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PHILIA
South Africa 2011
Director: Zamo Mkhwanazi
Short film, 15 min
French/English spoken
English subtitles
A young, South African woman dreams of studying art in the Paris, but her dreams are shattered when she discovers that she has been caught up in a home affairs scam. She discovers that she has been fraudulently married to a Congolese man she has never met. She decides to find and confront the man who had altered her identity. She sets a trap for him, but finds that she has underestimated her quarry.
Zamo Mkhwanazi graduated from the University of Cape Town and entered television as a writer on the multi-award winning South African daily drama Isidingo. Philia is her first short film.
This short film is part of the Round about African Shorts program, Shorts 4 and will be screened with ATROPHY - GRACE - HOMELESS IN AFGHANI - PUSHERS - RIDE YOUR FREEDOM - LE PARRAIN