Thembani Mdluli is a writer, filmmaker, and media artist. They are the writer-director of Denial (2021, short); writer, director, and producer of 3% (2020, short) and The Secret Keeper (2016, installation); and director and co-producer of Jude & the Jinn (2015, short).
To connect via social media, Thembani can be found on Instagram & Threads: @ThembaniMdluli
Where the Rivers Meet (AVAILABLE) Budget: $1M - $5M | Other ⋄ Independent ⋄ Drama Rekha’s in town to celebrate close friend Oswald’s wedding, but two days before the ceremony a chance encounter with an old acquaintance threatens to derail scheduled celebrations. As this acquaintance unearths a fraught secret that Rekha and Oswald thought they’d buried, each of them must confront their pasts, come clean about the lies they’ve told, and face the people they’ve hurt in a desperate struggle for redemption and restitution.
Denial (AVAILABLE) Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller ⋄ Mystery ⋄ Drama ⋄ Crime Offshore finance consultant, Christiane, lives her life under relative anonymity on the small island of Guernsey but when she loses her family to a tragic house fire and local investigators suspect arson, Christiane fears that her past may drag her into the spotlight of the police's murder investigation, driving her to take extreme measures to avoid further scrutiny.
Spectre (AVAILABLE) Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller ⋄ Drama Canadian expat, Baleka, lives a quiet life in Luxembourg but when her uncles, Peregrine and Elli, take it upon themselves to re-investigate the 25-year-old disappearance of her father, Baleka and her uncles clash over their grief while new discoveries about her father's life threaten to drag them all into a bloody underworld of organised crime and dirty geopolitics.
Sahara Occidental (AVAILABLE) Budget: $10M - $30M | Thriller ⋄ Drama Best friends and fashion designers Dhuulo and Assahra celebrate their hard earned debut at F/W 2013 Paris Fashion Week; but when Dhuulo has a nervous breakdown, flees to Kenya, and vanishes during a horrific terrorist attack, Assahra returns to their hometown of Montreal to support Dhuulo's distraught wife, Cassandra, as they struggle to investigate Dhuulo's disappearance and make sense of events.
Wilfreda's Kitchen (OPTIONED) Budget: $5M - $10M | Other ⋄ Drama ⋄ Comedy A grieving and depressed YouTuber with a popular home cooking channel struggles to meet the demands of her new found success when she lands a publishing deal and a TV series order.