Aryan Kaganof (born 1964 as Ian Kerkhof) is a South African

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maker,

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and

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ist. In 1999 he changed his name to Aryan Kaganof.

Partial filmography

* 1992: '' Kyodai Makes the Big Time'' (91min, Netherlands), drama feature film. The film won the

Golden Calf for Best Feature Film The following is a list of winners of the Golden Calf for best long feature film at the NFF. Trivia * 15 former "best feature film"-winners were the Dutch submission for the Academy Award for Best International Film, including Oscar-nominee ...

award. * 1994 ''Ten Monologues from the Lives of the Serial Killers'' (60min, Netherlands) based on the writings of

J. G. Ballard James Graham Ballard (15 November 193019 April 2009) was an English novelist and short-story writer, satirist and essayist known for psychologically provocative works of fiction that explore the relations between human psychology, technology, s ...

Henry Rollins Henry Lawrence Garfield (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as Henry Rollins, is an American singer, writer, spoken word artist, actor, comedian, and presenter. After performing in the short-lived hardcore punk band State of Alert in 1 ...

and Roberta Lannes; plus actual monologues by

Charles Manson Charles Milles Manson (; November 12, 1934 – November 19, 2017) was an American criminal, cult leader, and musician who led the Manson Family, a cult based in California in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Some cult members committed a Manson ...

, Edmund Emil Kemper and

Kenneth Bianchi Kenneth Alessio Bianchi (born May 22, 1951) is an American serial killer, kidnapper, and rapist. He is known for the Hillside Strangler murders committed with his cousin Angelo Buono Jr. in Los Angeles, California, as well as for two more murde ...

. * 1999 ''Shabondama Elegy'' (aka ''Tokyo Elegy'') (With writings by

Jack Henry Abbott Jack Henry Abbott (January 21, 1944 – February 10, 2002) was an American criminal and author. With a long history of criminal convictions, Abbott's writing concerning his life and experiences was lauded by a number of well-known literary criti ...

(

Belly of the Beast ''Belly of the Beast'' is a 2003 American action film directed by Hong Kong film director Ching Siu-tung in his American directorial debut, and starring Steven Seagal, who also produced. The film co-stars Byron Mann, Monica Lo and Tom Wu. Seaga ...

) and Tricia Warden, (Attack God Inside). Winner of The Golden Calf Special Jury Prize at the Grand Prix of Dutch cinema. * 2002 ''Western 4.33'' (32min, 35mm, Namibia-Netherlands) about the

genocide Genocide is violence that targets individuals because of their membership of a group and aims at the destruction of a people. Raphael Lemkin, who first coined the term, defined genocide as "the destruction of a nation or of an ethnic group" by ...

of the

Herero people The Herero () are a Bantu people, Bantu ethnic group inhabiting parts of Southern Africa. 178,987 Namibians identified as Ovaherero in the 2023 census. They speak Otjiherero, a Bantu language. Though the Herero primarily reside in Namibia, there ...

by the German colonisers (Best Video Made in Africa at 12th Milan Festival of African Cinema) (Best Documentary at 1st Africa and The Islands International Film Festival,

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) Official Selection Berlinale Forum * 2003 ''Sharp Sharp!'' - the kwaito story (25min, DVCam, South Africa-Netherlands) featuring Zola,

TKZee TKZee is a South African kwaito music group formed in 1990s by three school friends, Tokollo Tshabalala, Kabelo Mabalane, and Zwai Bala. The group shot to prominence in late 1997 and early 1998 with their chart-topping singles "Palafala" and ...

Oskido Oscar Sibonginkosi Mdlongwa (born 29 November 1967) is a South African recording artist, DJ, record producer and businessman. Having been in the music industry for over 26 years, Oskido has reached a prominent status in the South African mus ...

, Mzambiya,

Don Laka Donald Mahwetša Laka (born 15 December 1958 in Mamelodi Mamelodi is a township northeast of Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa. A part of the City of Tshwane Metropolitan Municipality, it was set up by the then apartheid government in 1953. ...

and

Mandoza Mduduzi Thembinkosi Edmund Tshabalala (17 January 1978 – 18 September 2016), also known as Mandoza, was a South African singer-songwriter and kwaito recording artist. He was known for his contributions to the kwaito genre and his numerous hi ...

