My f*k, Marelize! premieres on kykNET This May
Following its award-winning success at the Silwerskerm Festival and strong box office debut, My f*k, Marelize! celebrates family, resilience, and unexpected fame. My f*k, Marelize! premieres on kykNET on 9 May at 20:00, bringing audiences the heartfelt and humorous true story behind one of Southern Africa’s most viral moments.
My f*k Marelize! was voted as the audience favourite at last year’s Silwerskerm Festival in Cape Town, and at the glamorous Silwerskerm Awards for Film and TV, My f*k, Marelize! won two of the evening’s biggest prizes – Je-ani Swiegelaar took home the gong for Best Actress in a Feature Film and Zandélle Meyer for Best Supporting Actress in a Feature Film. Je-ani and Zandélle are seen as Heidi and Marelize Horn, the mother and daughter from Windhoek who became famous after a video of Marelize driving her bicycle into a rugby pole went viral.
When the film went on the cinema circuit at the end of August 2025, it was number one at the box office in its opening weekend.
The film tells the story behind the story of the mobile phone video that a mother took of her daughter crashing into a rugby post. The words “my f*k, Marelize” became a popular expression soon after, and suddenly everyone knew who the Horns of Windhoek were. It’s a feature film about this family’s joys and sorrows and is full of humour, family love and humanity.
My f*k, Marelize! premieres on kykNET (DStv Channel 144) on 9 May at 20:00 and is also available on DStv Stream and Catch Up.
