VANISHING ELEPHANT
HEAVEN REACHES DOWN TO EARTH
2020 | NARRATIVE | 10' | 4:3 / 2:35.1 | SESOTHO, ISIZULU & ENGLISH LANGUAGE | SUBTITLES: ENGLISH, FRENCH
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LOGLINE
Tau, a Mountain. Tumelo, a Fire. They approach each other.
The LGBTQI+ community in all its forms stands tall in...Heaven Reaches Down to Earth by Tebogo Malebogo (South Africa) which takes a look at emerging queer currents on the African continent.
- Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
STATEMENT
We find HEAVEN REACHES DOWN TO EARTH at a crossroads of emerging stories: queerness in Africa, traditional expectations of men within those African cultures, and the isolation that many of us find ourselves currently dealing with.
It is our hope that this film serves as a snapshot of a moment, in which Tau’s realization about their sexuality acts as an accelerant that sets Tumelo on his own journey.
Reflection in isolation, concerning a space as highly contested as the black body.
Screenings
2020
Reykjavik International Film Festival 17
Hamptons International Film Festival 28*
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma 49*
Chicago International Film Festival 56*
Internationale Kurzfilmtage Winterthur 24*
2021
Flickertest 30*
Clermont-Ferrand Short Film Festival 33*
*Oscar Qualifying Festival
24 Sept - 04 Oct
09 - 14 Oct
07 - 31 Oct
14 - 25 Oct
3 - 8 Nov
22 - 31 Jan
29 Jan - 6 Feb
CREW
Executive Producers
Story
Director & Screenwriter
Producer
Cast
Narrator
1st AD
Production Assistant
Director of Photography
1st AC
2nd AC
3rd AC
Additional Camera
On-Set Sound
Art Direction
BTS Photographer
Editor
Sound Editing & Mixing
Scoring & Composition
Compositor
Colourist
Poster Design
Locations
Ecologist
Casting
Zulu Translation
Gear
Insurance
Thanks
Petrus van Staden, Tebogo Malebogo
Tebogo Malebogo, Petrus Van Staden
Tebogo Malebogo
Petrus van Staden
Thapelo Maropefela
Sizo Mahlangu
Balindile ka Ngcobo
Nala Khumalo
Walter Mzengi
Hannah Innacio
Jason Prins
Mark Van Zyl
Emile van Straaten
Paul Wallington
Luis Trujillo Garrido, Caleb Willoughby
JD Degendaar
Ornella Steduto
Joshua La Grange
Petrus van Staden
Frank David
Elu Eboka, Evan Roth
Jean Redelinghuys
Fran Verveckken @ Priest Post
Aleksander Walijewski
Jackie Tranmere
Mark Wilmot
Disco Casting
Maqhawe Madonsela
Panavision
Panalux
Soundspeed
GIB Insurance
Van Staden Family
Moagi & Malebogo Family
Cape Nature Reserve
Athi-Patra Ruga
Leila Walter
Christopher Lawrence
Pierre de Villiers
Nicholas and Phillip Doble
Wako Sefara
Holli Bennett
Ahmad Ksibi
Indra Crittin
