Four Corners, South Africa’s submission to the 2014 Oscars in the best foreign
language category, has attracted a lot of positive attention after its screening in
Los Angeles on Sunday 24 November.
Set in the Cape ganglands, this coming-of-age story centres on Ricardo Galam, a
13-year-old chess champion who is drawn into the infamous gang culture in the
Cape Flats.
Gavin Hood, South African director of Tsotsi, which won the Oscar for best foreign
language film in 2006, introduced the movie at the screening.
Director of Four Corners, Ian Gabriel, said he was optimistic about the film’s
chances, adding that Hood loved the movie.
Four Corners is one of 76 movies from around the world hoping to make it into the
nominees’ shortlist comprising of five films.
The movie releases on 7 February 2014 in South Africa through Indigenous Film
Distribution.
