Giant Films develops and produces independent, original content for film and television. Our work is inspired by a deep sense of belonging, and by the difference we can make to the world we live in. Over the years we have produced ground breaking feature length films for global audiences.
In 2024, Ian Gabriel’s Death Of A Whistleblower premiered at TIFF and was honoured with the Best African Film Award at the 6th Joburg Film Festival. In 2023, Runs In The Family received the Best South African Film Award at the Durban International Film Festival and was an Outstanding Film Nominee for the 35th GLAAD Film Awards in Los Angeles and New York. Four Corners, South Africa’s Official Submission for Best Foreign Film at the 86th Academy Awards, went on to receive multiple Best Film awards on the international and local festival circuitsm, and in 2004 Ian’s directorial debut Forgiveness won the Best South African and Best African Film accolades in the same year.
Giant Films develops and produces independent, original content for film and television. Our work is inspired by a deep sense of belonging, and by the difference we can make to the world we live in. Over the years we have produced ground breaking feature length films for global audiences.
In 2024, Ian Gabriel’s Death Of A Whistleblower premiered at TIFF and was honoured with the Best African Film Award at the 6th Joburg Film Festival.
In 2023, Runs In The Family received the Best South African Film Award at the Durban International Film Festival and was an Outstanding Film Nominee for the 35th GLAAD Film Awards in Los Angeles and New York.
Four Corners, South Africa’s Official Submission for Best Foreign Film at the 86th Academy Awards, went on to receive multiple Best Film awards on the international and local festival circuitsm, and in 2004 Ian’s directorial debut Forgiveness won the Best South African and Best African Film accolades in the same year.
Real-life father/son filmmaking team Ian and Gabe Gabriel unite for this witty, heartfelt dramedy that sees former scam artist Varun and his trans drag performer son River embark on a road trip across South Africa to rescue River's long-lost mother from rehab clinic. With secrets bubbling to the surface and a competition to win, the duo's relationship will be tested like never before.
Director Ian Gabriel
Screenplay by Gabe Gabriel
Executive Producers Cindy Gabriel, Shant Joshi
Produced by Amina Thornton
Production Company Giant Films
Now Streaming On Netflix
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Four lives will change forever as the destinies of a reformed prison general, a local cop, a charismatic gang leader and a surgeon back from London intersect with a young boy’s coming of age in the sub culture of Cape Flats’ urban youth gangs.
Director Ian Gabriel
Screenplay by Hoffie Scholtz
Producers Cindy Gabriel & Genevieve Hofmeyr
Production Companies Giant Films & Moonlighting Films
Distributed by Indigenous Film Distribution
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When investigative journalist Luyanda Masinda narrowly survives the assassination of her whistleblower lover, she joins forces with his inside man to expose the deep-rooted state capture of military assets by a corrupt and powerful group who will stop at nothing to protect their illicit chemical weapons trade across Africa.
Director Ian Gabriel
Screenplay by Louis Viljoen & Marius Scholtz
Producers Tshepiso Chikapa Phiri, Ian Gabriel, Moroba Nkawe
Executive Producer Joel Phiri
Production Company KAEntertainment
Now Streaming On Amazon Prime
A disgraced ex-cops arrival in a small town triggers a cathartic journey of Forgiveness and revenge for himself and the family of the activist he killed.
Director Ian Gabriel
Screenplay by Greg Latter
Producers Joel Phiri, Jeremy Nathan, Cindy Gabriel
Production Companies dv8 Films & Giant Films
Distributed by Ster Kinekor Entertainment
“The films we make are about aspects of ourselves, of what we have seen and experienced, and our own unique experiences.”
Giant Films develops and produces quality, independent, original content for film and television. Over the years we have produced ground breaking feature length films for global audiences. Our work is inspired by a deep sense of belonging to the world we live in, and the difference we can make to our world. As South Africans we are aware that the present and the past are reflections of who we are, what we have overcome and what we can become in order to be the best version of ourselves and our communities.