Independent Feature Film: Variasies op 'n tema

INDEPENDENT FEATURE-LENGTH FILMS This year, the Silwerskerm Festival has two independent feature-length films on the programme – the feature film Variasies op 'n tema and the documentary From Dust, We Spin. These works are not eligible for Silwerskerm Awards. Variasies op 'n tema GENRE: Drama DIRECTOR: Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar CINEMATOGRAPHER: Gray Kotze WRITERS: Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar CAST: Hettie Farmer, Jason Jacobs, Magdalena Links, Gladwin van Niekerk, Regan Nontas, Albertus Smit PRODUCTION HOUSE: Kraal Stories, Meria Produksies, Interakt AGE RESTRICTION: 10 -12 PG L Ouma Hettie, an elderly goatherd in the Kamies Mountains of Namaqualand, falls victim to a scam promising long-overdue reparations for her father's WWII service. As she waits for money that will never come, the disruptions of her 80th birthday threaten to strip away the last of her independence. Structured as a series of recurring visual "variations", the film transforms repetition into revelation to frame a portrait of waiting, endurance and loss. Variasies op 'n tema won the coveted Tiger Award at the Rotterdam International Film Festival.