
SA Indie Film Fest 2020 x African Cinema Short Films Official Selection
The process of what love looks like and exploring the complexities of home and the many forms it takes for a lover. What does it mean to pledge allegiance to a nation, a person, a point in time, or the self?
Solitude: Finding freedom in oneself.
Solitude is a form of self-love and awareness. I believe, it's important to find a home in yourself before seeking a home in another person - only then will you truly understand that wholeness starts with the heart.
Arrival of love: Love at its purest form. The truth.
When Love first arrives, true love which it is, it knows no harm, no selfishness, no danger or nothing in between those words, it's as pure as pure can be. It's genuine, happy, excited, selfless and giving. Love always arrives with its truest form although it could and might get corrupted along the way. The corruption cannot and should not overshadow that fact in that very moment when love said "hello", it was sincere.
Procedure: I observe you.
Take in. After love arrives, the procedure sets in, all you want to do in that moment is to dissect this foreign but pleasant code or feeling in anyway possible. You want to take it all in step by step.
Doubt: Is this healing or destroying me?
Doubt is a common feeling that creeps in on you when you least expect it when you're in love or when you think you're in love. Whether it be self doubt or doubting your love. It will come and it might leave but it could also stay for a long time. It will tear you apart on the most devastating way, it will leave you restless and it will be painful. All in all, you will learn and grow throughout the process. You'd have your answers when it leaves.
Contemplation: I want to be here with you. I also want to be in my bed. Alone.
This is what happens after the doubt starts to fade away. You contemplate whether or not you've made the right choice. It will feel like a step closer to leaving and at the same time a step closer to merging two homes. It is a difficult process, you'd have to seek the truth in your heart and search the core of your lover's heart. That's where your answers will lay, unbothered.
Affirmation: I am here to stay.
This is when it will all dawn on you that you're capable of loving and being loved in the most beautiful way you could possibly imagine. This is when that love become untouchable because you've been truthful to yourself and your lover. You've been patient and soft work your heart. This is when the entire process will start to make sense to you.
Unison: I choose you.
This is when the journey actually begins. Two homes coming together as one. Love is when you, your heart and mind will finally agree at the same time. It's when you choose someone who chooses you. It's when the noise fades and the quiet helps you to breathe better.
- Year2019
- Runtime6:04
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryGhana
- PremiereSouth African Premiere
- RatingSuitable for family viewing
- NoteThis short film has won so many awards and we're really proud of what we have achieved so far.
- DirectorKuukua Eshun
- ScreenwriterKuukua Eshun
- ProducerKuukua Eshun
- Executive ProducerKuukua Eshun
- FilmmakerKuukua Eshun
- CastEyiwaa Agyekumhene & Richard Alhassan
- CinematographerKofi Nsiah
- EditorKofi Nsiah
- AnimatorKofi Nsiah
- Production DesignJojo Temmeng & Kuukua Eshun
- ComposerKuukua Eshun
- Sound DesignObed Otchere
- MusicObed Otchere
SA Indie Film Fest 2020 x African Cinema Short Films Official Selection
The process of what love looks like and exploring the complexities of home and the many forms it takes for a lover. What does it mean to pledge allegiance to a nation, a person, a point in time, or the self?
Solitude: Finding freedom in oneself.
Solitude is a form of self-love and awareness. I believe, it's important to find a home in yourself before seeking a home in another person - only then will you truly understand that wholeness starts with the heart.
Arrival of love: Love at its purest form. The truth.
When Love first arrives, true love which it is, it knows no harm, no selfishness, no danger or nothing in between those words, it's as pure as pure can be. It's genuine, happy, excited, selfless and giving. Love always arrives with its truest form although it could and might get corrupted along the way. The corruption cannot and should not overshadow that fact in that very moment when love said "hello", it was sincere.
Procedure: I observe you.
Take in. After love arrives, the procedure sets in, all you want to do in that moment is to dissect this foreign but pleasant code or feeling in anyway possible. You want to take it all in step by step.
Doubt: Is this healing or destroying me?
Doubt is a common feeling that creeps in on you when you least expect it when you're in love or when you think you're in love. Whether it be self doubt or doubting your love. It will come and it might leave but it could also stay for a long time. It will tear you apart on the most devastating way, it will leave you restless and it will be painful. All in all, you will learn and grow throughout the process. You'd have your answers when it leaves.
Contemplation: I want to be here with you. I also want to be in my bed. Alone.
This is what happens after the doubt starts to fade away. You contemplate whether or not you've made the right choice. It will feel like a step closer to leaving and at the same time a step closer to merging two homes. It is a difficult process, you'd have to seek the truth in your heart and search the core of your lover's heart. That's where your answers will lay, unbothered.
Affirmation: I am here to stay.
This is when it will all dawn on you that you're capable of loving and being loved in the most beautiful way you could possibly imagine. This is when that love become untouchable because you've been truthful to yourself and your lover. You've been patient and soft work your heart. This is when the entire process will start to make sense to you.
Unison: I choose you.
This is when the journey actually begins. Two homes coming together as one. Love is when you, your heart and mind will finally agree at the same time. It's when you choose someone who chooses you. It's when the noise fades and the quiet helps you to breathe better.
- Year2019
- Runtime6:04
- LanguageEnglish
- CountryGhana
- PremiereSouth African Premiere
- RatingSuitable for family viewing
- NoteThis short film has won so many awards and we're really proud of what we have achieved so far.
- DirectorKuukua Eshun
- ScreenwriterKuukua Eshun
- ProducerKuukua Eshun
- Executive ProducerKuukua Eshun
- FilmmakerKuukua Eshun
- CastEyiwaa Agyekumhene & Richard Alhassan
- CinematographerKofi Nsiah
- EditorKofi Nsiah
- AnimatorKofi Nsiah
- Production DesignJojo Temmeng & Kuukua Eshun
- ComposerKuukua Eshun
- Sound DesignObed Otchere
- MusicObed Otchere