South Africa Factory (2016)

After the Taipei Factory in 2013, the Nordic Factoryin 2014 and the Chile Factory in 2015 the Directors' Fortnight is glad to continue the adventure this coming year with the South Africa Factory. LOKOZA (Zee Ntuli, Isabelle Mayor) In the Durban South Basin, Themba, a boy in his early adolescence, lives with his father near to the local oil refinery. He's secretly in love with Khanya, who has been his best friend for years. Khanya has a new boyfriend, KG, a truck driver who promises her a safe future. The more their relationship grows, the more Themba must fight to get her back, until he goes one step too far. PARAYA (Sheetal Magan, Martín Morgenfeld) A city bustles with the urge for survival. A young woman adrift between worlds: one rooted in her past and one promising her future. Something is absent, missing, irretrievable. THE BEAST (Samantha Nell, Michael Wahrmann) An ordinary day at a Zulu cultural village. Shaka, their star performer, expresses his frustrations to his co-workers as he sits on display for tourists. When he reaches the end of his tether his protest reaches Shakespearian proportion. GALLO ROJO (Zamo Mkhwanazi, Alejandro Fadel) A forgotten hotel. Two groups of men. All seem locked in this strange architecture from a previous era. Why they cannot leave the place, we do not know. A red and a black rooster share with the men the reclusion, witnesses of a battle, an abstract war, a nightmare.