Producer Travis Taute always knew that when he'd make his directorial debut, it would be an action movie. Taute's thriller, "Indemnity," takes a grounded approach. With the power of limitations, Taute, his team, and his star, Jarrid Geduld, make their action pack a little more punch with practically, plausibility, and a general lack of CGI. As Taute explained, it wasn't always easy, but the challenge is exciting.
Prior to making his conspiracy thriller dealing with Ptsd, Taute has been producing films and shows for Gambit Films. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, the production company is behind "Blood & Water" and "Number 37." Recently,...
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Prior to making his conspiracy thriller dealing with Ptsd, Taute has been producing films and shows for Gambit Films. Based in Cape Town, South Africa, the production company is behind "Blood & Water" and "Number 37." Recently,...
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- 3/7/2022
- by Jack Giroux
- Slash Film
As a perennially popular international filming location — its varied landscapes standing in for everywhere from the Sahara to the French Riviera — South Africa has provided the anonymous backdrop for many a slick big-budget action thriller over the years. Rarer are films from the country’s own industry that aspire to equivalent commercial thrills, which lends Cape Town-based writer-director Travis Taute’s debut feature “Indemnity” a certain bracing novelty that counters its more generic qualities. Joining a Ptsd-afflicted firefighter on the run after being framed for the murder of his wife, Taute’s diverting film punches well above its modestly budgeted weight in terms of propulsive, literally incendiary action scenes — but is on less sure footing with a narrative that lurches from lean fugitive drama to overworked conspiracy nightmare.
A far stricter edit could have solved a number of problems in this unevenly paced and, at 124 minutes, significantly overlong film, which...
A far stricter edit could have solved a number of problems in this unevenly paced and, at 124 minutes, significantly overlong film, which...
- 2/4/2022
- by Guy Lodge
- Variety Film + TV
Find Her Exclusive Poster Reveal & New Stills: "Psychological Thriller Find Her has released it's final poster (attached) and revised synopsis (see below) ahead of the film's 2022 release.
The noir stars Nick McCallum (Burning Kentucky), Richard Gunn (Clemency), Stelio Savante, (Running For Grace), Rebecca Lines (The Falcon And The Winter Soldier), Anais Lilit (The Walking Dead: Red Machete), Randal Gonzalez (Greenland), John James (Axcellerator), Mary Drew Ahrens, John Daniel Gates and G. Andrew Ahrens who also serves as producer.
Filmed in Louisiana and Florida, Find Her was directed by Nick McCallum from his own script with Emmy award winning director of photography, Evan Zissimopulos providing the cinematography.
In the film, a mysterious ex-cop named Isaiah Slade arrives in a small town searching for answers to a murdered ranch owner and his still missing daughter. It slowly becomes clear that not only are there multiple suspects, but that Slade himself has his...
The noir stars Nick McCallum (Burning Kentucky), Richard Gunn (Clemency), Stelio Savante, (Running For Grace), Rebecca Lines (The Falcon And The Winter Soldier), Anais Lilit (The Walking Dead: Red Machete), Randal Gonzalez (Greenland), John James (Axcellerator), Mary Drew Ahrens, John Daniel Gates and G. Andrew Ahrens who also serves as producer.
Filmed in Louisiana and Florida, Find Her was directed by Nick McCallum from his own script with Emmy award winning director of photography, Evan Zissimopulos providing the cinematography.
In the film, a mysterious ex-cop named Isaiah Slade arrives in a small town searching for answers to a murdered ranch owner and his still missing daughter. It slowly becomes clear that not only are there multiple suspects, but that Slade himself has his...
- 1/21/2022
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Magnet Releasing, the genre arm of Magnolia Pictures, has acquired worldwide rights (excluding Africa and Japan) to “Indemnity,” an action-thriller written and directed by South African filmmaker Travis Taute that had its world premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival. Magnet is targeting an early 2022 release.
“Indemnity” follows Theo Abrams, an ex-Cape Town fireman whose world is rocked when he wakes up next to his wife’s dead body with no recollection of what transpired and all evidence pointing to him as the killer.
