Cast & crew
Finding Optel (2025)
Directed by Jesse Brown, Mikayla Joy Brown Written by Mikayla Joy Brown
Cast
| Farren Lategan | Mandy |
| Jadon Booysen | Tristan |
| Benito Vergotine | Oog |
| Liande Valentyn | Shamiema |
| Farren Lategan | Mandy |
| Lamiyah Barnard | Claire |
| Liza Scholtz | Abrahams |
| Omar Adams | Henry |
| Mikayla Joy Brown | Abrahams |
| Quanita Adams | Midwife |
| Jadon Booysen | Tristan |
| Euodia Samson | Mej Goslet |
| Zenobia Kloppers | Doreen Piggot |
| Oscar Petersen | Abrahams |
| Mikayla Joy Brown | Abrahams |
| Caleb Hardenberg | Jonah Baldwin |
| Zenobia Kloppers | Doreen Piggot |
| Sherman Pharo | Byron Williams |
| Nequin Petro | Abrahams |
| Benito Vergotine | Oog |
| Elton Landrew | Slang |
| Rodney Goliath | Junior |
| Omar Adams | Henry |
| Maurice Carpede | Jacobs |
| Euodia Samson | Mej Goslet |
| Oscar Petersen | Abrahams |
| Hein De Vries | Sakkies |
| Maurice Carpede | Jacobs |
| Liza Scholtz | Abrahams |
| Rodney Goliath | Junior |
| Nequin Petro | Abrahams |
| Elton Landrew | Slang |
| Hein De Vries | Sakkies |
| Sherman Pharo | Mr. Vornick |
| Caleb Hardenberg | young Bell |
| Quanita Adams | Midwife |
| Liande Valentyn | Shamiema |
| Lamiyah Barnard | Claire |
Crew
| Dewan Tieling | Assistant Production Design |
| Pascale Schoeman | First Assistant Camera |
| Ayesha Khatieb | Costume Designer |
| Pascale Schoeman | Focus Puller |
| Alex May | Visual Effects |
| Jesse Brown | Director |
| Mikayla Joy Brown | Director |
| Aviyile Damen | Swing |
| Abigail Davids | Makeup & Hair Assistant |
| Farzanah Ebrahim | Hair Department Head |
| Innocentia Galane | Production Accountant |
| Pascale Schoeman | First Assistant Camera |
| Luaan Hong | Executive Producer |
| Eloise Gouws | Production Manager |
| Monica Mase | Costume Assistant |
| Ebrahim Ismail | Unit Manager |
| Janine Minnaar | BTS Footage |
| Shiefaa Hendricks | Second Assistant Director |
| Nicola van Niekerk | Executive Producer |
| Sulaiman Abrahams | Assistant Unit Manager |
| Scharl van der Merwe | Executive Producer |
| Travis Stewart | Rigging Grip |
| Harold Hunter | Security |
| Sarah Blanchard | Producer |
| Stephen van der Merwe | Gaffer |
| Mikayla Joy Brown | Script |
| Lee Matebesi | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lamont Williams | Sound Technical Supervisor |
| Stephen van der Merwe | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Lamont Williams | Sound Technical Supervisor |
| Carmen Abrahams | Costume Assistant |
| Alex May | Online Editor |
| Randy Januarie | Continuity |
| Madelé Vermaak | Editor |
| Simbongile Qhobosha | Swing |
| Lee Matebesi | Assistant Chief Lighting Technician |
| Wikus du Toit | Executive Producer |
| Shamiela Omar | Catering Head Chef |
| Sumaya Wicomb | Production Design |
| Michael Wilson-Trolip | Dialogue Editor |
| Maruwaan Emandien | Location Scout |
| Sarah Kwan | Title Designer |
| Sophie Hynch | Camera Loader |
| Simbongile Qhobosha | Swing |
| Fuad Casker | Second Assistant Camera |
| Paul Guyeu | Director of Photography |
| Dominique Jossie | Executive Producer |
| Nicola van Niekerk | Executive Producer |
| Ayesha Khatieb | Costume Designer |
| Michael Wilson-Trolip | Dialogue Editor |
