NAMIBIAN SHORTS

Ein Filmabend im Rahmen des INNSBRUCK film CAMPUS mit Kurzfilmen aus Namibia und anschließendem Open-Talk mit Filmkurator Hans-Christian Mahnke, Leiter der Sektion Windhoek von AfricAvenir. Moderation: Michael Carli (Filme und Diskussion in Englisch)

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Namibia, located in Southern Africa, is a relatively young country, having gained its independence in 1990 after a long and fierce struggle for liberation. In 2015 the country celebrated its 25th year of Independence.In order to show some of the cinematic work of Namibian filmmakers to the IFFI public, AfricAvenir and IFFI have teamed up and present four short films from Namibia.

The four films represent the magnitude of the current challenges and trends, Namibian society is faced with today.A Q-and-A with cineast, curator and film critic Hans-Christian Mahnke, director of AfricAvenir Windhoek, will follow the screening of the films.

My Beautiful Nightmare

12 min, 2012, directed by Perivi Katjavivi, is a film about a young woman bruised by the city, dreams of escape and the freedom of her childhood.

A girl spends her evenings prostituting herself out on the streets of Windhoek. But when a client roughs her up the experience leaves her shaken and forces her to rethink what she’s doing and how far she has come from the sweet little girl she used to be.The film won the Best Actress award at the 2012 Namibia Film and Theatre Awards. Furthermore the film was awarded the Radwan El-Kashef Independent Shaba Foundation Award at the 2nd Luxor African Film Festival 2013.

Dead River

34 min, 2012, was directed by Tim Huebschle. The film-soundtrack was composed and performed by legendary cinema composer Alessandro Alessandroni. Set against the backdrop of Apartheid in Namibia during the 1980s, ‘Dead River’ follows the unlikely friendship between a black boy and a white girl. David and Lisa are deeply connected and then forcefully separated after a sweet childhood encounter, but events take a turn for the worse when they meet again as young adults. 20 years later Lisa returns to the setting of her childhood to face her past at Dead River.

The film won the Narrative Short Film Award at the Silicon Valley African Film Festival, as well as the Audience Choice Award for Best International Short Film at the Festival Pontino del Cortometraggio in Italy. Dead River was also nominated in the Best Short Film category at the 2013 African Movie Academy Awards. 

Tjitji

22 min, 2014, was directed by Oshosheni Hiveluah.

Tjandjeua – Tjitji, a young, successful and ambitious student, has secret dreams of being the next famous ‘Talk Show Host’.However, Tjitji’s Mother and Father live dutifully, in the time-honoured Himba tradition.Every weekend she returns home to her village, but is concerned that Himba customs and practices, relating to young girls her age, will jeopardise her own personal dreams.She soon learns that her Father is, as is the custom, in the process of arranging for her marriage to a young Himba man, Muasahepi.Tjitji is upset that she’s expected to follow her parents’ wishes for her future and has to make a decision … what should she do, defy her culture to follow her dream?The film won Best Narrative Film and Best Cinematography at the 2014 Namibia Film and Theatre Awards.

Try

24 min, 2012, is a film directed by Joel Haikali.

8 hours, 8 people, 1 city: A series of events and circumstances connects different lives from completely different backgrounds from one end to the other end of town until they all end up in public hospital, where the rich guy must wait in line and the gangster meets Jesus. 'Try' is a fast-paced, multiple-narrative drama about love, friendship, family, loyalty, revenge and the serendipity of life unfolding in the heart of Windhoek, Namibia.At the 2012 Namibia Film and Theatre Awards, the film won Best Director, Best Production Design, Best Screenplay, and Best Film.

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