STORIES

FEATURE FICTION

Carissa (2024) 88min

Written & directed by Jason Jacobs & Devon Delmar

Produced by Na Aap Productions
Co-produced by Deidre Jantjies, Annemarie du Plessis, Devon Delmar, & Jason Jacobs

Premiere: Orizzonti, 81st Venice International Film Festival, Venice, Italy

Rough cut winner: La Biennale Prize for Best Film, Final Cut, 80th Venice International Film Festival (2023), Venice, Italy

Distributed by Indigenous Film Distribution (Africa), Reason8 (World)

Variations on a Theme (in post-production) 85min

Directed by Jason Jacobs & Devon Delmar

Solar (in development)

Written by Jason Jacobs & Devon Delmar

NFVF/NFF Thuthuka Fund recipient, SA/Netherlands

Co-developed with Interakt Films (Netherlands)

Gotham Week Project Market (2024), New York, USA

Durban FilmMart Pitch Forum (2024), Durban, SA

Film London Production Finance Market (2024), London, UK

Al wat ek weet (development completed)

Written by Jason Jacobs & Devon Delmar

Produced by Annemarie du Plessis

Based on the novel by Marieta van der Vyver

Commissioned by M-Net & kykNET

SHORT FICTION

Brakwater (in post-production) 14min

Written & directed by Jason Jacobs & Devon Delmar

Produced by Kraal (SA) & Faliro House (Greece)

I Think I’ll Run Away Tomorrow (2020) 60sec

Written & directed by Jason Jacobs & Devon Delmar

BEST FILM - One Shot Film Festival (2021), Armenia

Nama Swaan (2017) 18min

Written & directed by Jason Jacobs

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Silwerskermfees (2018), SA

Distributed by kykNET & Showmax

Under the Static (2017) 10min

Written & directed by Devon Delmar

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Luxor African Film Festival (2018), Egypt

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Kerry Film Festival (2017), Ireland
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Cape Town International Film Market & Festival, SA

Never a Next Train (2016) 7min

Written & directed by Devon Delmar

OFFICIAL SELECTION - RapidLion (2017), SA
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Silwerskermfees (2017), SA

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Kleinkaap Short Film Festival (2017), SA

OFFICIAL SELECTION - shnit International Short Film Festival (2016), SA

SERIES FICTION

Unseen (animation series in development)

Written by Jason Jacobs & Devon Delmar

Supported by the NFVF, SA

Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market (2024), France

Tshimologong Digital Lab Africa Acceleration: Animation Winners (2024), SA

Durban FilmMart Pitch Forum (2024), SA

Pitch Persuade Produce (2023), CTIAF, Cape Town, SA

Selected for Franconia Writing Residency (2021), Minnesota, USA

Grondgrawers (in development)

Written by Jason Jacobs & Devon Delmar

DOCUMENTARY

Creative Tapestry (2020) 16min

Directed by Jason Jacobs
Produced by Sex Workers Theatre, Global Grace, & The University of Cape Town

Die agterryer se dogter (2024) 40min

Directed by Jason Jacobs & Devon Delmar

Unsung Heroes (2024), Johannesburg, SA
Funded by the NFVF & Department of Sports, Arts, & Culture

Uprooted (in development)

Directed by Jason Jacobs & Devon Delmar

Supported by the South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI)

THEATRE

Kontrapunt (in development)

Written by Jason Jacobs & Devon Delmar

Selected for Teksmark (2023), Cape Town, SA

Development supported by Nasionale Afrikaanse Teater Inisiatief (NATI) and Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees

Kraal (2022-) 65min

Written by Jason Jacobs

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Vrystaat Kunstefees (2024), SA

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Nama Khoi Language Week (2023), SA
BEST DEBUT SCRIPT - Toyota SU Woordfees (2022-2023), SA

