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Father’s Day is a short film about Alakhe a 12-year-old boy who is raised by a single mother. Being the class nerd, Alakhe is selected to give a speech for a Father’s Day school event. He decides to go against his mother’s word and sets out to find the father he’s never met which opens a can of worms. Eventually, he discovers who his real father is.
- Year2023
- Runtime30 minutes
- LanguageisiZulu
- CountrySouth Africa
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- AwardsBest Short Film – Garden Route International Film Festival. Best International Film – DC Black Film Festival. Best International Short – Mansfield Town Film Festival. Best Actor, Short Film – Bonga Sizwe Nhlongo
- DirectorTumelo Lekena
- ScreenwriterTumelo Lekena
- ProducerMpho Makhalemele
- Executive ProducerDumi Gumbi Jimmy Reynolds
- CastBonga Sizwe Mhlongo Sbongile Mthembu Nombuso Gcabashe, Jimmy Magubane, Carol Mkhwanazi, Luniko Dinga
- CinematographerJimmy Reynolds
- EditorBruce McLaren-Lyall Aubrey Moyo
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Father’s Day is a short film about Alakhe a 12-year-old boy who is raised by a single mother. Being the class nerd, Alakhe is selected to give a speech for a Father’s Day school event. He decides to go against his mother’s word and sets out to find the father he’s never met which opens a can of worms. Eventually, he discovers who his real father is.
- Year2023
- Runtime30 minutes
- LanguageisiZulu
- CountrySouth Africa
- Subtitle LanguageEnglish
- AwardsBest Short Film – Garden Route International Film Festival. Best International Film – DC Black Film Festival. Best International Short – Mansfield Town Film Festival. Best Actor, Short Film – Bonga Sizwe Nhlongo
- DirectorTumelo Lekena
- ScreenwriterTumelo Lekena
- ProducerMpho Makhalemele
- Executive ProducerDumi Gumbi Jimmy Reynolds
- CastBonga Sizwe Mhlongo Sbongile Mthembu Nombuso Gcabashe, Jimmy Magubane, Carol Mkhwanazi, Luniko Dinga
- CinematographerJimmy Reynolds
- EditorBruce McLaren-Lyall Aubrey Moyo