Info
Synopsis
Cast
Genre
- Short Film
Countries of Production
- Germany / Denmark / South Africa
a production by
- Pallas Film, Zentropa Entertainment and Chalia Films
Distribution
- Neue Visionen
Minesh is a 6 year old boy, dealing with his toys and imitating his father, while himself and his mother make the garden of their new home.
He has no idea about the growing tension between his father and his mother. Everything seems blissful.
Later, he witnesses a scuffle between his parents. At a blink of an eye, his father lays his hands around his mother’s neck. Minesh is confused and helpless. He runs away.
Strange juvenile encounters introduce him to the world of drug abuse. His hallucinations will lead him back to his house, where he becomes the guardian of justice.
Minesh
- Tristan De La Cruz
father
- Randolph Adriaanse
mother
- Rochelle Grainger
Older Boy
- Athenkosi Mabele
Younger Boy
- Thembaletu Menziwa
Young Girl
- Lutho Kula
Youngest Boy
- Nkosana M. Cekisa
Written by
- Shalin Sirkar
Directed by
- Shalin Sirkar
Producers
- Thanassis Karathanos, Karl Baumgartner, Peter Aalbæk Jensen, Shalin Sirkar
Director of photography
- Alberto Iannuzzi
Editor
- Shalin Sirkar
Set design
- Warren George Gray
Music
- Shalin Sirkar
Sound Design
- Andrew Rawbone-Viljoen
Location sound
- Gideon Naude, John Claasen, Andre Eksteen
Makeup
- Quimaine Fourie, Riette Hayward
Costumes
- Quimaine Fourie, Riette Hayward
- Hong Kong IFF – Nominated for the Golden Firebird Award
- Venice FF – Nominated for the Venice Horizon Award (Best Short Film)
- Dubai IFF – Nominated for Muhr AsiaAfrica Award (Best Film – Short)
- La Biennale di Venezia, Venice / Italy
- Ann Arbor FF, Michigan / USA
- NexT IFF, Bucharest / Romania
- Sofia IFF / Bulgaria
- Fantasporto – Oporto IFF, Porto / Portugal
- Gøteborg IFF / Sweden
- Trieste FF / Italy
- Max Ophüls Preis, Saarbrücken
- Sundance FF, Park City
- Prague Short FF
- Flickerfest International Short FF, Sydney
