Tsotsi team to promote film
2006-03-12 14:00
Johannesburg - The Tsotsi film team will spend the coming months promoting the Oscar-winning South African film around the world.
At a media conference shortly after a heroes' welcome at Johannesburg International Airport on Sunday, director Gavin Hood said anything else in the pipeline would be "irrelevant".
"There are offers. There is pressure. Suddenly things are thrown at us and they're not all good. It's quite a difficult time in terms of demands."
Hood said he was receiving four or five scripts a day and did not have time to read them.
"We're saying 'No' a lot. We don't want to offend people but it's Tsotsi, Tsotsi, Tsotsi for the next two months."
He and lead actor Presley Chweneyagae looked excited after their long flight from Amsterdam.
They had most recently attended the Amnesty International Film festival there.
They said they had been nervous on the aircraft flying in, with no idea of the level of support they would receive.
"We thought maybe we'd have a little shower and change."
Hood said they had been travelling for two months and after their flight "didn't smell so good".
"If we had taken a shower we would have been lynched."
Back in the international arrivals hall, crowds of well wishers roared with delight as the two displayed their Oscar statuette, flanked by other cast members.
Earlier, the sounds of vuvuzelas and toyi-toying echoed through the entrance area of the Johannesburg International Airport as a busload of well-wishers arrived to greet the Oscar-winning crew.
Tsotsi won this year's Oscar for best foreign film.
- SAPA