2009 catalogue

NFVF Short Film Contest Winners

If You Only Knew (drama)
South Africa, 2009, 12min
Directors: Clare Cassidy, Lev David

What if a young woman who has spent her whole life being pushed around decides to grow a spine and break up with her clingy boyfriend? And what if she decides to do it on the night he has secretly planned to propose to her... in public?

Priya's the girl, Rob's the guy, and it all goes down on the night of a karaoke competition. In a dive bar. In a dead-end South African town. Heartbreak shouldn't be this funny.


Superhero (drama)
South Africa, 2009, 15mins
Director: Hanneke Schutte

A man wakes up in the middle of a surreal landscape dressed in a superhero outfit. He has no idea who he is or how he got there. Young Lebo stumbles upon the man and is stunned by his costume. The boy genuinely believes he’s chanced upon a real life superhero and offers to take the stranger back to his house.

En route the pair develops an unlikely friendship, but when they finally get to the house Lebo’s older brother is surprisingly hostile to the visitor. The man soon realises that all is not what it seems. As his memory slowly starts to return his sinister connection to Lebo’s brother begins to reveal itself.


Father Christmas Doesn’t Come Here (drama)
South Africa, 2009, 14mins
Director: Bhekumuzi Sibiya

A naive young girl with low self esteem wants to be as beautiful as her mother but her dream is almost ruined by a cynical man who gives her a dose of reality which makes her resort to extremes to achieve her goal. With the help of her grandmother she finds true acceptance and her journey impacts on the cynical man.

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