Heaven Reaches Down To Earth

Heaven Reaches Down To Earth

Un film de Tebogo Malebogo

Genre Fiction
Pays Afrique du Sud
Année 2020
Durée 10 min
Formats DCP
Son 5.1
Version Sous-titres en anglais

Synopsis

Une prise de conscience sexuelle provoque une avalanche de réflexions et d'émotions. Rien ne sera plus comme avant entre Tau et Tumelo.

Thèmes

taboos, desire, sexuality, nature, homosexuality, quest, LGBTQ

Biographie

Tebogo Malebogo est un réalisateur sud-africain. Son premier court métrage, Mthunzi (2019), a fait sa première au Festival du film de Locarno et au New York Film Festival. Il a reçu le Prix Spécial du Jury au AFI Fest. Son deuxième court métrage, Heaven Reaches Down to Earth (2020), a été projeté au Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand et au Festival Chicago International Film Festival.



Distribution

Thapelo Maropefela
Sizo Mahlangu

Équipe

Production

Petrus van Staden (Vanishing Elephant)

Scénario

Tebogo Malebogo

Direction photo

Jason Prins

Montage Petrus van Staden
Son Frank David
Musique Elu Eboka, Evan S. Roth

Prix

 

Provincetown International Film Festival, US |2021| *Best Queer Short Film award
Leiden Shorts, Netherlands |2021|*Best International Short
Ciclope Awards, South Africa |2021| *Best Newcomer
Quibdó África Film Festival |2021| *Best Script
Short Film Conference's Short of the Year |2021| *Shortlist


Festivals

New Directors/New Films | 2021 | Official Competition
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur | 2020 | Official Competition
Clermont-Ferrand International Film Festival | 2021 | Official Competition
Tampere | 2021 | Official Competition
Chicago International Film Festival | 2020 | Official Competition


Provincetown International Film Festival, US |2021| *Best Queer Short Film award
Ciclope Awards, South Africa |2021| *BEST NEWCOMER
Leiden Shorts, Netherlands |2021| *Best International Short
Quibdó África Film Festival, Colombia |2021| *Best script
Reykjavík International Film Festival, Iceland |2020|
Hamptons International Film Festival, US |2020|
Flickerfest, Australia |2020|
Glasgow Short Film Festival, UK |2021|
Recontres Paris / Berlin, France |2021|
BlackStar Film Festival, US |2021|
Frameline, US |2021|
La Fête du Slip, Switzerland |2021|
IndieCork, Ireland |2021|
Palm Springs Shortfest, US |2021|
Dresden International Shortfest, Germany |2021
Durban Film Festival, South Africa |2021|
Wicked Queer : The Boston LGBT Film Festival, US |2021|
Norwegian Short Film Festival, Norway |2021|
Short Waves Festival, Poland |2021|
Odense Film Festival, Danemark |2021|
Uppsala International Short Film Festival, Sweden |2021|
Pink Apple LGBT Film Festival, Switzerland |2021|
Sao Paulo int. Short Film Festival, Brazil |2021|
Festival international du court métrage de Lille, France |2021|
Gaze International LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Ireland |2021|
New Directors/New Films, US |2021|
Drunken Film Fest, US |2021|
Loudoun Arts Film Festival, US |2021|
Queer Lisboa / Porto, Portugal |2021|
Oslo Fusion, Norway |2021
Thess Int. Short Film Festival, Greece |2021|
Africa In Motion, Scotland |2021
Damn These Heels Film Festival, US |2021|
Aesthetica Film Festival, UK |2021
Galway ilm Fleadh, Ireland |2021|
QUEERSICHT Filmfestival, Switzerland |2021|
DC Short Film Festival, US |2021|
MIX Copenhagen LGBTQ+ Film Festival, Denmark |2021|
Helsinki International Film Festival, Finland |2021|
Cinema on the Bayou, US |2022|
Tampa Bay International Gay & Lesbian Film Festival, US |2021|
San Giò Verona Video Festival, Italy |2021|
Dayton LGBT Film Festival, US |2021|
Way OUT West Film Fest, US |2021|
Seattle Queer Film Festival, US |2021|
CINEMANCIA, Colombia |2021|
Minimalen Short Film Festival, Norway |2021|
Queer Borders Film Festival, Scotland |2021|
Cinema Queer Sweden |2021|
shnit Worldwide Shortfilmfestival, Online |2021|
Afrikana Independent Film Festival in Richmond, US |2021|
CinemAfrica (via cinema Queer Sweden), Sweden |2022|
"By Any Means" Screening: MOMA, US |2021|
Outfest Fusion, US |2021|
NBO Film Festival, Kenya |2021|
Cineclube Mocambo, Brazil |2021|
XPOSED Queer Film, Germany |2022|
KASHISH Mumbaï Int. Queer Film Festival, India |2022|
PinX, Belgium |2022|
On The Pulse (Via Cinemagic Belfast), Ireland |2022|
LGBTQIA+ Thinking Film Screening, US |2022|
Movies That Matters, Netherlands |2022|
Wexner Center for the Arts in Columbus (shape_SHIFT screening), US |2022|
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Canada |2021|
Inside Out LGBT Film Festival, Canada |2021|
Imagine + Nation, Canada |2021|
Court Queer Shorts, Canada |2021|
Cape Breton Centre for Immigration, Canada |2021|
Nickel Independent Film Festival (short film of the week screening), Canada |2022|
Vimeo Staff Pick, online|2022|
Lagos Pride Film Fest, Africa |2022|
Drunken Film Fest Oakland, USA |2022|
Positively Different Short Film Festival, Greece|2023|
Ouaga Coté Court, Burkina Faso |2022|
Philly Palestine Coalition, USA |2022|
Black Film Festival, Switzerland |2023|
Queer People of Colour Film Festival, Ireland |2023|
Vancouver Queer Film Festival, Canada |2022|