“’Indemnity’ is visceral, high-octane cinema done with an amazing level of accomplishment and imagination,” said Magnolia Pictures president Eamonn Bowles. “Travis Taute and his South African crew have delivered a real winner.”
“’Indemnity’ is at its very core a simple and poetic journey of one man’s attempt at redemption in the wake of a devastating trauma,” said Taute. “It was conceived as a vehicle to...
“Indemnity” follows Theo Abrams, an ex-Cape Town fireman whose world is rocked when he wakes up next to his wife’s dead body with no recollection of what transpired and all evidence pointing to him as the killer.
“’Indemnity’ is visceral, high-octane cinema done with an amazing level of accomplishment and imagination,” said Magnolia Pictures president Eamonn Bowles. “Travis Taute and his South African crew have delivered a real winner.”
“’Indemnity’ is at its very core a simple and poetic journey of one man’s attempt at redemption in the wake of a devastating trauma,” said Taute. “It was conceived as a vehicle to...
- 11/3/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Meet Theo (Jarrid Geduld). He’s a former firefighter traumatised by a rescue gone wrong which we see, in part, in the prologue to this film. He wants to go back to work but his captain tells him he isn’t ready, and it’s easy to see why. His wife Angela (Nicole Fortuin) is worried about his behaviour, too. He’s resisting therapy, saying he doesn’t need it, though the truth may be that he simply finds it too distressing. In that regard, his life is about to get a whole lot worse.
Angela is a journalist. One day she gets a call telling her that Theo’s life is in danger, follows up, and is provided with a dossier providing convincing evidence of a large political and corporate conspiracy whose targets all seem to end up dead or in prison. Before she can find out why her husband is on the list,...
Angela is a journalist. One day she gets a call telling her that Theo’s life is in danger, follows up, and is provided with a dossier providing convincing evidence of a large political and corporate conspiracy whose targets all seem to end up dead or in prison. Before she can find out why her husband is on the list,...
- 8/13/2021
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
Indemnity Review — Indemnity (2021) Film Review from the 25th Annual Fantasia International Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Travis Taute, starring Jarrid Geduld, Gail Mabalane, Andre Jacobs, Nicole Fortuin, Louw Venter, Abduragman Adams, Hlomla Dandala, Susan Danford, Qaeed Patel, Toni Jean Erasmus, and Grant Powell. There’s nothing wrong [...]
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- 8/12/2021
- Film-Book
Indemnity Review — Indemnity (2021) Film Review from the 25th Annual Fantasia International Film Festival, a movie written and directed by Travis Taute, starring Jarrid Geduld, Gail Mabalane, Andre Jacobs, Nicole Fortuin, Louw Venter, Abduragman Adams, Hlomla Dandala, Susan Danford, Qaeed Patel, Toni Jean Erasmus, and Grant Powell. There’s nothing wrong [...]
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Continue reading: Film Review: Indemnity: A Familiar Action-Thriller That Allows For Fun and Frustration [Fantasia 2021]...
- 8/12/2021
- by Jacob Mouradian
- Film-Book
Theo Abrams (Jarrid Geduld) jumps into action with CPR upon waking to find his wife’s (Nicole Fortuin’s Angela) dead body by his side. He then immediately clams up when a knock at the front door is accompanied by the declaration “Police!” He doesn’t remember hearing anyone enter their room that night nor recalls a violent struggle. Add the fact that he just lost his job due to an inability to overcome the Ptsd he’s been battling since blaming himself for the deaths of two firefighters under his command and he’s forced to wonder if he’s responsible for Angela too. Theo’s temper and anxiety have been in overdrive and his wife felt the brunt of both. If he can’t trust his own innocence, who can?
This is the question we ask ourselves despite having already processed the fifteen or so minutes of exposition...
This is the question we ask ourselves despite having already processed the fifteen or so minutes of exposition...
- 8/12/2021
- by Jared Mobarak
- The Film Stage
XYZ Films has acquired North American sales rights to “Indemnity,” an action thriller from South African director Travis Taute that’s set to world premiere at Montreal’s Fantasia Film Festival.
