''Fried Barry'' is a 2020 South African

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horror film written and directed by Ryan Kruger. The film has its world premiere at the 2020

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. The film stars Gary Green, Bianka Hartenstein,

Sean Cameron Michael Sean Cameron Michael (born 24 December 1969) is a South African actor, writer and singer. A native English speaker, he is also fluent in Afrikaans. Early life Michael was born in Cape Town, South Africa. He became interested in acting at the a ...

, Chanelle de Jager,

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, and

Jonathan Pienaar Jonathan Pienaar (born 16 September 1962) is a South African writer, actor, voice-over artist and comedian who has been active for over 20 years. He has appeared in both South African and international films and television shows including ''Ski ...

. The story follows a drug addict whose body is taken over by an alien, who goes on a joyride through Cape Town, South Africa.

Cast

* Gary Green * Bianka Hartenstein *

* Chanelle de Jager *

* Kevin Mohoni *Tuks Tad Lungu

Release

The film had its world premiere at the 2020

and also screened at

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, Grimmfest and

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. It has also screened at South Africa's RapidLion Film Festival winning three awards. In March 2021, it was announced that

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acquired the distribution rights of the film for release in

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, the

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, the

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and

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on 6 May of that year.

Awards and nominations

References

External links

* {{IMDb title, 9102084 2020 films 2020 horror thriller films South African horror thriller films 2020s English-language films English-language South African films