THE WOUND

INXEBA

By John TRENGOVE

NETHERLANDS FILM FUND / NEDERLANDS FILMFONDS - as FIN

First film - Completed 2016


Festivals
& Awards

Sundance Film Festival 2017
World Dramatic
Berlinale - Berlin IFF 2017
Panorama
    • Year of production
    • 2016
    • Genres
    • First film, LGBT, Drama
    • Countries
    • SOUTH AFRICA, GERMANY, FRANCE, NETHERLANDS
    • Budget
    • 0.6 - 1 M$
    • Duration
    • 88 mn
    • Director(s)
    • John TRENGOVE
    • Writer(s)
    • John TRENGOVE, Malusi BENGU, Thando MGQOLOZANA
    • EIDR
    • 10.5240/D30F-163B-A3A4-BE62-9E6F-J
    • Producer(s)
    • Elias RIBEIRO (Urucu Media)
    • Synopsis
    • Xolani, a lonely factory worker, joins the men of his community in the mountains of the Eastern Cape to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood. When a defiant initiate from the city discovers his best kept secret, Xolani's entire existence begins to unravel.
    • Partners & financing
    • Arte/ZDF
      Hamburg Film Fund
      Torino Film Lab
      Department of Trade and Industry of South Africa
      Hollard
      Hubert Bals
    • Beginning of shooting
    • Mar 30, 2016
    • End of shooting
    • May 10, 2016