| Garin van Munster | Animal Wrangler |
| Alex May | Online Editor |
| Mikayla Joy Brown | Screenplay |
| Luaan Hong | Executive Producer |
| Nomsa Philiso | Executive Producer |
| Quanita Adams | Executive Producer |
| Wikus du Toit | Executive Producer |
| Eric Tientcheu | Key Rigging Grip |
| Sarah Blanchard | Producer |
| Jesse Brown | Director |
| Alex May | Colorist |
| Mikayla Joy Brown | Director |
| Jonene Van Zyl | Post Production Producer |
| Fuad Casker | Second Assistant Camera |
| Paul Guyeu | Director of Photography |
| Belinda Bruce | Production Accountant |
| Aviyile Damen | Production Driver |
| Yolanda Mkhohli | Costume Assistant |
| Pascale Schoeman | Focus Puller |
| Mikayla Joy Brown | Screenplay |
| Qaadir Rajap | Set Medic |
| Innocentia Galane | Production Accountant |
| Farzanah Ebrahim | Makeup Department Head |
| Marianne de Klerk | Commissioning Editor |
| Nomsa Philiso | Executive Producer |
| Madelé Vermaak | Editor |
| Marc Jury | Executive Producer |
| Marc Jury | Executive Producer |
| Atarah Henri | Costume Assistant |
| Ebrahim Ismail | Unit Manager |
| Farzanah Ebrahim | Makeup Department Head |
| Eloise Gouws | Production Manager |
| Quanita Adams | Executive Producer |
| Tiffany Matthews | Property Master |
| Colin Chirombo | Assistant Grip |
| Travis Stewart | Rigging Grip |
| Melony Maharajah | Data Wrangler |
| Sulaiman Abrahams | Assistant Unit Manager |
| Colin Chirombo | Assistant Grip |
| Garlin January | Set Painter |
| Dominique Jossie | Executive Producer |
| Belinda Bruce | Production Accountant |
| Janine Minnaar | Production Assistant |
| Aviyile Damen | Production Driver |
| Yolanda Mkhohli | Costume Assistant |
| Atarah Henri | Costume Assistant |
| Tasneem Van Der Schyff | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Monica Mase | Costume Assistant |
| Garin van Munster | Animal Wrangler |
| Alex May | Colorist |
| Aviyile Damen | Swing |
| Sumaya Wicomb | Production Design |
| Maruwaan Emandien | Location Scout |
| Janine Minnaar | BTS Footage |
| Harold Hunter | Security |
| Mikayla Joy Brown | Script |
| Randy Januarie | Continuity |
| Abigail Davids | Makeup & Hair Assistant |
| Farzanah Ebrahim | Hair Department Head |
| Munashe Kasambira | Boom Operator |
| Qaadir Rajap | Set Medic |
| Sophie Hynch | Camera Loader |
| Moegamat Solomons | Assistant Unit Manager |
| Sarah Kwan | Title Designer |
| Moegamat Solomons | Assistant Unit Manager |
| Ally de Beer | First Assistant Director |
| Marianne de Klerk | Commissioning Editor |
| Scharl van der Merwe | Executive Producer |
| Jonene Van Zyl | Post Production Producer |
| Tasneem Van Der Schyff | Assistant Costume Designer |
| Janine Minnaar | Production Assistant |
| Eric Tientcheu | Key Rigging Grip |
| Tiffany Matthews | Property Master |
| Shiefaa Hendricks | Second Assistant Director |
| Ally de Beer | First Assistant Director |
| Garlin January | Set Painter |
| Melony Maharajah | Data Wrangler |
| Alex May | Visual Effects |
| Dewan Tieling | Assistant Production Design |
| Stephen van der Merwe | Chief Lighting Technician |
| Shamiela Omar | Catering Head Chef |
| Carmen Abrahams | Costume Assistant |
| Munashe Kasambira | Boom Operator |
| Stephen van der Merwe | Gaffer |