Ukuhlolwa Kwephupha / A Dream Deciphered

Hlumela Matika / South Africa / 2022 / 6mins

A woman asleep begins to dream. It is a dream that distorts her perception of time and space in relation to her mundane daily tasks—an illusion that evokes a surreal experience of the self.

+ US Premiere

Mier / The Ant

Oliver North / South Africa / 2021 / 26mins

Oliver North’s Mier covers two days in the lives of Oupa, a San hunter/gatherer who lives in the desert, and Boetie, a ‘colored’ boy from a nearby settlement to which his people were relocated. Over the course of the story, we find out that they are hunting on this land illegally and that they have more in common than either would suspect.

Mma Moeketsi

Reabetswe Moeti / South Africa / 2018 / 25mins

Based on true events, this film recounts a 2012 massacre in which a group of South African mine workers went on a wage-increase strike, leading to a national tragedy in which 34 miners were brutally killed by the police.

+ New York Premiere

Intelligent / Botlhale

Reabetswe Moeti / South Africa / 2022 / 35mins

Botlhale, who’s mentally ill, makes new friends and finds love when he’s institutionalized. The comrades plan an escape to Chicken Heart, a fast-food joint, where they’ll live out their fantasies of being high-society people. But their outing collides with the shutting down of their home, forcing the friends to confront tragedy and death head-on.

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