaap. Also look out for 2025 Silwerskerm nominees Anja Taljaard and Trix Vivier (both Juffrou X), singer Abel Knobel, Sean Brebnor (Getroud Met Rugby), Izette Blignaut (Binnelanders) and Juanita de Villiers (Reënboogrant).
Khaki Fever, which sold out its premiere at Silwerskerm, is the second comedy from director Brett Michael Innes, building on the success of Daryn’s Gym, which competed at Rotterdam. Innes has won the SAFTA for Best Film twice, for Sink and Fiela Se Kind, and wrote this year’s Silwerskerm Audience Prize winner My F*k Marelize and produced the Best Film winner, The Heart Is A Muscle.
Watch the Khaki Fever trailer:
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THE BRUTALIST
First on Showmax | Stream from Friday, 5 September
The Brutalist follows László Toth, a Hungarian Jewish architect. After surviving the Holocaust, László emigrates to the United States to start a new life, while awaiting the arrival of his wife and niece, both of whom remain trapped in Eastern Europe following the war. The promise of the American Dream proves to be illusory as his stature and reputation as a successful architect back in Budapest do not easily translate to his new blue blood Pennsylvania surroundings.
The Brutalist won three Oscars, including Best Actor for Adrien Brody; three Golden Globes, including Best Picture and Best Director for Brady Corbet; and over 120 other awards. Felicity Jones and Guy Pearce were both Oscar-nominated for their supporting roles.
The Brutalist was hailed as “exhilarating” by Time, “electrifying” by Vogue, “an instant classic” by Rolling Stone; and “a towering tribute to the immigrant experience” by Rotten Tomatoes.
Watch the trailer, which has over 7m views:
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CONCLAVE
Stream from Monday, 8 September on Showmax
The pope is dead. The throne is vacant.
When Cardinal Lawrence is tasked with leading one of the world’s most secretive and ancient events, selecting a new pope, he finds himself at the centre of a web of conspiracies and intrigue that could shake the very foundation of the Catholic Church.
Conclave won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 2025 Oscars, where it was up for eight Academy Awards, including Motion Picture of the Year. The film also won over 80 more awards internationally, including the Rotten Tomatoes’ Golden Tomato for the best-reviewed Mystery & Thriller Movie of 2024 and this year’s awards for Best Film at the BAFTAs, Best Acting Ensemble at the Critics Choice Awards, and Best Leading Actor from the Screen Actors Guild Awards for Ralph Fiennes as Cardinal Lawrence.
Directed by Edward Berger (All Quiet on the Western Front), Conclave also stars Oscar nominees Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow, and Isabella Rossellini, as well as BAFTA nominee Lucian Msamati (Gangs of London).
Watch the trailer, which has over 25m views:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
SEPTEMBER 5
Stream from Thursday, 11 September on Showmax
Nominated for Best Original Screenplay at this year’s Oscars and Critics Choice Awards, and for Best Motion Picture – Drama at the Golden Globes, September 5 is set during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, where an American sports broadcasting team must adapt to live coverage of the Israeli athletes being held hostage by a terrorist group.
Based on real events, September 5 unveils the decisive moment that forever changed media coverage and continues to impact live news today.
John Magaro (Past Lives) stars alongside Emmy nominee Peter Sarsgaard (Dopesick), Berlin International Film Festival Shooting Star Leonie Benesch and Ben Chaplin (The Thin Red Line).
The film has a 92% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes, where the critics’ consensus says, “Capturing the compromises, dedication, and human fallibility of the newsroom, September 5 is a worthy chronicle of a tragic flashpoint in broadcast media history.”
Watch the trailer, which has over a million views:
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DEN OF THIEVES: PANTERA
Stream from Monday, 15 September on Showmax
Action star Gerard Butler and O’Shea Jackson Jr. (Straight Out of Compton, Godzilla: King of the Monsters) return in the #1 box office hit movie Den of Thieves: Pantera, the long-awaited sequel to 2018’s action-heist Den of Thieves.
In Den of Thieves: Pantera, Big Nick (Butler) and Donnie (Jackson) must team up for a massive heist of the world’s largest diamond exchange.
