Ilanga Alikho (The Sun is Missing)
2022
AN experimental landscape film with an element of poetry. The film follows the son of the professional mourner who has now taken up the mantle of his father. He is confused. He does not want to mourn anymore, but it is all he knows how to do. He goes to the local flea market and purchases some chickens for a sacrificial ceremony in the name of his ancestors. Soon enough he is traversing the vast mountainous landscape of Kwa-Zulu Natal as he struggles to find a place where he belongs.
Screened at:
︎San Sebastián International Film Festival
︎Edinburgh International Film Festival
︎Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
︎Lago Film Fest
︎Part of Exhibition at Parallel Vienna titled Holes
︎San Sebastián International Film Festival
︎Edinburgh International Film Festival
︎Kurzfilm Festival Hamburg
︎Lago Film Fest
︎Part of Exhibition at Parallel Vienna titled Holes