Where is Africa: The South
Combined programme
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IFFR 2010
The South refers to South-Africa, nowadays known for its new, hyper active film industry producing mainly short works by new film makers. This programme presents films with completely different stylistic approaches to drama.
In this combined programme
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Welcome Back
Lukhanyo travels home to bring his eccentric father to the city, where he can be cared for. But he discovers that everything is against him. -
The Unluckiest
Not having money for a plot, two sons resolve to bury their father at the edge of the cemetery. -
Jesus and the Giant
In Johannesburg, Jesus is a woman with special powers she herself doesn’t understand. Jesus has to choose whether to stay and nurse the beaten-up Mary -
3SAI: a Rite of Passage
The film documents the ritual of shaving the heads of South African army recruits, contrasted with evocative landscapes and time-lapses. -
Father Christmas Doesn’t Come Here
A young girl reconciles images of Christmas and Santa Claus with her life in South Africa, while her grandmother must ruefully shatter her dreams.