Father Christmas Doesn’t Come Here
Father Christmas Doesn't Come Here
A young girl is forced to reconcile images of Christmas and Santa Claus with her life in South Africa, while her grandmother must ruefully observe and assist in a tender shattering of her dreams. The tiny dreamer’s attempts to create beauty provoke only pain and then absurdity.
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.
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The Unluckiest
Not having money for a plot, two sons resolve to bury their father at the edge of the cemetery.
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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 M
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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.
Film details
- Country of production
- South Africa
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 14"
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
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