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KORTFILMPROJEK – Gevestigde filmmakers | SHORT FILM PROJECT - Established filmmakers

Dié kategorie wat gevestigde filmmakers befondsing en ’n geleentheid bied om hul vakmanskap ten toon te stel, is vir die tweede jaar deel van die fees. ’n Voorwaarde vir deelname aan hierdie kategorie is dat die filmmakers ook minder ervare tegniese spanlede moet mentor.

This category, which offers established filmmakers funding and a platform to showcase their craft at the festival, is part of the festival for the second time this year. A condition for participation in the category is that the filmmakers mentor less-experienced team members.

Totsiens, Selina

GENRE: DramaREGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Lourensa EckardKINEMATOGRAAF | CINEMATOGRAPHER: Cameron BaatjiesDRAAIBOEKSKRYWER | SCRIPTWRITER: Lourensa EckardROLVERDELING | CAST: Clementine Mosimane, Lorraine Burger, Maki Mokhitli, Francois Lensley, Erasmus EsterhuizenPRODUKSIEHUIS | PRODUCTION HOUSE: Aspiary MediaOUDERDOMSBEPERKING | AGE RESTICTION: Binnekort bekend / Soon to be confirmed

Selina se vertroostende teenwoordigheid in die Swanepoel-huishouding is vir jare as vanselfsprekend aanvaar. Sy is veel meer as net ’n huishulp – sy is soos familie. Wanneer sy raaiselagtig siek word, kom die Swanepoels voor onbekende emosies te staan. ’n Besoek aan Selina in haar eie huis konfronteer die Swanepoels met ’n wêreld wat hulle nie ken nie.

Selina’s comforting presence in the Swanepoel household has been taken for granted for many years. She is much more than just a domestic worker – she is like family. When she mysteriously falls ill, the Swanepoels are confronted with unfamiliar emotions. A visit to Selina in her own home confronts the Swanepoels with a world they don’t know.

ONAFHANKLIKE KORTFILMS | INDEPENDENT SHORT FILMS

Die Silwerskermfees is trots daarop om sy aanbod van onafhanklike kortfilms uit te brei. Tradisioneel was die meerderheid kortfilms wat by die fees vertoon is, geïnisieer, gefinansier en gementor deur die Silwerskermfees- kortfilmprojek. Hierdie jaar spog die fees met meer onafhanklike kortfilms deur plaaslike filmmakers in ’n verskeidenheid genres en inheemse Suid- Afrikaanse tale.

The Silwerskerm Festival is proud to expand its offering of independent short films. Traditionally the majority of short films screened at the festival was initiated, financed and mentored by the Silwerskermfees Short Film Project. This year, the festival boasts more independent short films by local filmmakers in a variety of genres and indigenous South African languages.

Engel

GENRE: DramaREGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Jozua MalherbeKINEMATOGRAAF | CINEMATOGRAPHER: Jozua MalherbeDRAAIBOEKSKRYWER | SCRIPTWRITER: Jozua MalherbeROLVERDELING | CAST: Arnold Vosloo, Charlotte MalherbePRODUKSIEHUIS | PRODUCTION HOUSE: 7FILMSOUDERDOMSBEPERKING | AGE RESTICTION: Binnekort bekend / Soon to be confirmed

’n Kortfilm oor onverwagse liefde en die nagevolge daarvan.

A short film about unexpected love and the consequences thereof.

Melkbrood

GENRE: DramaREGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Winford CollingsKINEMATOGRAAF | CINEMATOGRAPHER: Gray KotzéDRAAIBOEKSKRYWER | SCRIPTWRITER: Winford CollingsROLVERDELING | CAST: René Ethel Cloete, Khadija Tracey Heeger, Tavia SwartbooiPRODUKSIEHUIS | PRODUCTION HOUSE: Winnow ProductionsOUDERDOMSBEPERKING | AGE RESTICTION: Binnekort bekend / Soon to be confirmed

Em kom huis toe en gee vir haar ma ’n koevert met ’n brief wat sy moet lees. Maar in plaas daarvan om op die brief te reageer, stuur haar ma die gesprek in die rigting van haar wens dat Em terugkom huis toe en die familiewinkeltjie oorneem. Em weier, waarop haar ma ’n gedig voordra oor swerwende siele en weer die onderwerp ontwyk wat die tweespalt tussen hulle veroorsaak. Verskeur tussen ingee en voet by stuk hou, verbeel Em vir haar twee moontlike toekomspaaie, en elkeen gaan swaar gebuk onder die emosies rondom hulle gespanne verhouding en alles wat nooit gesê is nie.

Em returns home and hands her mother an envelope with a letter for her to read. But instead of addressing the letter, her mother steers the conversation to her wish for Em to move back home and take over their little family store. Em refuses, and in response, Ma recites a poem about wandering souls, deflecting yet again from the subject causing a divide between them. Torn between giving in and standing her ground, Em imagines two possible paths for herself, each one heavy with the emotions of their strained relationship and all the things left unsaid.

Amazeze (Fleas)

GENRE: DramaREGISSEUR | DIRECTOR: Jordy SankKINEMATOGRAAF | CINEMATOGRAPHER: Rick Joaquim SASCDRAAIBOEKSKRYWER | SCRIPTWRITER: Jordy SankROLVERDELING | CAST: Brandon Matizanadzo, Kupakwashe Makhuyana, Warren Masemola, Gcina Mkhize, Mthokozisi Nkabinde, Khanya RamahaliaPRODUKSIEHUIS | PRODUCTION HOUSE: Sanktuary FilmsOUDERDOMSBEPERKING | AGE RESTICTION: Binnekort bekend / Soon to be confirmed

Tonderai, ’n jong Zimbabwiese seun wat in ’n Suid-Afrikaanse township woon, wag angstig teen donker vir sy ma om terug te kom van die werk. ’n Xenofobiese skare maak amok in die buurt, en hy vrees die ergste. Hy pas sy siek, bedlêende jonger broer op wat desperaat vir drinkwater raak. Daar is geen lopende water in hulle blikhuis nie, en Tonderai moet soos ’n rot in die skadu’s skuil en vinnig skarrel om veilige drinkwater vir sy broer by die gemeenskaplike kraan te gaan tap. Dis ’n lewensgevaarlike missie, want sy bure val buitelanders aan.

Tonderai, a young Zimbabwean boy living in a South African township, anxiously awaits his mother’s return from work at nightfall. A xenophobic mob is running rampant, and he fears the worst. He watches over his gravely ill and bedridden younger brother, who becomes desperate for drinking water. With no running water in their shack, Tonderai must lurk like a rodent in the shadows to fetch safe drinking water for his brother at the communal tap. His risking his life, because his neighbours are attacking foreigners.

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