I Can See the Sun but I Can't Feel It Yet
Young queer people forced to undergo conversion therapy find beauty in their despair.
20'
United Kingdom
IFFR 2023
In 1960s South Africa, a close-knit community from Die Vlakte was forcibly and violently uprooted to make way for the Stellenbosch University as part of the Apartheid regime’s segregation measures. José Cardoso’s What the Soil Remembers recounts the traumatic effect displacement had on residents by bringing to the foreground a university that is still grappling with its racist legacy. To this day, the Die Vlakte community is fighting for justice and seeking reparations with little to no tangible solutions.
– Lyse Ishimwe Nsengiyumva
IFFR 2023
- 29'
- South Africa
- 2023
- Director
- José Cardoso
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Countries of production
- South Africa, Ecuador
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 29'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, Afrikaans, Xhosa
- Producer
- Adrian Van Wyk
- Production Company
- Azania Rising Productions
- Sales
- José Cardoso
- Screenplay
- José Cardoso
- Cinematography
- María Fernanda García
- Editor
- José Cardoso
- Production Design
- Charles Palm
- Sound Design
- Santiago Landivar
- Music
- Jethro Louw
- Cast
- Mohamed Ras, Yusuf October, Maria Dureiah, Wim de Villiers
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Phalène
An immersion into a new world built on perfect harmony between sound and vision.
19'
France
IFFR 2023
- Director
- José Cardoso
- Premiere
- World premiere
- Countries of production
- South Africa, Ecuador
- Year
- 2023
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2023
- Length
- 29'
- Medium
- DCP
- Languages
- English, Afrikaans, Xhosa
- Producer
- Adrian Van Wyk
- Production Company
- Azania Rising Productions
- Sales
- José Cardoso
- Screenplay
- José Cardoso
- Cinematography
- María Fernanda García
- Editor
- José Cardoso
- Production Design
- Charles Palm
- Sound Design
- Santiago Landivar
- Music
- Jethro Louw
- Cast
- Mohamed Ras, Yusuf October, Maria Dureiah, Wim de Villiers
Programme IFFR 2023
Ammodo Tiger Short Competition
The power of short. Twenty-four short and mid-length films compete for one of three equal awards.
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Aqueronte summons the very essence of cinema to transport us to unreal spaces.
26'
Spain
IFFR 2023
Blinded by Centuries
A speculative, autofictional retelling of the Buddhist folk tale Twelve Sisters.
13'
Thailand
IFFR 2023
Delivery Dancer's Sphere
A young delivery driver loses her way in the algorithmic labyrinth of an unrecognisable Seoul.
25'
South Korea
IFFR 2023