S3 Ep44 Jason Jacobs & Devon Delmar on “Variations on a Theme”

About this episode

Gino Shelile interviews directors Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar about their award-winning film 'Variations on a Theme'.

Variations on a Theme, a South African drama by directors Jason Jacobs and Devon Delmar, just won the coveted Tiger Award for best competition film at the International Film Festival Rotterdam in The Netherlands, and has now gone on to win the Best African Film award at the Joburg Film Festival 2026 Gala Awards. So, obvs, we needed to talk to them. Gino got hold of them via Zoom to get some insight into the "whats?" and "whys?" behind the film. It tells the story of an elderly goa...

People in this episode

Host: Gino Shelile

Guests: Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar

Topics covered

• South African drama
• film awards
• interview
• directors
• film insights

Keywords

• Variations on a Theme
• Jason Jacobs
• Devon Delmar
• Tiger Award
• Joburg Film Festival
• South African film
• film interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: International Film Festival Rotterdam, Joburg Film Festival

Books & works: Variations on a Theme

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