Silwerskermfees short films: Yaadt queen

With: Chanté Grainger, Kim Syster, Alvaune- Lee Lewis

On the Cape Flats, dreams rise from every corner to the music pulsing through the streets. Keisha lives a double life: isolated by day under her mother’s watchful eye, and a DJ and rising star by night in the electrifying underground Yaadt scene her father once ruled. But when she uncovers the truth about his death, the music stops being an escape and becomes a reckoning. As beats and buried secrets collide, Keisha and her mother are forced to confront a past that could either break them or set them free.

Producer: Sarah Blanchard
Production Company: Maude and Mary Studios
Director: Kyle Morkel, Kirsten Jaftha
Screenwriter: Kyle Morkel, Kirsten Jaftha
Editor: Thabani Makanza
Cinematographer: Paul Guyeu
Soundtrack/Original Score: Surreal Sessions

The kykNET Silwerskerm Festival is a prestigious and proudly South African and Afrikaans film festival that has supported, empowered, and developed the local film industry for more than a decade. While a number of feature films from seasoned filmmakers make their world debut or South African premiere at this prestigious event, the festival is also a showcase for emerging talent: a series of short films, produced under the festival’s banner with the necessary mentorship, annually shine a spotlight on their craft.
The Film Festival proudly presents 6 short films from up-and-coming filmmakers, 4 short films from established filmmakers, and 5 short documentaries from the 2026 kykNET Silwerskerm Festival programme. More detailed information about the short films is available on our website. These short films were produced under the mentorship of kykNET and M-Net and premiered at the 2026 kykNET Silwerskerm Festival in Camps Bay.