Watch trailers: Heidi, The 9th Life of Louis Drax, Noem my Skollie now at cinemas

Heidi

Family

Starring: Anuk Steffen, Bruno Ganz, Hannelore Hoger, Isabelle Ottmann, Jella Haase

For the first time, the classic tale Heidi, is releasing on the big screen in South Africa in Afrikaans. The film features voice work of Jenna Dunster (Heidi), Charlene Brouwer (Klara), Louis van Niekerk (Almohi), Sandra Prinsloo (grandmother), Rolanda Marais (Juffrou Rottenmeier), Anel Alexander (Tante Dete) and Ruan Wessels (Peter).

Noem My Skollie

Drama

Starring: Christian Bennet, Dann-Jaques Mouton, Gantane Kusch, Gershwin Mias

Abraham raises his status in jail by captivating the hardened gangsters with his gift for storytelling and becomes the ‘prison cinema’ whilst his childhood friend becomes the concubine of a gang boss. On their release ‘AB’’ unites with his childhood sweetheart and aims to give up on his gang but they rope him into a crime for which they all face the hangman’s noose. (Based on a true story set on the Cape Flats in the 1960’s)

Skiptrace

Action

Starring: Bingbing Fan, Jackie Chan, Johnny Knoxville

Bennie Chan, a detective from Hong Kong, has been investigating a notorious criminal named Victor Wong for over a decade. When his niece gets involved with Wong’s syndicate, Chan must track down and convince Connor Watts, a fast-talking American gambler, to team up and return to China in order to rescue his niece and foil the Chinese kingpin.

The 9th Life of Louis Drax

Thriller

Starring: Aaron Paul, Jamie Dornan, Sarah Gadon

A series of curious mishaps and coincidences that have plagued young Louis Drax his entire life, culminate in a near-fatal fall on his ninth birthday. Determined to solve the young boy’s strange affliction, dr Allan Pascal begins exploring the mysterious circumstances surrounding the boy’s accident, blurring the line between fantasy and reality.

The Light between the Oceans

Drama, Romance

Starring: Alicia Vikander, Michael Fassbender, Rachel Weisz

In post-World War I Western Australia, a lighthouse keeper and his wife decide to raise a baby girl as their own after they rescue her from a rowboat washed ashore. Years later, the couple’s dream of becoming a happy family is threatened when a visit to the mainland results in an encounter with a woman, who could tear them apart.

War Dogs

Comedy, Drama, War

Starring: Bradley Cooper, Jonah Hill, Miles Teller

Two young arms dealers, David Packouz and Efraim Diveroli, won a $300 million contract from the Pentagon to supply weapons to American allies in Afghanistan in 2007. At first overwhelmed by the prospect of being rich, the unlikely international arms dealer duo soon find themselves in danger abroad and beset with difficulties back home.