Carol Howell

Øpen Water (2020) Editor

A beautiful and poignant short documentary film for the Guardian by Miran. A glimpse into the lives of three Greenlanders: a hunter, a ship’s captain and a fisherman, individuals whose very existence and heritage are intertwined with the Arctic Ocean. Like many who live in the polar north, their fortunes straddle the extremes of summer and winter. Faced with a drastically changing environment, these seafarers reflect on their past, their present and uncertain future with a complex mix of emotions.

Love Runs Out (2019) Editor

JULIE and her bestie from school, JAN share a Kloof street flat and work in a tragically hip little Cape Town restaurant. When TROY, local fuc boi and perhaps sometimes drug dealer, that they’re both crushing on, needs a place to stay, they rush to offer him their couch. Against a backdrop of hastily thrown together hipster gigs, cheap drugs and backstabbery, the three of them fall into a picture perfect polyamorous reverie, replete with fairy lights, slo-mo flashbacks and sketchy definitions of the word “commitment”. When Julie’s younger sister, JESSE, runs away to Joburg, Troy unexpectedly offers to go and bring her back - causing the past to rear its ugly head and leaving the three of them to live with the consequences of their semantic slippages. Check out loverunsout.co.za for more info

Shark Vs Tuna

Witness a clash of oceanic titans in the remote crystal-blue battlefields of Ascension Island. Yellowfin tuna and mako and tiger sharks are all apex predators, but to these sharks, yellowfin tuna are the ultimate prize. The tuna are often faster, fitter and bigger than the sharks, reaching well over 113 kilograms. Any shark hunting these beasts needs brute strength and a little bit of luck to capture one. But when a third player enters the game, the scales tip. Who will win?

Snake City (2018) Editor

As the weather warms up in Durban, S.A., deadly venomous snakes enter homes, offices, and factories. Streetwise snake-catcher Simon Keys and his partner Siouxsie Gillett, rush across the city to save snakes...and people. From deadly black mambas in wardrobes to cobras in factories, Simon and Siouxsie put their lives on the line to catch these deadly invaders - by hand. Their reward? Watching the snakes slither away unharmed, back into the wild.

I Am The Engine

I am The Engine seeks to find individuals who are breaking the mould and offering solutions that can tackle the world's most enduring social issues.These alchemists at the heart of this Red Bull series: young inventors and visionaries who can magically transform adversity into opportunity, turning something of low value into something of high value, not for themselves, but for wider society, represent the engine of purpose that can not only create real change around them but also inspire others to do likewise. 10 Part Series for Red BUll TV

Krotoa (2013) Editor

Krotoa [her Khoi name] was a Khoi girl (c.1643-1674) of the Goringhaicona tribe from the Cape who was taken at the impressionable age of ten or eleven years old into the home of Jan van Riebeeck as a domestic servant. When the young Krotoa moved into the home of Jan van Riebeeck, she became a 'pet' project to his wife, Maria. A tragic heroine - Krotoa: Eva of the Cape. The only recorded female interpreter of her time, was the bridge between the Khoi people and the Dutch settlers. She aided Jan van Riebeeck in his dealings with the Khoi and was instrumental in negotiating the end of the first Dutch-Khoi war. We examine the life of a woman now known as the Mother of the Afrikaaner Nation.

Chandies (2014) Editor

Chandies is a colloquial term that means “trouble” and is also the name of the new sitcom series on Mzansi Magic (DSTV channel 107) where a naive church community takes in two inept, desperate conmen who repay their new family by taking them for a not so joyous ride. These two conmen are on the run from a microlender in Johannesburg, Paddido (Patrick Shai) and Daliza (Darlington Michaels) - two conniving if not convincing gangsters, arrive at a church for sanctuary. After convincing Pastor Tumelo Mofokeng (Lesedi Mogoatlhe) that they are two God-fearing citizens in need of some help, she offers them temporary refuge. They in turn see her as their meal ticket –giving them access to a congregation full of potential targets. Unfortunately their efforts are hampered by their overzealous and perpetually sceptical niece, Dorothea (Tina Jaxa), whose daughter Limpho (Kertrice Maitisa), a sassy smart teenager, has her own wry way of interrupting the conmen’s plans. Another character in the Chandies family is Mac (Macintosh) Kunene (Richard Tafane). He is the security guard at the church. He often becomes the unlucky scapegoat and guinea pig to many of Daliza and Paddido’s scheme