DocNomads film selected to IndieLisboa, Portugal
The short documentary Love, Your Neighbour by Jethro Westraad will be presented in the International Competition of the 21st IndieLisboa Int. Film Festival held from May 23 to June 2.
Also, Histories of Smugglers, produced in Portugal, and the latest short film of DN5 alumna Agnes Meng, will be screened in the National Competition.
By Jethro Westraad (South Africa) • 8’ • 2021
Synopsis:
In Durban, South Africa, a neighbourhood resists the isolation imposed by the lockdown through a WhatsApp group, created to establish a collective surveillance network. What begins as a digital support network quickly turns into a platform for unrelated chatter, hate speech and conspiracy theories, particularly concerning their common enemy: a species of small primates, the Vervet monkeys. In this humorous documentary, the director tries to get to know his neighbour in a community of tiny fortresses where their kings and queens speak, and lurk, behind intercoms.
Joana Mosi, in IndieLisboa catalogue.
Trailer here.