Finding Optel , a film set in Cape Towns Cape Flats and co-directed by siblings Mikayla Joy Brown and Jesse Brown, premiered on Showmax on Friday, 24 October 2025.
This follows its European premiere on 18 October 2025 at the BFI London Film Festival LFF.
Finding Optel now on ShowmaxFinding Optel is about teenager Claire Abrahams, who runs a lost and found service where she locates anything and everything that has been misplaced. When Optel, the community dog, goes missing, Claire must confront her brother's painful disappearance in order to solve her biggest case yet. The trailer is available to watch on YouTube here .