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African Shorts Series (62m)

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African Shorts Series (62m) contains the following films:

1) Heaven Sounds Boring (23m)

2) Some Mother's Sons (25m)

3) Joy's Garden (14m)

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Set in jail cells twenty years apart, two friends Vusi and Braam, manage to help each other navigate both the legal and personal landscape of their respective imprisonments despite coming from different backgrounds.


Award: Finalist, Paris International Short Festival Paris, 2021

  • Year
    2020
  • Runtime
    25 minutes
  • Language
    Afrikaans, English, Xhosa
  • Country
    South Africa
  • Premiere
    US
  • Director
    Luntu Masiza, Mbulelo Grootboom, Alexandre Ortscheit
  • Screenwriter
    Mike Van Graan, Luntu Masiza, Mbulelo Grootboom, Alexandre Ortscheit, Adam Hansen
  • Producer
    Luntu Masiza, Alexis, Burg, Alexandre Ortscheit
  • Executive Producer
    Mike Van Graan, Luntu Masiza, Alexandre Ortscheit
  • Cast
    Luntu Masiza, Francois Immelman, Samantha Carlisle, Zandile Madiwa, Nhlanha Den Mkhwanazi, Mbulelo Grootboom, Peter Don Chibumba, Uzusiphe Nkozu, Anne - Marie Immelman, Given Mkhondo, Gemma - Leigh Mazumba
  • Cinematographer
    Alexandre Ortscheit
  • Editor
    Alexander La Cock, Joshua La Grange
  • Production Design
    Alexis Burg
  • Sound Design
    Tapiwa Muchirahondo
  • Music
    Bongani Mashaba