{"id":14880,"date":"2022-04-13T14:01:51","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T12:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/?p=14880"},"modified":"2022-04-13T14:01:52","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T12:01:52","slug":"young-cape-town-filmmakers-bag-3-awards-at-silwerskermfees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.samdb.co.za\/blogs\/blog\/2022\/04\/13\/young-cape-town-filmmakers-bag-3-awards-at-silwerskermfees\/","title":{"rendered":"Young Cape Town Filmmakers Bag 3 Awards At Silwerskermfees"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cape Town, SA.<\/em>\u00a0Director Jordy Sank, and producers\u00a0Gabriella Blumberg and Samantha Pelteret bagged three awards for\u00a0Best Short Film, Audience Choice and Best Script\u00a0for their film\u00a0Leemtes en Leegheid\u00a0<\/em><\/strong>at the recent\u00a0kykNET Silwerskerm Film Festival\u00a0in Cape Town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Gabriella Blumberg, Esther Badenhorst (editor), Jordy Sank and Terence Makapan (co-writer),
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This honour follows hot on the heels of Sank and Blumberg\u2019s debut award-winning feature I am Here<\/em><\/strong>, a documentary about one of the last living Holocaust survivors, which recently played in over 85 theatres across America and won Best South African Documentary at the Durban International Film Festival.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leemtes en Leegheid<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>is a poignant film aboutMagdaleen, a recluse in her 80s, who numbs the pain of losing her husband by envisioning him beside her. After being locked away with the memory of him in her apartment, she desperately attempts to venture into the outside world again and to the sea she so longs for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Produced by Sanktuary Films, with a screenplay by Jordy Sank, and Terence Makapan, the film features veteran actors of stage and screen, Lida Botha, Johan Botha and Ivan Abrahams. Lida and Johan have been married for over 50 years and intimately portrayed their love on screen. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We have seen how this story of grief and isolation has resonated so widely, and we hope it brings comfort and closure to those who watch it,\u201d says producer Gabriella Blumberg. \u201cWe are honoured that the film has received such high recognition at Silwerskermfees and we hope it travels to audiences around the world.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Within the past few years we have all experienced tremendous loss and loneliness in many shapes and forms, which is why we believe the story of “Leemtes en Leegheid” truly resonates with audiences,\u201d says director Jordy Sank. \u201cIt is an intimate film that explores what happens when we have to learn to live without those we love so dearly. Winning the Audience Choice, Best Short Film  and Best Script Awards at Silwerskermfees show how deeply the themes and characters within the film are able to penetrate the hearts of those who watch it.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The short film will be coming to Showmax soon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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