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Pan African Creative Exchange (2023), SA
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Suidoosterfees (2022), SA
Development supported by Nasionale Afrikaanse Teater Inisiatief (NATI)
Debut performance funded by Toyota SU Woordfees

Tjieng Tjang Tjerries - The Play (2018) 50min

Written by Jolyn Phillips & Jason Jacobs
From original short stories by Jolyn Phillips

Produced by Attakwa Productions, Woordfees, & Jason Jacobs

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Toyota SU Woordfees (2018), SA

Nominated for Best Script at Fiesta Awards

Stof Rooi (2017) 40min
Written by Jason Jacobs & Dustin Beck

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (2018), SA

OFFICIAL SELECTION - National Arts Festival (2017), SA

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Cape Town Fringe Festival (2017), SA
OFFICIAL SELECTION - Vrygrond Family Festival (2017), SA
Recipient of the Fringe Director Award (2017)

Kalahari Swaan (2016-) 60min

Written & directed by Jason Jacobs

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Klein Karoo Nasionale Kunstefees (2017), SA

OFFICIAL SELECTION - Woordfees (2016), SA

In Wag Van (2016) 45min
Written & directed by Jason Jacobs

Recipient of the Theatre Arts Director's Bursary

OFFICIAL MARKET SELECTION

Film London Production Finance Market (2024), London, UK

Gotham Week Project Market (2024), New York, USA

Annecy International Animation Film Festival and Market (2024), France

Durban FilmMart Pitch Forum (2024), Durban, SA

Series Mania (2024), Lille, France
Teksmark (2023), Cape Town, SA

Cape Town International Animation Festival (2023), Cape Town, SA

Venice Production Bridge (2023), Venice, Italy

Pan African Creative Exchange (2023), Bloemfontein, SA

Gotham Week Project Market (2022), New York, USA

IFFR CineMart Co-Production Market (2022), Rotterdam, Netherlands

Cape Town International Film Market & Festival (2018), Cape Town, SA

LABS/INCUBATORS

Takmil, JCC Carthage Film Festival (2024), Carthage, Tunisia

Electric South New Dimensions Lab (2024), Johannesburg, SA

Tshimologong Digital Lab Africa Acceleration: Animation Winners (2024), SA

DFM Animation Masterclass & Mentorship Programme (2024), Durban, SA

Unsung Heroes: Documentary Lab (2024), Johannesburg, SA

Takmil, JCC Carthage Film Festival (2023), Carthage, Tunisia

Pitch Persuade Produce (2023), CTIAF, Cape Town, SA

Oxbelly Writers & Directors Lab (2022), Costa Navarino, Greece

Thuthuka Fund Workshops (2022), Cape Town, SA & Rotterdam, Netherlands

Jumpstart Screenwriting Incubator (2021), Durban, SA

Drama International Short Film Festival Pitch Forum (2021), Drama, Greece

RESIDENCIES

Franconia Writing Residency (2021), Minnesota, USA

ABOUT

KRAAL is a production company rooted in the Kamiesberg and Northern Cape region of South Africa. We tell stories through the mediums of film, series, theatre, animation, and documentary.

KRAAL believes in the personhood and subjectivity of consciousness extending beyond the human in animals, plants, and minerals. We write towards the expression of one big soul and its localised particularities. We do not believe in sticking to a particular identifiable style; every project finds its own way to express itself and we are sensitive to that (plus, having a particular style sounds kinda boring!).

KRAAL co-produces with the rest of world. We tell stories for local and global audiences.

KRAAL works with community in mind; it is towards a solution to unemployment in our communities through storytelling. Let us honour culture and heritage as we pave the way for a creative economy in South Africa.

SAY HELLO

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Devon Delmar and Jason Jacobs

(credits: Aleksander Kalka, La Biennale di Venezia)

(credits: Andrea Avezz, La Biennale di Venezia)

KRAAL is a production company rooted in the Kamiesberg of the Northern Cape region of South Africa, led by co-writers and co-directors Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar.