Afda Film Festival 2011 Jhb

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The Adventures o Cha-Chu in Cupcake and Perume

Key Crew: Producer: Keitumetse Qhali; Animator/Writer: Thalisa Pillay;

Editor: Mamloyela Mamabolo; VFX: Sivuyile Ngesi; Sound: Yaw BannermanRuntime: 7 min Genre: Comedy Age Restriction: All Ages

Synopsis: Cha-Chu, a mean spirited red balloon whose sole purpose in

lie is to gain autonomy, is entrapped by a young, lonesome boy named

Kuda. Cha-Chu unwillingly orms a riendship with the young boy, but

soon realises that the only way in which he can gain his own reedom is by

nding Kuda a real riend.

FRIDAY 18 NOV 2011 11:00-12:00

The Fabricated Tooth

Key Crew: Producer: Lebogang Matlou; Animator/Writer: Eric Barnather;

Editor: Jessica Young; SD: Danie Bosman; Music Composition: One Day SkyBand Key Cast: voice overs Runtime: 7 min Genre: Dark Comedy

Age Restriction: PG

Synopsis: The setting or this tale o events is the beautiul city o Johannesburg,

in a mediocre suburb where the Watson amily o three stay in a small, rustic

and ill-maintained house. An inquisitive our-year-old boy named Riley

approaches his mother, Cindy Watson - a lonely widow, and tells her that his

tooth is loose. He is thus inormed about the tooth mouse.

FRIDAY 18 NOV 2011 12:00-13:00

Thought Crime

Key Crew: Producer: Lance Durwin Julies; Director: Ashley AJ Aberdien;

Cinematographer: Dehan Janse van Rensburg; Editor: Maloyela Mamabolo;

VFX: Sivuyile Ngesi; Sound: Tiego Nkuna; CMS: Charlotte Fish

Key Cast: Lara Burger, Gundo Ramuliho Runtime: 12 min Genre:Sci-,

Drama Age Restriction: PG13L

Synopsis: Within a dystopian South Arica, under a totalitarian

regime led by a greedy lieutenant, a young physicist is trying to

create a time machine with the help o his uture sel who has come

to the present to aid him.

FRIDAY 18 NOV 2011 13:00-14:00 FRIDAY 18 NOV 2011 14:00-15:00

New Lie

Key Crew: Director: Adam Rens; Producer: Mpho Maruma; SD: Sandra

Mhlongo; Cinematographer: Kabo Kwati; CMS: Nonqubeko Mkhonza; Editor:

Christel Schutte VFX: Motlatsi Mookeng Key Cast: Nokwazi Gumede

Runtime: 12 min Genre: Drama Adventure Age Restriction: PG13

Synopsis:Ater Mia is caught by her ather, who is a pastor, kissing another

girl, she runs away hoping to nd reedom. Subsequently, she nds hersel

stuck in the middle o nowhere with a at tyre and no cellular signal.

Desperately seeking help she ventures across land, but gets stuck and has

to nd her aith i she is to survive.

Polly Playtimes First Kiss

Key Crew: Producer: Inge Faber; Animator/Writer: Deidre Nadine

Botha; Editor: Eilidh Goosen; SD: Alison Stevens, Sandra Mhlongo; Music

Composer: Ayesha Mamabolo Key Cast: Voice over: Eilidh Goosen

Runtime: 7 min Genre: Dark Comedy Age Restriction: PG

Synopsis: Polly is a dark tween who is longing to be kissed, and who

better than Brendan Breath-Away. Polly has dolled up or the local get-

together in the Park. Brendan is breathtakingly perect, except that he isnot alone. Polly nds hersel polarized at the sight o Penny Popular, her

arch-nemesis, holding Brendans hand.

