Our work focuses on
the authentic telling of unusual and surprising small stories that are splashed against larger social tableaus in an attempt to render the invisible visible.
REAL EYES FILMS is a production company based in Johannesburg, South Africa dedicated to making feature films and documentaries with passion and excellence.
Offering a lens that refracts reality, challenging audiences to see beyond the surface and into the deeper truths that shape human experience.
REAL EYES FILMS is a production company based in Johannesburg, South Africa dedicated to making feature films and documentaries with passion and excellence.
Offering a lens that refracts reality, challenging audiences to see beyond the surface and into the deeper truths that shape human experience.
With 15 years of experience in
With over 15 years of experience
REAL EYES FILMS has cultivated a unique cinematic philosophy: storytelling as an act of revelation. Each film is a carefully crafted window, not just into individual lives, but into the complex tapestry of human existence that often remains unseen, unspoken, and misunderstood.
We don’t simply tell stories— we excavate narratives that challenge perception, disrupt comfortable assumptions, and invite viewers to reimagine their understanding of the world.
With 15 years of experience
With 15 years of experience in
REAL EYES FILMS has cultivated a unique cinematic philosophy: storytelling as an act of revelation. Each film is a carefully crafted window, not just into individual lives, but into the complex tapestry of human existence that often remains unseen, unspoken, and misunderstood.
We don’t simply tell stories— we excavate narratives that challenge perception, disrupt comfortable assumptions, and invite viewers to reimagine their understanding of the world.
Upcoming projects
The Glamour Boys of Soweto
Feature Documentary
Soweto, 1976. The township is burning with youth uprising. Amid the chaos, Ewert “The Lip” Nene has built Kaizer Chiefs from nothing into Africa’s most beloved football club. He moves through Soweto like Muhammad Ali—fast-talking, sharp-dressing, unstoppable. In just six years, he’s created a team that draws 90,000 fans and represents something bigger than sport: hope, excellence, defiance.
Status: in development
Looking for: Coproducer, funding
A murder of Art and Violence
Documentary feature
An artist who is lauded for the way he captures and dignifies the human experience is himself captured on CCTV camera one night, brutally murdering a sex worker – what happened? How does a celebrated artist, known for capturing dignity, become a figure of unspeakable violence?
Status: in development
Looking for: Coproducer, funding
Unzipped
Comedy-drama
Comedy-drama: 10 X 50 mins
Being in the room when great-looking people take their clothes off together sounds like a dream job… until you try it. A gently ironic series about the sticky field of on-screen intimacy and the people who coordinate it.
Looking for: Coproducer, funding
If any of these projects in development are of interest to you and you’d like more information or are keen to get involved, please get in touch.
Attention to empathy & integrity
Archive Innovation Lab: Bringing Lost South African Stories to Life with AI
Restoring Visual History Through Technology
South Africa’s most important stories often can’t be told on screen—not because they lack significance, but because apartheid-era documentation of Black South African lives barely exists. The Archive Innovation Lab uses cutting-edge AI technology to fill these gaps, helping African filmmakers overcome archival limitations and reclaim visual ownership of their narratives.
We’re positioning South Africa as the technological engine of forward-looking African filmmaking.
Attention to empathy and integrity
Attention to empathy & integrity
Real Eyes Films works closely with Safe Sets, an intimacy coordination company providing assistance for intimate scenes across film and television.
Attention to empathy and integrity
Real Eyes Films works closely with Safe Sets, an intimacy coordination company providing assistance for intimate scenes across film and television.
Contact us
If you have a project in mind, or would like to collaborate please get in touch through the contact form here or by email/ phone.