A SUNDAY IN THE VALE OF TEARS (2023)
15 min Horror Amazon Prime The National Film and Television School
On the eve of her first period, Lwazi discovers she will inherit her grandmother Vatiswa’s empyrean Sangoma abilities. Lwazi is determined to keep the event of her period secret from her grandmother in an attempt to escape her ransfiguration into womanhood and mysticism.
Official Selection - Sunday Shorts Film Festival Lisbon
DIRECTOR & WRITER: MAXINE SIBANDA
PRODUCER: ANDREW ST MAUR
CINEMATOGRAPHER: TOBY LLOYD
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: MILLY WHITE
EDITOR: DONYA MAGUIRE
SOUND DESIGNER/DUBBING MIXER: ITZEL GONZALEZ ESTRADA
COMPOSER: JACK MCCARTNEY + NIR PERLMAN
COLOURIST: ESTHER WOODBRIDGE
VFX: THOMPSON OKUKU