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  • Director

    Jurg Slabbert

  • Country, Year, Length

    South Africa, 2022, 17 minutes 54 seconds

  • Category

    Narrative Short

  • Format

    Digital 4K

  • Festival Year

    2022

Film Screening & Ticket Information

When & Where to See this Film!

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VIRTUAL FILM FESTIVAL NOVEMBER 20 – DECEMBER 4!

In Person Date, Time & Location:

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 5TH • 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm
The Local • 13-02 44th Ave. • LIC, NY 11101

SCREENING BLOCK:

Mindful Recall: Three films that challenge us to look, remember, and know.

Synopsis

An Afrikaans-speaking man helps his elderly German neighbour in a time of need, despite a language barrier. In the process, he learns volumes about himself.

Credits

Jurg Slabbert, Director
Christiaan Boonzaier, Writer
Mia Cilliers, Producer
Katharina Stehle, Producer
Marlo Minnaar, Key Cast
Aletta Bezuidenhout, Key Cast
Pascale Neuschäfer, Cinematographer
Jackie Ruth Murray, Production Coordinator
Gary Witbooi, First Assistant Director
Wolf Britz, Production Designer
Wolf Britz, Costumes
Maddy Bezuidenhout, Make-up
Wolf Britz, Animal Handler
Graeme McCree, Poster Design
Arno van der Laan, Focus Puller
Brian Oliver, Lighting
Denzil Lesch, Gaffer
Nathan Midcalf, Sound
Morne Marais, Sound Design
Elana Steyn, Editor

Director Biography

Jurg Slabbert is a filmmaker, editor, and video producer based in Cape Town, South Africa. After several years as a multimedia journalist, he shifted his focus to documentary film and graduated with a master’s degree from the DOC NOMADS consortium in 2017. His thus far two documentary shorts have screened in Chile, Denmark, and Italy. Aan/Af (2022) is his first fiction short.