Coming of Age is a 2015 German-South African-Mosotho documentary drama film directed by Teboho Edkins and co-produced by Don Edkins for Steps and Teboho Edkins for Deutsche Film-und Fernsehakademie Berlin (dffb).[1][2] The film revolves around four Basotho teenagers: Lefa, Senate, Retabile and Mosaku; over the course of two years as they grow up in the village of Ha Sekake.[3][4][5]
| Coming of Age | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Teboho Edkins |
| Written by | Teboho Edkins |
| Produced by | Teboho Edkins Don Edkins |
| Cinematography | Samuel Lahu |
| Edited by | Rune Schweitzer |
| Music by | Retabile Putsoane |
Production companies | Deutsche Film- und Fernsehakademie Berlin (DFFB) Steps International |
| Distributed by | MAGNETFILM GmbH |
Release date |
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Running time | 63 minutes |
| Countries | South Africa Germany Lesotho |
| Language | Sotho |
The film made its premier in February 2015 in Germany. The film received mixed reviews from critics and screened at many film festivals.[6][7] In 2015, the director won the Biberstein Gusmao Award for the Best Emerging Director at the 2015 Porto/Post/Doc.[8] At the 2015 Berlin International Film Festival, the film was nominated for the Crystal Bear Award for the Generation 14plus - Best Film. In the same year, the film was nominated for the Tanit d'Or for the Documentary Feature Film Carthage Film Festival. In 2016 the film was again nominated for the EVA - Excellence in Visual Anthropology Award at the Ethnocineca.[9]
References
edit- ^ www.oberon.nl, Oberon Amsterdam. "Coming of Age: IDFA". Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Coming of Age: EZEF". www.ezef.de. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "COMING OF AGE - Films - home". german-documentaries.de. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Coming of Age". DFFB. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Coming of Age - Tënk". Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ Balázs, Imre, Loránd (12 October 2018). "Kind of Unexpected". Doc.Kiez. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ "Coming of Age ()". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Zhao Liang's Behemoth wins at Porto/Post/Doc". Cineuropa - the best of european cinema. Retrieved 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Coming of Age - accolades". imdb.com. Retrieved 10 October 2021. [unreliable source?]
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