Page 42 - DIFF PROGRAMME 2024

SHORT FILMS
MOTHERS & MONSTERS
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Edith Jorisch, Canada, 2023, 16 min, No Dialogue
19 JULY 17:45 GATEWAY 8 22 JULY 17:30 GATEWAY 9 23 JULY 17:15 GATEWAY 9
For a very special celebration, a host-mother has gathered mothers and their perfect children for a great banquet. Orchestrated by the host-mother, the banquet is suddenly disrupted by strange disturbances. What is hiding behind the scenes of this perfect ideal world? Mothers and Monsters is a surrealist satire about modern-day maternity and the ideal of the family at a time where capitalism has reached its apex.
A 13-year-old girl and a 30-something man are brought to a police station in Mumbai in the middle of the night by two strangers. Amidst questionable motives and unreliable narrators, a frustrated female constable investigates what happened that night, and what could have happened.
In the harsh and chilling streets of Benin, a group of young boys confront the daunting realities of survival from a tender age, navigating a seemingly unfair world. From sleeping on the dirty streets to moving long distances searching for how to survive, they discover the innate power of unity, forming an unbreakable bond and embracing their newfound identity as Elemas, a lineage of homeless people in Benin city. Amid glimmers of hope, they grapple with their profound solitude and unwavering determination, forever intertwined with the pursuit of survival.
NOCTURNAL BURGER
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Reema Maya, India, USA, 2023, 28 min, Hindi, Marathi, English with English subtitles
19 JULY 17:45 GATEWAY 8 22 JULY 17:30 GATEWAY 9 23 JULY 17:15 GATEWAY 9
ON YOUR OWN
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Daniel Omokhagbo Itegboje, Nigeria, 2023, 15 min, English
19 JULY 17:30 GATEWAY 9 25 JULY 17:15 GATEWAY 9
40 45TH DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL