Tholang travaille comme un entrepreneur de pompes funèbres à Soweto depuis très longtemps. S’il sait s’y faire avec la mort, il est démuni face à la vie. Les choses s’en vont à vau-l’eau quand sa nièce arrive chez lui comme apprenti et réussit à perdre le cadavre d’un politicien important. Au cours de cette aventure, Tholang doit faire face au monde qu’il a évité toutes ces années.

Un film de Samantha Nell

Afrique du Sud, 2014, Fiction, 13 min, Comédie

avec Jerry Mofokeng, Lebo Mazibuko, Ma Marry, Harriet Manamela, Michael Mabizela, Dorothy-Ann Gould

Produit par Jean Lee & Samantha Nell

Ecrit et réalisé par Samantha Nell
Images par Devin Toselli
Décors par Alex-Ann Keppie
Montage par Jennifer Barbot
Production Associée : Mambila Mageza
Musique originale / Original Score by Anthony Haenen

ACTEURS / ACTRICES
Tholang : Jerry Mofokeng
Nthabiseng : Lebo Mazibuko
Mrs. Cele : Ma Marry
Mrs. Ngoma : Harriet Manamela
Lwazi : Michael Mabizela
Edith : Dorothy-Ann Gould
Ben : Carl Johnson
Lewis Ngoma : George Mpapele
Corpse : Richard Mnculwane

produit en association avec Africa Fisrt (Focus Features)



2015 | AFRIFF, Nigeria
* Meilleur Court métrage
https://afriff.com/movies/best-short-film-stiff-by-samantha-nell/

Tholang has been working as an undertaker in Soweto for as long as anyone can remember. He’s great with death, but not particularly good with life. Things go awry when his niece arrives to apprentice under him and manages to lose the corpse of an important politician. Over the course of this adventure Tholang must face the world he has been avoiding all these years.

A film de Samantha Nell

South Africa, 2014, Fiction, 13 min, Comedy

starring avec Jerry Mofokeng, Lebo Mazibuko, Ma Marry, Harriet Manamela, Michael Mabizela, Dorothy-Ann Gould

Stiff – Trailer from Samantha Nell on Vimeo.

Written & Directed by Samantha Nell
Produced by Jean Lee & Samantha Nell
Cinematography by Devin Toselli
Production Design by Alex-Ann Keppie
Edited by Jennifer Barbot
Associate Producer Mambila Mageza
Original Score by Anthony Haenen

CAST
Tholang : Jerry Mofokeng
Nthabiseng : Lebo Mazibuko
Mrs. Cele : Ma Marry
Mrs. Ngoma : Harriet Manamela
Lwazi : Michael Mabizela
Edith : Dorothy-Ann Gould

Director/Writer: Samantha Nell
Producer: Jean Lee, Samantha Nell
Executive Producer: Ulysses M. Goldstein
Cinematographer: Devin Toselli
Production Designer: Alex-Ann Keppie
Editor: Jennifer Barbot
Associate Producer: Mambila Mageza
Composer: Anthony Haenen
Line Producer: Eve Symington
Unit Manager: David Mokoena
First Assistant Director: Eve Symington
Second Assistant Director: Archibald Mpapele
Key Grip: Riaan Hanekom
Best Boy Grip: Julian Foster
Key Gaffer: Jean Du Plessis
Best Boy Gaffer: Vukani Khawula
First Assistant Camera: Charles Hunter Ryder
Sound Recordist: President Kapa
Wardrobe Master: Vuyo Mokwena
Wardrobe Assistant: Gesillah McLeod
Art Department: Tarryn Hatchett, Eve Rakow
Makeup: Angelique Pepeler
SFX Makeup: Denita Goosen
Production Assistant: Mark Middlewick
Stills Photographer: Patrick Dinneen
Script Editor: Lydia Cowdery
Translator: Rethabile Molatela Mothobi
Online Editor: Warwick Allan
Colourist: Michele Wilson
Final Mix Engineer: Charlotte Buys

produced in association with Africa Fisrt (Focus Features)


2015 | DIFF – Durban International Film Festival, South Africa
* Selection – « People » (Short film programme)

2015 | AFRIFF – Africa International Film Festival, Nigeria
* Best Short Film
https://afriff.com/movies/best-short-film-stiff-by-samantha-nell/

2015 | Palm Springs International ShortsFest 2014, USA
* World Premiere