Jozi Film Festival: International Short Fiction

The Jozi Film Festival is an annual event that showcases the latest films made by South African and international filmmakers in one of Africa’s most vibrant cities – Johannesburg. The seventh Jozi Film Festival will highlight the very best in filmmaking, presenting a multi-genre slate of films from emerging and established filmmakers, exploring a broad range of topics that affect our communities and stir our hearts and minds.

Tickets: R50

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FICTION

Kyenvu, USA

Dir: Kemiyondo Coutinho / 20min

South African Premiere

 A young African feminist millennial finds love in a bittersweet moment as she struggles to find her footing in a patriarchal society.

Girl Fact, Belgium 

Dir: Maël G. Lagadec / 17min

South African Premiere

In the east of the DRC, rape has been used as a “weapon of war” for over 15 years, Martha writes a teenage girl’s guide to surviving sex slavery.

Heimlich, USA 

Dir: Lisanne Sartor / 13min 57s

South African Premiere

Nina and Alex are married with a toddler. Nina’s had enough…

The Gurney, UK 

Dir: Glenn Whelan / 15min 54s

South African Premiere

The Gurney tells the story of execution warden, Albert Gilmore, and the death row inmate Aleisha Edwards, a young black woman convicted of the murder of the officer who fatally shot her husband. The film focuses on the pair’s relationship and the effects the imminent execution, and the circumstances surrounding it, has on both Aleisha and Albert. 

Second Class, Sweden 

Dir: Jimmy Olsson / 13min 45s

South African Premiere

Charlotte is the new Second Class (Grade) teacher. One evening when she is out with her friends, she gets attacked by Neo Nazi. After she gets out of hospital and back to school, she discovers that one of her students is the son of that Nazi.