Written and directed by Taute, “Indemnity” tells the story of an ex-firefighter in Cape Town who’s forced to fight for his life after being accused of murdering his wife. Starring Jarrid Geduld, Nicole Fortuin and Andre Jacobs, pic is produced by Benjamin Overmeyer and Bradley Joshua for Gambit Films, the South African production outfit behind the Netflix series “Blood and Water” and the Fantasia prize winner “Number 37.”
“‘Indemnity’ is, at its very core, a simple and poetic journey of one man’s attempt at redemption in the wake of a devastating trauma,” said Taute. “It was conceived as a vehicle to shine a spotlight on the importance of mental health and deliver sobering insight into the destructive nature of toxic masculinity.
Written and directed by Taute, “Indemnity” tells the story of an ex-firefighter in Cape Town who’s forced to fight for his life after being accused of murdering his wife. Starring Jarrid Geduld, Nicole Fortuin and Andre Jacobs, pic is produced by Benjamin Overmeyer and Bradley Joshua for Gambit Films, the South African production outfit behind the Netflix series “Blood and Water” and the Fantasia prize winner “Number 37.”
“‘Indemnity’ is, at its very core, a simple and poetic journey of one man’s attempt at redemption in the wake of a devastating trauma,” said Taute. “It was conceived as a vehicle to shine a spotlight on the importance of mental health and deliver sobering insight into the destructive nature of toxic masculinity.
- 8/2/2021
- by Christopher Vourlias
- Variety Film + TV
Check out the action chops in this trailer for Travis Taute's action thriller Indemnity! With just over a week away from the Fantasia Film Festival we get our first taste of one of the films that will get a coveted in-person screening. This isn't Taute's first rodeo at Fantasia. He was the co-writer of the very, very good thriller, Number 37. He is also the writer and director of the well received Netflix drama, Blood & Water. Check out the trailer below and make note, it's mentioned in the announcement below that Taute's lead actor, Jarrid Geduld went method and did stunt training for three months so he could do all his own stunts in the film. What's good for Tom... ...
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- 7/28/2021
- Screen Anarchy
"Someone's trying to frame me." An early promo trailer has debuted for a South African action thriller film titled Indemnity, marking the feature directorial debut of filmmaker Travis Taute. This is premiering at the upcoming 2021 Fantasia Film Festival, and this trailer offers us a first look. Jarrid Geduld stars as an ex-firefighter in Cape Town is forced to fight for his life after being accused of murdering his wife. Soon, connections are revealed between his past, the origin of his Ptsd, the mysterious death of his wife, and a government conspiracy with terrifying implications. The film has one hell of an opening pitch: "Reaching a whole new scale of production for South African action films, Indemnity's lead, Jarrid Geduld, spent three months training with stunt masters Vernon Willemse and Grant Powell and succeeded at all of his own stunts, including a record-breaking hanging suspension stunt performed from the 21st floor.
- 7/28/2021
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the first wave of programming for its upcoming 25th edition, set again to take place as a virtual event accessible to audiences across Canada. The festival will run from August 5 – 25, 2021 and will include scheduled screenings and premieres, panels, and workshops, with films once again hosted on the leading-edge platform created by Festival Scope and Shift72. As the summer approaches, Fantasia organizers will be following advice from local health authorities in Montreal with respect to the possibility of adding a limited range of physical events as well. In celebration of the key role that Japan’s culture has played across Fantasia’s history, the festival’s 25th edition will be featuring an enhanced focus on Japanese cinema.
Following the earlier news of the festival’s opening film, the world premiere of Julien Knafo’s Quebec-set zomcom Brain Freeze starring Roy Dupuis and Iani Bédard,...
Following the earlier news of the festival’s opening film, the world premiere of Julien Knafo’s Quebec-set zomcom Brain Freeze starring Roy Dupuis and Iani Bédard,...
- 5/22/2021
- by Grace Han
- AsianMoviePulse
One of my favorite festivals is back with a virtual event taking place this August! The Fantasia International Film Festival has announced its first wave of programming, which includes a diverse slate of features and a special focus on Japanese cinema:
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 // Montreal, Quebec -- The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the first wave of programming for its upcoming 25th edition, set again to take place as a virtual event accessible to audiences across Canada. The festival will run from August 5 - 25, 2021 and will include scheduled screenings and premieres, panels, and workshops, with films once again hosted on the leading-edge platform created by Festival Scope and Shift72. As the summer approaches, Fantasia organizers will be following advice from local health authorities in Montreal with respect to the possibility of adding a limited range of physical events as well. In celebration of the key role that Japan...
