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Wamkelekile
Lukhanyo travels home to bring his eccentric father, whom he has not seen in years, to the city, where he can be cared for. But he discovers that everything, including his stubborn father, is against him – lost phone, stolen car and haunting memories.
Also in this combined programme
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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. -
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.
Film details
- Country of production
- South Africa
- Year
- 2009
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2010
- Length
- 24'
- Medium/Format
- Betacam SP PAL