* 2005 ''Giant Steps'' (co-directed with Geoff Mphakati) (52min, DVCam, South Africa) a documentary portrait of revolutionary poets

Lefifi Tladi Lefifi Tladi (born 4 January 1949) is a South African painter, poet, sculptor and musician. As a member of the Black Consciousness Movement, black consciousness movement he was exiled from South Africa in 1976. He lived in exile, primarily in St ...

Lesego Rampolokeng Lesego Rampolokeng (born 7 July 1965) is a South African writer, playwright and performance poet. Early life and education Lesego Rampolokeng was born in 1965 in Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg. He studied law at the University of the Nor ...

, Kgafela oa Magogodi, Afurakan, Mac Manaka with music by Johnny Mbizo Dyani and

Zim Ngqawana Zim Ngqawana (25 December 1959 – 10 May 2011) was a South African flautist and saxophonist. He was later known as Zimology. Biography The youngest of five children, Ngqawana started playing flute at the age of 21, eventually becoming pro ...

* 2007 ''Unyazi of the Bushveld'' (45min, DVCam, South Africa) a documentary about the first symposium of electronic music ever held in Africa featuring

Warrick Sony Warrick Swinney (born in 1958), more commonly known as Warrick Sony, is a South African composer, producer, musician and sound designer. He is the founder and sole permanent member of the Kalahari Surfers. They made politically radical satirical ...

(Kalahari Surfers),

Pauline Oliveros Pauline Oliveros (May 30, 1932 – November 24, 2016) was an American composer, accordionist and a central figure in the development of post-war experimental and electronic music. She was a founding member of the San Francisco Tape Music Center ...

, George Lewis, Matthew Ostrowski, Lukas Ligeti, Francisco Lopez * 2007 ''SMS Sugar Man'' (87min, South Africa) the first full-length feature film shot entirely on cell phone cameras, starring Luthuli Dlamini,

John Matshikiza John Matshikiza (26 November 1954 - 15 September 2008) was a South African actor, director of theatre, poet and journalist. Life and works John Matshikiza was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, to Todd Matshikiza – jazz pianist, composer ...

, Leigh Graves, Deja Bernhardt and Ryan Fortune. * 2009 ''Civilization and Other Chimeras Observed During the Making of an Exceptionally Artistic Feature Film'' (80min, Netherlands) documentary on the making of ''Winterland'', the first feature film by fine artist Dick Tuinder. * 2013 ''An Inconsolable Memory'' (99 minutes, South Africa), Kaganof's film about the

Eoan Group The Eoan Group is a cultural organization founded in 1933 by Helen Southern-Holt in District Six, Cape Town, South Africa. Originally created as a welfare group for the Coloured community, the group evolved into a leading opera company during ...

. Combining rare archival film footage of

District Six District Six (Afrikaans: ''Distrik Ses'') is a residential neighborhood in Cape Town, South Africa, located next to the city's Cape Town CBD, CBD. In 1959, people of color were banned from the area and most of them were resettled in Gugulet ...

and Eoan’s opera performances with contemporary documentation and interviews.

Novels

* ''Hectic!'' (Pine Slopes Publications, 2002) * ''Uselessly'' (Jacana, 2006) * ''12shooters'' (Pine Slopes Publications, 2007)

Poetry

* ''Drive Through Funeral'' (Pine Slopes Publications, 2003) * ''The Freedom Fighter'' (Illuseum Press, 2004) * ''Jou Ma Se Poems'' (Pine Slopes Publications, 2005) * ''The Ballad Of Sugar Moon and Coffin Deadly'' (Pine Slopes Publications, 2007)

References

External links

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Badilisha Poetry Exchange Profile
Living people South African artists South African film directors South African male novelists 21st-century South African poets 1964 births Golden Calf winners South African male poets 21st-century South African male writers {{SouthAfrica-film-director-stub