Wednesday, May 19, 2021 // Montreal, Quebec -- The Fantasia International Film Festival is proud to announce the first wave of programming for its upcoming 25th edition, set again to take place as a virtual event accessible to audiences across Canada. The festival will run from August 5 - 25, 2021 and will include scheduled screenings and premieres, panels, and workshops, with films once again hosted on the leading-edge platform created by Festival Scope and Shift72. As the summer approaches, Fantasia organizers will be following advice from local health authorities in Montreal with respect to the possibility of adding a limited range of physical events as well. In celebration of the key role that Japan...
- 5/20/2021
- by Jonathan James
- DailyDead
Billed as a documentary drama, the South-African set film A Lucky Man deals with the identity and morality issues of Earnie "Lastig" Solomon, who grew up notoriously as an outcast in Cape Town. Helmed by Gordon Clark, who has mostly directed commercials of leading brands in South Africa, the film stars Levi du Plooy, Jarrid Geduld, Keenan Arrison. Here's more about the film: “A Lucky Man” is a morality story in which the perplexing issues of identity and morality are played out in the life of a man literally living on the edge. Born into a family where he is an outsider and growing up in a city and...
- 2/1/2013
- by Vanessa Martinez
- ShadowAndAct
Screened at Locarno International Film Festival Piazza Grande
When Anders Larsen chases after one of the two young black brothers who have just mugged him on a busy Cape Town street, he doesn't just want his case back, he wants to know how the boy was able to leap up and over a park gate with such agility.
Larsen (Marcel Van Heerden) trains trapeze artists, and what he sees in the lad is what he's always looking for: the makings of someone he can turn into what the title of this likable film calls "The Flyer".
Director Revel Fox, co-writing with Philip Roberts, makes the most of a structure familiar from many an old-time Hollywood picture as one brother goes to jail while the other purses a dream. Only budgetary limitations keep the pleasure in the film muted as trapeze artists need a Big Top and the roar of the crowd, and the action here takes place in the barren space where Larsen trains his flyers. The film may find a warmer welcome on television and DVD than in theaters.
"The Flyer" starts snappily with two excellent performances from youngsters Jarrid Geduld, as the athletic Kier, and Marvin Pasqualie, as the criminally inclined Spies. They live rough and steal what they need with the older Spies definitely in charge.
When a robbery goes sour and Kier is apprehended, Spies knifes a police officer to allow Kier to flee. Spies goes to jail while Kier accepts Larsen's offer to train for the trapeze.
Ian van der Heyden and Craig Palm, as Kier and Spies respectively, take over as the older brother is released from jail a hardened criminal still wishing to involve Kier in his plans.
The story follows a conventional path with the inclusion of dancer Mickey (Kim Engelbrecht) as Kier's love interest while Anders plots an audition for his young flyer with a famous Paris circus.
It's all very neatly done and to see a trapeze artist attempt not only the triple somersault but also the quadruple is always a thrill, but Fox's film tells a decent yarn, and when you go to the circus you need a legend.
When Anders Larsen chases after one of the two young black brothers who have just mugged him on a busy Cape Town street, he doesn't just want his case back, he wants to know how the boy was able to leap up and over a park gate with such agility.
Larsen (Marcel Van Heerden) trains trapeze artists, and what he sees in the lad is what he's always looking for: the makings of someone he can turn into what the title of this likable film calls "The Flyer".
Director Revel Fox, co-writing with Philip Roberts, makes the most of a structure familiar from many an old-time Hollywood picture as one brother goes to jail while the other purses a dream. Only budgetary limitations keep the pleasure in the film muted as trapeze artists need a Big Top and the roar of the crowd, and the action here takes place in the barren space where Larsen trains his flyers. The film may find a warmer welcome on television and DVD than in theaters.
