Life, Above All

Life, Above All
Film poster
Directed byOliver Schmitz
Screenplay byDennis Foon
Allan Stratton
Based onChanda's Secrets
by Allan Stratton
StarringKhomotso Manyaka
CinematographyBernhard Jasper
Edited byDirk Grau
Distributed bySony Pictures Classics
Release date
  • 18 May 2010 (2010-05-18)
Running time
100 minutes
CountrySouth Africa
LanguageNorthern Sotho

Life, Above All is a 2010 South African drama film directed by Oliver Schmitz. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section of the 2010 Cannes Film Festival. The film was selected as the South African entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards and made the final shortlist announced in January 2011. The film was adapted from the 2004 novel Chanda's Secrets by Allan Stratton.