Number 37 (film)

Number 37
Directed byNosipho Dumisa
Screenplay byNosipho Dumisa
Story by
  • Nosipho Dumisa
  • Daryne Joshua
  • Travis Taute
Produced by
  • Benjamin Overmeyer
  • Bradley Joshua
Starring
  • Irshaad Ally
  • Danny Ross
  • Monique Rockman
CinematographyZenn van Zyl
Edited bySimon Beesley
Music byJames Matthes
Production
company
Gambit Films
Release dates
  • 10 March 2018 (2018-03-10) (SXSW)
  • 1 June 2018 (2018-06-01) (South Africa)
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageAfrikaans
Box office$102,657

Number 37 (Afrikaans: Nommer 37) is a 2018 South African crime thriller written and directed by Nosipho Dumisa. The film is in Afrikaans and subtitled to English. It was featured at several film festivals including SXSW, the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival, the Sydney Film Festival, and the Fantasia International Film Festival in Montreal, where it won Best Director. The film follows an injured young man, confined to his apartment, who borrows his girlfriend's binoculars to spy on their neighbours, in which he sees an opportunity to turn their lives around after witnessing a crime.