"The Flyer" starts snappily with two excellent performances from youngsters Jarrid Geduld, as the athletic Kier, and Marvin Pasqualie, as the criminally inclined Spies. They live rough and steal what they need with the older Spies definitely in charge.
When a robbery goes sour and Kier is apprehended, Spies knifes a police officer to allow Kier to flee. Spies goes to jail while Kier accepts Larsen's offer to train for the trapeze.
Ian van der Heyden and Craig Palm, as Kier and Spies respectively, take over as the older brother is released from jail a hardened criminal still wishing to involve Kier in his plans.
The story follows a conventional path with the inclusion of dancer Mickey (Kim Engelbrecht) as Kier's love interest while Anders plots an audition for his young flyer with a famous Paris circus.
It's all very neatly done and to see a trapeze artist attempt not only the triple somersault but also the quadruple is always a thrill, but Fox's film tells a decent yarn, and when you go to the circus you need a legend.
- 8/11/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
When Anders Larsen chases after one of the two young black brothers who have just mugged him on a busy Cape Town street, he doesn't just want his case back, he wants to know how the boy was able to leap up and over a park gate with such agility.
Larsen (Marcel Van Heerden) trains trapeze artists, and what he sees in the lad is what he's always looking for: the makings of someone he can turn into what the title of this likable film calls The Flyer.
Director Revel Fox, co-writing with Philip Roberts, makes the most of a structure familiar from many an old-time Hollywood picture as one brother goes to jail while the other purses a dream. Only budgetary limitations keep the pleasure in the film muted as trapeze artists need a Big Top and the roar of the crowd, and the action here takes place in the barren space where Larsen trains his flyers. The film may find a warmer welcome on television and DVD than in theaters.
The Flyers starts snappily with two excellent performances from youngsters Jarrid Geduld, as the athletic Kier, and Marvin Pasqualie, as the criminally inclined Spies. They live rough and steal what they need with the older Spies definitely in charge.
When a robbery goes sour and Kier is apprehended, Spies knifes a police officer to allow Kier to flee. Spies goes to jail while Kier accepts Larsen's offer to train for the trapeze.
Ian van der Heyden and Craig Palm, as Kier and Spies respectively, take over as the older brother is released from jail a hardened criminal still wishing to involve Kier in his plans.
The story follows a conventional path with the inclusion of dancer Mickey (Kim Engelbrecht) as Kier's love interest while Anders plots an audition for his young flyer with a famous Paris circus.
It's all very neatly done and to see a trapeze artist attempt not only the triple somersault but also the quadruple is always a thrill, but Fox's film tells a decent yarn, and when you go to the circus you need a legend.
Larsen (Marcel Van Heerden) trains trapeze artists, and what he sees in the lad is what he's always looking for: the makings of someone he can turn into what the title of this likable film calls The Flyer.
Director Revel Fox, co-writing with Philip Roberts, makes the most of a structure familiar from many an old-time Hollywood picture as one brother goes to jail while the other purses a dream. Only budgetary limitations keep the pleasure in the film muted as trapeze artists need a Big Top and the roar of the crowd, and the action here takes place in the barren space where Larsen trains his flyers. The film may find a warmer welcome on television and DVD than in theaters.
The Flyers starts snappily with two excellent performances from youngsters Jarrid Geduld, as the athletic Kier, and Marvin Pasqualie, as the criminally inclined Spies. They live rough and steal what they need with the older Spies definitely in charge.
When a robbery goes sour and Kier is apprehended, Spies knifes a police officer to allow Kier to flee. Spies goes to jail while Kier accepts Larsen's offer to train for the trapeze.
Ian van der Heyden and Craig Palm, as Kier and Spies respectively, take over as the older brother is released from jail a hardened criminal still wishing to involve Kier in his plans.
The story follows a conventional path with the inclusion of dancer Mickey (Kim Engelbrecht) as Kier's love interest while Anders plots an audition for his young flyer with a famous Paris circus.
It's all very neatly done and to see a trapeze artist attempt not only the triple somersault but also the quadruple is always a thrill, but Fox's film tells a decent yarn, and when you go to the circus you need a legend.
- 8/10/2005
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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