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STUDENT FILMS
CONGRATULATORY VISIT
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Muaz Gunes, Turkey, 2023, 16 min, Turkish with English subtitles
23 JULY 17:15 SUNCOAST 7 27 JULY 14:00 GATEWAY 8
Suleyman a megalomaniac security guard at a provincial university wants to pay a congratulatory visit to the newly appointed rector. He has observed that those around him use their connections to gain benefits and status. He decides to do the same for the first time in his life when he plans his visit. Too late, he realises that he is in big trouble.
In this family, you only truly belong once you have received your first wound. But Fabi is twelve and still without scars. On his grandfather’s farm, he must finally prove that he fits in. Fabi’s father knows that the boy has no choice but to face this now - after all, they all had to. Fabi really wants to belong but how much of him and his skin will remain in the end?
In the depths of darkness lies a music box which opens to reveal a young girl dressed in a petal dress. As the spotlight illuminates her, she discovers her ability to make music with her movements, which encourages her to dance. Unbeknownst to her, eerie eyes observe her moving, causing petals to fall from her dress. Suddenly, she realizes that these mysterious eyes are watching her. Desperate to escape, she struggles against her captors, only to be confined within the music box. However, a twist of fate unfolds as another child appears from a new music box.
Rev Starrek is a latro (thief ), on the populated desert planet Dramedox. After lifting an object for a client, Rev finds herself in a tight situation when the people she stole from track her down, in an attempt to retrieve it. After escaping her pursuers, she discovers there is more than meets the eye to the stolen artefact. Inspired by well-known Space Western franchises (Star Wars, Cowboy Bebop, Star Trek), this film takes place in a fictional universe. Alien species take on the appearance of commonly known animals and reside in the fictional universe of Dramedox.
CRUST
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Jens Kevin Georg, Germany, 2023, 26 min, German with English subtitles
23 JULY 17:15 SUNCOAST 7 27 JULY 14:00 GATEWAY 8
DAISY
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Aditi Dixit, Joffrey Atienza Zamora, Shecid Domínguez Aguilera, Spain, 2023, 5 min, No Dialogue
22 JULY 17:00 SUNCOAST 7 25 JULY 17:30 GATEWAY 8
DIRT
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Blake Maverick Davis, South Africa, 2023, 3 min, English
23 JULY 17:15 SUNCOAST 7 27 JULY 14:00 GATEWAY 8
46 45TH DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL