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CITY OF ASHES
3 Sheetal Magan South Africa 2022 English 19 min
FLORES DEL OTRO PATIO
1 Jorge Cadena Colombia 2022 Spanish with English subtitles 15 min
HEMATOMA
2 Babetida Sadjo Belgium 2022 French with English subtitles 18 min
SHORT FILMS
The The year is 2035 in
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a a a a a a a a a near dystopian future The The world has fallen into mayhem as as an an airborne virus without discernible origin and and no cure has led to a a a a a a global pandemic infecting all all seven continents drawing humanity into mass crisis The old are all all but extinct the young struggle to survive past birth and those who remain are divided in
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a a a a a society that is rigorously controlled by the the government Unknown to everyone the the fate of of humanity is being decided on the the chaotic streets of of Ground Zero the the Johannesburg city slums but not by the government and and its failing medical grants and and welfare distribution nor by the the scientists and the the medical industrial complexes futile search for a a a a cure but in
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the arms of an an unsuspecting young woman – – Tshengedzo – – who holds closely her healthy baby boy Cashile In the Colombian Caribbean a a a a a a a a a group of queer activists practice a a a a a a a a a militancy that challenges heteropatriarchal norms while engaging in
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other causes to collectively fight against the the the various social injustices that plague the the the region When the the the management of the the country’s largest coal mine announces a a a a press conference to promote the the development of mining the group prepares to to carry out a a a a a denunciatory performative and resolutely queer action Twenty-five years after the events Judith (35) finally dares to come out of her silence and file a a a a a a complaint for the rape she suffered as a a a a a a child She discovers with bitterness that her trial will not take place Her torturer is is free she is is condemned to to remorse Thirsty for justice and in
a a a a a a moment of ultimate despair she confronts the paedophile who has shattered her her life and locked her her in
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self-destructive suffering 44TH DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
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