Globe and Mail says: “In the entire oeuvre of cinema du Gerard Butler, there has never been such a perfect marriage between actor and character, man and moniker. Big Nick might not understand a lick of French, but Butler is simply parfait.”
Watch the trailer, which has over 13m views:
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THE UNBREAKABLE BOY
Stream on Showmax from Sunday, 21 September
In The Unbreakable Boy, Scott and Teresa learn that their son Austin is both autistic and has brittle bone disease, making them worry for their son’s future. But with Scott’s growing faith and Austin’s incredible spirit, they become “unbreakable”, finding joy, gratitude, and courage even in the most trying times.
People’s Choice nominee Zachary Levi (aka Shazam) stars as Scott, a father battling addiction, with Emmy nominee Meghann Fahy (Sirens, The White Lotus, The Bold Type) as his wife Teresa.
As Austin, Jacob Laval (The Plot Against America) won the 2025 Young Artist Award for Best Performance in a Feature Film: Leading Teen Artist, while writer-director Jon Gunn won Heartland Film’s 2025 Truly Moving Picture Award.
Watch the trailer, which has over 19m views:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
THELMA
Stream on Showmax from Monday, 22 September
In Thelma, Oscar nominee June Squibb plays a feisty 93-year-old grandmother who gets conned by a phone scammer. Accompanied by an aging friend (Richard Roundtree in his final performance) and his motorized scooter, she sets out on a treacherous quest across Los Angeles to reclaim what was taken from her.
Thelma earned its 94-year-old star – who did most of her own stunts – the Best Actress in an Action Movie award at the 2025 Critics Choice Super Awards. The stacked cast includes The White Lotus alumni Fred Hechinger and Parker Posey, Golden Globe nominee Malcolm McDowell, Clark Gregg (aka Marvel’s Agent Phil Coulson), and multiple-Emmy nominee Nicole Byer (Nailed it!).
With a 98% rating, Thelma was Rotten Tomatoes’ 5th best-reviewed Comedy Movie of 2024. The Australian calls it “Mission: Impossible on mobility scooters, with a soundtrack to match. … Full of humour, and not a little sadness.”
Thelma has won 11 awards so far and was nominated for Best Comedy at the 2025 Critics Choice Awards.
Watch the trailer:
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IYANU: THE AGE OF WONDERS
First on Showmax | Stream from Friday, 26 September
Set 500 years before the rise of Iyanu, The Age of Wonders transports viewers to Yorubaland at the height of its magical civilisation. When Meje – the embodiment of the seven deadly sins – emerges, young warriors Dara and Ishe must stop the coming Age of Darkness. Their only hope lies with the Divine Ones, legendary beings who once walked the earth and upheld the balance between light and shadow.
The feature film’s all-Nigerian voice cast includes Shaffy Bello (The Black Book) as Emi – The One Mother, African Movie Academy Awards winner and Vogue US cover star Adesua Etomi-Wellington as Olori, and award-winner Serah Johnson as Iyanu.
Created by Nigerian director Roye Okupe from his own graphic novel, the breakout first season of the animated series ranked as the #1 series on Cartoon Network, in the top 10 kids’ and family series on Max, and as the most-watched kids’ series on Showmax at its launch. At the upcoming MIPAfrica Inclusive Lens Awards, Iyanu is nominated in the Older Kids category.
Watch the trailer:
https://youtu.be/nSfg_bzQ7KI
EVERYTHING COMING TO SHOWMAX IN SEPTEMBER
Showmax is bringing another stellar lineup this September, including:
• The third and final season of Showmax first-day views record holder Youngins
• Thuso Mbedu in HBO crime drama Task, starring Mark Ruffalo
• Nêrens, Noord-Kaap, the most awarded series at the 2025 Silwerskerm Film & TV Awards
• Taylor Sheridan’s Landman, the most streamed series globally in the first quarter of 2025
• Uthando Nes’thembu S8, fresh from one billion social media impressions already this year
•Orlando Pirates doccie Giants, from the creators of Chasing the Sun
• Acclaimed stand-up comedy from Marc Maron and Sarah Silverman
• Takalani Sesame, Sesame Street and Bea’s Block for the pre-schoolers