A young white filmmaker wants to make a film in a dangerous neighbourhood in Cape Town – a film about real gangsters. He looks for his protagonists and finds them and from a comic documentary, the film changes into a realistic short feature. A feature in which home truths about South Africa are again real.
Also in this combined programme
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Mama
This can happen to a woman in Rwanda: she has to tolerate her husband’s killer in her immediate surroundings. Reconciliation is too much to ask. -
My Name Is Feker
Carefully told short story about prostitution somewhere in Ethiopia. Because it can happen to any girl there. -
Aisha’s Song
A filmmaker with a good ear as well as a good eye. A fabulous sounding portrait of a girl who wasn’t lost.
Film details
- Countries of production
- Germany, South Africa
- Year
- 2011
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 55'
- Medium/Format
- HDcam