FRIDAY 18 NOV 2011 15:00-16:00

Stuck

Key Crew: Producer: Ayanda Laura Dlamini; Director: Katlego Mojel;

Cinematographer: Daniel Teo; Editor: Mpho Malema; VFX: Justin Payne

Key Cast: Gundo Ramuliho: Sizwe; Lucious Dosi: Tiger; Nokwazi Gumede:

Thandi Runtime: 12 min Genre:Docudrama Age Restriction: 16VL

Synopsis: Sizwe, a poverty-stricken boy battling with a Whoonga drug

addiction is threatened by a drug lord, Tiger. To pay his debt, Sizwe resorts

to stealing ARVs or Tiger, but when he witnesses Thandi, his love interest,being sadistically molested by Tiger, he decides to quit the job and drugs.

FRIDAY 18 NOV 2011 16:00-17:00

The Man From Earth

Key Crew:Producers: Larney de Swardt, Nelio da Silva; Writer/Director:

Martin Rutkowski; Cinematographer: Stephanie Voss; Editor: Eilidh Goosen;

CMS: Maricia Pieterse; PD: Christina Varitimos; SD: Danie Bosman; Score

Composer: Kirsten van Rooyen Key Cast: Werner Janse Van Rensburg,

Barbara Braisington Runtime: 12 min Genre: Drama Age Restriction: All Ages

Synopsis:Albert, a lonely and secluded man, spends his days searching the

skies or signs o extraterrestrial lie. His obsession is nally rewarded, but

he is disappointed when he discovers it is in act an equally lonely woman.

Through listening to her, he slowly learns to overcome his own alienation.

FRIDAY 18 NOV 2011 17:00-18:00

Dearly Departed

Key Crew: Producer: Larney de Swardt; Writer/Director: Eilidh Goosen;

Cinematographer: Ariane Erasmus; Editor: Miriam Ardnt; CMS: Lene Johnson;

SD: Alison Stevens; VFX: Tshwanelo Modise; Score Composer: Ayesha

Mamabolo Key Cast:Lebo Tatedi, Nokwazi Gumede Runtime: 12 min Genre:

Dark Comedy Age Restriction: 13L

Synopsis:Dearly Departed ollows the journey o two sisters, Zinhle and

Lindiwe, both very dierent and equally unwilling to repair their stra ined

relationship until their eccentric, adoptive aunt Gloria sends them on

an outlandish mission (with her corpse, nonetheless) that results in the

unearthing o specic skeletons long since orgotten.

FRIDAY 18 NOV 2011 18:00-19:15


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Msulwa

Key Crew: Producer: Nelio Da Silva; Director: Shaun James; DOP: Dino

Benedetti; Editor: Tamryn Meyer; SD: Kirsten Van Rooyen; CMS: LeneJohnson; Music Composer: Ayesha Mamabolo Key Cast:Tsepiso Sothoane:

Dingane, Thembalethu Ntuli: Khulani Runtime: 12 min Genre: Drama/Crime

Age Restriction: 13VL

Synopsis: Dingane (22) arrives home and has to hide his brother Khulani

(7) as his gang arrives looking or late payment. Despite Dinganes eorts,

his brother gets hurt. He carries Khulani out o the house towards the taxi

stop in a nal eort that will challenge his morals and his responsibility.

FRIDAY 18 NOV 2011 19:15-20:30

The Peoples War

Key Crew: Writer/Director: Roland Tomlinson; Producers: Zonke Mkhonto,

Pamela Zote; Cinematographer: Rudy Kindler; Editor: Markus vanSchalkwyk; SD: Thalbaki Setlalentoa Key Cast: Richard Lukunku, Thato

Dhadla, Justin Strydom, Merveline Ferris, Lelethu Gxagxisa Runtime:48

min Genre: Thriller Age Restriction: 16VL

Synopsis: At the height o the Armed Struggle in Apartheid South Arica, a

tormented MK soldier meets and alls in love with a girl grieving the death

o her amily. As their relationship grows stronger, he comes to suspect

that he could be directly responsible or her loss.

