3SAI: a Rite of Passage
The film documents the ritual of shaving the heads of recruits to the Third South African Infantry Battalion, in Kimberley, South Africa, contrasted with evocative landscapes and time-lapses. These images of transition in masculine identity consider what is gained and what is lost.
Also 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 -
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.
Film details
- Country of production
- South Africa
- Year
- 2008
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 14'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam Digi PAL
