Southern Africa, 1880. A mixed-race woman living in the arid Karoo takes in a lost white child and raises him as her own. Nine years later, he is forced to live in the Knysna Forest with a group of woodpeckers that claim to be his family.
Cast
Zenobia Kloppers
Luca Bornman
Wayne Smith
Wayne van Rooyen Crew
Screenwriter: Brett Michael Innes
DOP: Tom Marais
Editor: C.A. van Aswegen
Original Title: Fiela Se Kind
Production Company(ies):
Nostalgia Productions
The Film Factory
Producer(s):
Brett Michael Innes
Danie Bester
Silwerskerm Film Festival, South Africa
Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), Estonia
Cairo International Film Festival (CIFF), Egypt
International Film Festival of India (IFFI), India
International Film Festival of Kerala (IFFK), India
Sedona Film Festival, USA
South African Film & Television Awards (SAFTA), South Africa
Audience Favorite, Best Score at the Silwerskerm Film Festival, South Africa
Audience Choice Award at the Tallinn Black Nights Film Festival (PÖFF), Estonia
Best Film and Best Screenplay at the South African Film & Television Awards (SAFTA), South Africa
Best Achievement in Sound at African Movie Academy Awards, South Africa
Best Actress at South African Independent Film Festival, South Africa