The Independent Mzansi Short Film Festival (IMSFF) 2015 will take place over four-days at the ASBOS Theatre in the Karoo Cafe and celebrate the short film genre in South Africa. IMSFF’s mission is to present quality short films from around South Africa as well as support, recognise and honour filmmakers creating films under ±30 minutes. This year, IMSFF will have 18 award categories and winners will be chosen by a panel of distinguished juror’s.
Serving as South Africa’s only dedicated short film festival, the IMSFF was founded to showcase contemporary short film making, and aims to exhibit the most captivating and innovative short content. In the process, IMSFF hopes to build an audience for short film and help give aspiring filmmakers a foot in the door of a rapidly growing industry. The short films will be organised thematically, in hopes of representing the full range of the human experience as reflected by the chosen filmmakers.
Independent Mzansi Short Film Festival (IMSFF) official selection 2015:
The Animation School Selection
• Aeternum by Peter Viljoen
• Burgeon by M.W. Guldenpfennig
• Consumed by Mogammad Sallies
• Jabu by Nadia Darries
• Kholumolumo by Mokhalaka Moteetee
• Recluse by Luke Rauch
• Snail House by Kingsley Clutten
• The Return by Christoff Bothma
The AFDA Film School Selection
• Bloody, Not Pink by Perrin Faerch
• Dance with the Devil by Minke Swart
• Hands Folding Heads by Sacha Sultan
• Happy Earth Co. by Hylton Jandrell
• Him & I by Nic Eve
• Now what? by Madds Brekke
• Stukkend by Mia Holm
• The Act by Tristan Schafer
The kykNET’s Silwerskermfees Selection
• Almon, Henry by Jan-Hendrik Burger
• Ben Se Begrafnis by Tiaan van Niekerk and Andrew Gould
• Die Laaste Ure by Jacques Brand
• Eenrigting by Corne Koegelenberg
• Liefdeslobotomie by Valente Bosch
• Neem My Saam by Daniel Janks
• Nommer 37 by Travis Taute and Nosipho Dumisa
• Stom by Morne Du Toit
• Vuil Wasgoed by Bennie Fourie
Documentaries
• Owning Mandela by Hermann Venter
• Painting Cape Town by Katey Carson
• The Golden Mean by Christiaan Pretorius
• The Pixie Lowe Story by Felipe Kirsten
Animations
• Danny and the Wild Bunch by Robert Rugan (USA)
• Feast by Patrick Osborne (USA)
• Isolated by Tomas Vergara (USA)
• The Case of the Disappearing Daddy by Kane Croudace
• World of Tomorrow by Don Hertzfeldt (USA)
Students Films
• Between Friends by Isaiah Denteh
• Board and Lodging by Zak Kemp
• Cry, Maria by Joseph van Wyk
• Dreaming Desire by Fada Nimoh
• The Initiate by Toni Barao
• Vision of a Born Free by Fada Nimoh
Narrative Shorts
• Adrift by Shane Vermooten
• Already Broken by Joy Sithole
• Bougainvillea by Genevieve Akal
• Briefcase by Emile Leuvennink and Roald le Roux
• Dear Betty by Lara Cunha
• Death’s (Man)date by Rick Joaquim and Waldo Buchner
• Did She, Didn’t She by Siviwe Honobroke Mashiyi
• Die Wasgoedlyn by Maridi Jooste
• Every Six Months by Yolande Botha
• Guardian Angel by Thabo Zitha
• Harold by Katey Carson
• Honesty Pays by Warren Fischer
• I am Niall by Niall B. Bingham
• Izulu by Busa Buntu
• Keys, Money, Phone by Roger Young
• Last Doorman Standing by Anneke Villet
• Lina and Leo by Yolande Botha
• Lost in the World by Xolelwa -Ollie- Nhlabatsi
• Lost in Transmission by Jasyn Howes
• Operasie E.N.G.E.L by Andre Pretorius
• Picture Perfect Heist by Alan Shelley
• Poort by Neil Human
• Promise by Craig Hunter Parker
• Recovery by Craig Hunter Parker
• Ringo by Yaara Sumeruk (USA)
• Stay by Anel Steenkamp and Emil Haarhof
• Stiff by Samantha Nell
• The Bear Suit by Adam Donnelly
• The Beginning by Brad Katzen
• The Golden Rule by Ryan Kruger
• The Gunfighter by Eric Kissack (USA)
• The Psychiatrist by Warren Fischer
• The State by Lwazi Mvusi
• Tula Tula by Shane Vermooten
• Unspoken by Shane Vermooten
• Vanity Fair by James Westcott
• Welcome to Hawaii by Rohan Dickson
• Who’s fooling who? by Steve Mokadi
• You In Your Were by Samir Rehem (USA)
For more information on IMSFF 2015 visit the festival’s official website.