FRIDAY 18 NOV 2011 20:30-22:00

Scarlet Hunter

Key Crew:Producer: Charlotte Booyens; Director: Christopher Hainsworth;

Cinematographer: Nathan Thomas; Editor: Mpho Austin Malema; PD: Ginger

Wensky; VFX: Quintin Hunter; Music Composer: Wesley Massyn; CMS: Nqobile

Mtshali; Sound: Lerato Mapeane Key Cast: Werner Jansen van Rensburg,

Savvas Vassiliades, Wesley Massyn Runtime: 10-12min Genre: Action Crime


Synopsis: Shawn a married, undercover cop who has been away rom his

wie or months, steps in on a rhino horn deal. His ultimate goal is to put

a stop to the syndicates, Manie and Brad. In the end, ater a violent gun

battle ensues, he is nally able to return home to his wie.

SATURDAY 19NOV 2011 11:00-12:00

Ketekete

Key Crew: Producer: Katleho Twala; Director: Nqobile Ntuli; Cinematographer:

Sondia Viljoen; Editor: Katlego Makabanyana; SD: Yaw Bannerman; VFX:

Motlatsi Mookeng; PD: Faith Ngwenya; Music: Lindo Dlamini Key Cast:

Feyisayo Anjorin Runtime: 12 min Genre: Crime Drama Age Restriction: 16

Synopsis: Ketekete deals with the tragedy o a character who tries to

provide a better lie or his son through an honest living at rst, but ends

up resorting to crime.

SATURDAY 19 NOV 2011 10:00-11:00

Lantern

Key Crew: Producer: Michael Douglas; Director: Merisha Collins;

Cinematographer: Steanie Vos, Charles Ryder; Editor: Miriam Arndt;

SD: Ayesha Del Mamabolo; Music: Sandra Mholongo Key Cast: Steven Ward

Runtime: 10 min Genre:Romantic Drama Age Restriction: 13SN

Synopsis: A couple meet at a resturant or one last time, to return each

others belongings. Curly wants to close the chapter, however Jesse

tries to convince her that they should try again , by looking back at theirmemories together.

SATURDAY 19 NOV 2011 12:00-13:00

Umalusi

Key Crew:Producer: Blessing Fuyane; Director: Lana Stander;

Editor: Lunell van der Westhuizen; Cinematographer: Sanele Mkhize;

Sound: Tiego Nkuna; PD: Ginger Wensky; SFX: Tshwanelo Modise

Key Cast: Nandile Mlambo Runtime: 12 min Genre:Drama

Age Restriction: 16

Synopsis: A ather who is supposed to be his daughters protector and

Guardian manages to be swayed by the community that they have to cure

his lesbian daughter. She is raped by members o her own community in her

own home. Instead o the cleansing eect they believed it will have on her

she realises that she would never be accepted or who she is.

SATURDAY 19 NOV 2011 13:00-14:00

E-lectricity

Key Crew: Producer: Jade Galbraith; Director: Miklas Manneke;

DOP: Charles Ryder; Editor: Jessica Young; Sound Designer: Alison Stevens;

CMS: Maricia Pieterse; VFX: Deon Knoesen Key Cast: Thokozani Ngoma:

Walter; Rethabile Mokhele: Thimble Runtime: 12 min Genre: Dark Comedy

Age Restriction: PG

Synopsis: In a small township on the outskirts o Johannesburg, parafn

has become the currency or trade. However, a rising parafn shortage

is threatening to plummet the township into complete darkness. Walter

Hlase, a shy and introverted inventor decides that i he can create a

renewable energy source, he will gain the respect and riendship o the

townsolk. But is this easier said than done?

SATURDAY 19 NOV 2011 14:00-15:00

Ebony Key

Key Crew: Producer: Yolanda Ndhlovu, Joanne Goldberg;

Cinematographer: Dino Beneddetti, Ariane Erasmus; Editor: Christel

Schutte, Tamryn Gobler, Kirsten Van Rooyen Key Cast: Pabbalo Dinku,

Thokozani Ngoma Runtime: 12 min Genre: Drama Age Restriction: PG13

Synopsis: This is the story o a young man (18), who is on a journey o sel-

discovery o learning how to play a particular song on the piano. He is an

introvert and nds it hard to socialize and nd riends. The only thing that

makes him eel whole is a particular song - Beethoven Fur Elise. He meets

a girl that is willing to help him to play the song. A riendship is born and

Baker is the only one who can make it work.

