Page 44 - DIFF PROGRAMME 2024

SHORT FILMS
SCAPEGOAT
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Nicolas Séry, Réunion, 2023, 20 min, French with English subtitles
20 JULY 12:15 GATEWAY 8 26 JULY 17:30 PAVILION 12
In a Reunion Island housing project, as the time of the sacrifice for the Aïd el-Kebir approaches, Ibrahim, 12 years old, of Comoran descent, is bullied by Evan, a neighbour of the same age, who accuses him of being an animal killer. When Ibrahim learns that a goat is about to be delivered to his building, he decides to save it...but Evan is watching. The rescue of the goat leads to some unlikely alliances as Ibrahim attempts to succeed at the rescue against all odds.
After receiving her vaccine, a young woman unexpectedly reunites with her ex-boyfriend in the crowded observation room. As they are both forced to wait for the prescribed fifteen minutes, and uncomfortable conversation begins. A chasm exists between the life they thought they wanted together and the present. The awkward situation forces them to confront unresolved issues from their relationship in the most inconvenient and amusing way possible as they navigate the pandemic, their past and possibly their future.
Suicide bombers are chosen by chance and their funeral rites accomplish the work of God. On this particular day the envoy of God is twelve -year-old Fatima. She is left in a village market, wearing an explosive belt with ten minutes until she kills the enemies of God. But this is the market where Fatima’s mother works and where she rediscovers life. For ten minutes we accompany her on the nail-biting journey of a martyr from the present to the past. With one minute left on the clock, she faces her mother. Confronted by her own helplessness, will time stop?
TAKE A SEAT
5
Stephen James Rheeder, South Africa, 2023, 14 min, English
20 JULY 12:15 SUNCOAST 7 26 JULY 17:30 GATEWAY 9
THE ENVOY OF GOD
2
Amina A. Mamani, Niger, 2023, 23 min, Haoussa, Hausa with English subtitles
21 JULY 12:00 SUNCOAST 7 24 JULY 17:30 GATEWAY 9
42 45TH DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL