Fundraising for the film involved small donations from a thousand investors, leading to the longest Associate Producers listing in the history of cinema.

Growing up in the dusty wastes of the Swartland, sold from orphanage into child labour on the farms, and later to a rural undertaker, Twist finally takes his fate into his own hands and escapes to Cape Town.

Wide eyed at the wonders of the city, he falls in with Fagin - an ancient Ethiopian Rastafarian who runs a network of child thieves.

The brutal gangster Bill Sykes, and his prostitute girlfriend, Nancy, steal Twist back for Fagin, and the struggle for a little boy's soul begins in earnest.

Cast Jarrid Geduld as Twist Bart Fouche as Bill Sikes Lesley Fong as Fagan Kim Engelbrecht as Nancy