SATURDAY 19 NOV 2011 15:00-16:00


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Every Other Day

Key Crew: Tidimalo Motlhamme, Michael Rodrigues, Philani Brown, Palesa

Makagoa, Kirsten van Rooyen, Alison Stevens, Charlotte Fish, MuhummedChopdat Key Cast:Brendon Thomas Runtime: 12 min Genre: Drama


Synopsis: A boy struggling to become noticed, steals his athers gun and

takes it to school ater no one remembers his 18th birthday. In English class

the boys speech is disrupted and he reveals the pistol to his teacher and

peers in one last bout or acknowledgement that unravels the true case o

his neglect.

SATURDAY 19 NOV 2011 17:00-18:00

Trafc Cone

Key Crew: Producer: Bambanani Mhlomi; Director/Animator: Jan Jordaan,

Katlego Makabanyana, Sivuyile Ngesi,Ayesha Mamabola , Kyle PonsonbyRuntime: 7 min Genre: Comedy Age Restriction: All Ages

Synopsis: When the citizens o the small town, So Dear Die Moentras, are

brainwashed by an advertisement billboard by a company rom the City,

Carmen, a ten-year-old girl rom the town, sees the billboard or what it is.

However, she is at risk o rejection i she doesnt accept its message. She

learns at the end it is more rewarding to stay true to ones sel.

SATURDAY 19 NOV 2011 16:00-17:00

Victor Orange - Come Alive!

Key Crew:Writer: Charli-Ann Punt; Director: Rudi Steyn; Producer: Elias Ribeiro;

Cinematographer: Jacq Terblanche; Sound: Gaelin Timm; VFX: Suzane Van

Niekerk Key Cast:Charles Marriot: Paul, Shylet Mthethwa: Adila Runtime:

24 min Genre:Fantasy Thriller Age Restriction: All Ages

Synopsis: Blogging love letters to her childhood imaginary riend is the

only thing that keeps Ida Adams on the sae side o sanity. Beyond her

old laptop and adoring online ans lies the pain o being an economically

challenged adult rom a broken amily, stuck in a city that doesnt seem to

care. Ater the sudden death o her ather, Ida nds hersel ace-to-ace

with a real world too brutal to be real.

SATURDAY 19 NOV 2011 19:15-20:45

Gondwanaland

Key Crew: Producer: Kama-Raen Craword; Animator: Gabriella Jardine;

Sound: Mikaela Brazer; Editor: Tamryn Meyer Runtime:7 min

Genre: Family Adventure/Educational Age Restriction: All Ages

Synopsis:This little known myth ollows Kyas journey to discover sel-

worth and the ability to adapt and survive in a world that is increasingly

threatened by humans. She must learn that true beauty lies within i she

wishes to save her old riend, Mutio. With the help o a wise old Shaman,

Ratua, Kya becomes the Arican Grey Parrot as we know it today. She uses

her new gits to cleverly trick the humans and save Mutio.

SATURDAY 19 NOV 2011 18:00-19:15

The Hajji

Key Crew: Producer: Ahmed Seedat, Dithapelo Segodi; Cinematographer:

Oentse Mwase; Editor: Masonwabe Joka; Sound Designer: Cale Waddacor;

VFX: Oentse Mwase; Music Composer: Zain Bhika Key Cast: Faheem

Kahn, Christl Weinbeck, Raq Rajbhay, Aarti Nager, Omar Kahn, Daanyaal

Mohamed Runtime: 48 min Genre: Drama Age Restriction: PG13

Synopsis: The gripping story o a Muslim man, Hajji Hassen, who recently

returned rom the pilgrimage in Mecca, ater living in an ApartheidFordsburg. He has been seperated or ten years rom his brother Karim,

who is cohabiting, with a white woman, Catherine, in Hillbrow.

SATURDAY 19 NOV 2011 20:45-22:15

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Afda Film Festival 2011 Jhb