Tell Me Sweet Someing; A Box Office succe

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Tell Me Sweet Something; A Box Office success

28 September 2015: Tell Me Sweet Something, a Romcom directed and produced by award-winning Akin Omotoso, has been receiving rave reviews since it opened at the cinema on the 04 of September.

Tell Me Sweet Something tells the story of Moratiwa (Nomzamo Mbatha), an aspiring writer who owns and runs a bookstore in the heart of Johannesburg. The bookstore, like her love life, is not experiencing much success. This all changes when she meets and falls in love with the unlikeliest candidate in the world, Nat (Maps Maponyane), a male model, who has never read a book in his life and is desperate to be loved for his mind not his body. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oBMDMXDftnM.

Now in its fourth week, Tell Me Sweet Something debuted at number five at the South African Box Office, competing against popular international films, The SouthPaw and Fantastic Four. The film was released on 45 numbers of screens (prints), earning R843 589 revenue in its debut. In its second week the film grossed at R646 241, an achievement for a local romcom, accumulating a total of R1 646 085. This success encouraged exhibitors to increase the number of cinemas to 47.

However, in its third week the film experienced a decline at the cinema, grossing R233 785, an issue that can be attributed to the reduction of number of screens to 28. This indicates that the more screens the film is released on, the better the chance for more people to see it. It also indicates that if the number of screens (prints) in the high performing sites are reduced, then the numbers will also decrease.

As the country prepares for the release of award-winning Actor/Producer Terry Pheto's film, Ayanda, the NFVF would like to encourage South African film consumers to continue demonstrating their support for local films. Ayanda will release on Friday 02nd October, around the same time as other local films including Necktie Youth and While You Were Not Watching.

From the successes of Tell Me Sweet Something, we hope that South Africans will keep up the momentum, choosing local films when they visit the cinemas. The Box Office report constantly points at the lack of support for our local films, however we hope that the support we're experiencing with Tell Me Sweet Something will be the norm and consumers will fill the cinemas to watch local film, says Zama Mkosi, NFVF CEO.

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The National Film and Video Foundation (NFVF) is governed by the National Film and Video Foundation Act 73 of 1997 as amended by Cultural Laws Amendment Act 36 of 2001. The mandate of the NFVF, in terms of section 3 of the Act, is:

To promote and develop the film and video industry;

To provide and encourage the provision of opportunities for persons, especially from disadvantaged communities to get involved in the film and video industry;

To encourage the development and distribution of local film and video products;

To support the nurturing and development of access to the film and video industry;

To address historical imbalances in the infrastructure and distribution of skills and resources in the film and video industry.

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