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Projek Dina

2020–2023 · 3 seasons

A tense, grounded procedural that lives in the pressure of a high-stakes task force, with quiet emotional weight beneath the casework.

Created by
Ferdi Burger, Mandilakhe Yengo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tim Theron, Chumani Pan, Kay Smith
Overview
A south African series that takes place in the work and life environment of the emergency response task force, where the pressure is sky high and the room for error is tiny. Now that the task force has just been set up by the Western Cape police - as a way to combat the rapidly increasing cases of missing persons in South Africa - the members of the task force have a seemingly impossible task at hand: to find the missing persons in Cape Town and bring them home one by one.

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Created by
Ferdi Burger, Mandilakhe Yengo
Genres
Drama
Starring
Tim Theron, Chumani Pan, Kay Smith
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Tone
    Pacing
    measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • crime
    • mystery
    • isolation
    • family
    • justice
    Places
    • big city
    • workplace
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • procedural
    • serialised
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex mild
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    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action4
    Horror2
    Humour2
    Realism8
    Romance2
    Tension7
    Darkness6
    Complexity5
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    drama
    Created by
    Ferdi Burger, Mandilakhe Yengo, Justine Loots, Liezl Spies
    Written by
    Igna Botha, Justine Loots, Henry Cloete, Johann Davis
    Starring
    Tim Theron, Chumani Pan, Kay Smith, Laudo Liebenberg, Chanelle de Jager, Lee-Ann Van Rooi, David Viviers, Wilhelm van Der Walt
    Length
    3 seasons, 33 episodes
    Network
    kykNET
    Country
    South Africa
    Languages
    Afrikaans

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