A very committed filmmaker, he made three films with Athol Fugard. He brought a neo-realistic touch to South African cinema and knew how to be interested in the banal stories of ordinary people. He has organized numerous film workshops in Cape Town and Durban.
Ross Devenish
Filmography
1965 – Tyburn Tree
1966 – Goal !
1971 – Now That the Buffalo’s Gone
1974 – Boesman and Lena
1977 – The Guest
1980 – Marigolds in August
1982 – A Chip of Glass Ruby
1985 – Bleak House
1986 – Asinamali
1987 – Happy Valley
1988 – Death of a Son
Films programmed at the festival
Marigolds in August
by Ross DEVENISH
The Guest – an episode in the life of Eugène Marais
by Ross DEVENISH