Described as astonishingly intimate, emotionally overwhelming and sometimes shocking, THE MOTHERS' HOUSE is a record of four years in the life of Miché, a charming, precocious yet troubled teenage girl growing into womanhood in post-Apartheid South Africa. Living with her mother and grandmother in Bonteheuwel, a "coloured" township outside Cape Town, she has to face not only life in a community troubled by gangsterism and drug abuse, but also what it means to break the unbearable cycle of emotional and physical violence imprisoning her own family. THE MOTHERS' HOUSE gives the viewer a powerful insight into three generations of women striving to untie the knots that bind and to find peace and love amongst all the hurt and anger within their community and themselves.


South Africa, 2005, 90mins, English and Afrikaans with English subtitles

Directed by Francois Verster

Produced by
Luna Films/Undercurrent Films

In association with:
SABC2, Open Society Foundation, National Film and Video Foundation, Sundance Documentary Fund, Fonds Images Sud

Credits

Director : Francois Verster

Producer : Neil Brandt

Editor : Peter Neal

Music : Peter Coyte

Associate Producer : Lucinda Englehart

Camera : Francois Verster

Additional Camera : Brian Wengrofsky, Richard Kruger

Edit Consultant : Per K Kirkegaard

Online Editor : Steve Mannering

Final Mix : Stef Albertyn

Production Manager : Yasser Booley

Edit Assistance : Minette Williams
.......................: Björn Johansen
.......................: Bonita van Wyk
.......................: Elsa Glenn
.......................: Luke Younge

Production Assistance : Parmjit Kaur Bachas
................................: Marlon Jacobs
................................: Lara Taylor
................................: Andrea Pienaar
................................: Janni Younge
................................: Stefan Blank
................................: André Morgan

Security : Thurston Moses
.............: Abu Bak'r Isaacs

Accounts : Carmen Rosa


Contact Details

For all queries, comments, local sales etc. please contact
Stefan Blank at
info@themothershouse.co.za

International Sales
For international sales and distribution, please contact
Maëlle Guenegues at Doc & Co
doc@doc-co.com







PRIX / FESTIVALS / AWARDS / DISTINCTIONS / TELEVISIONS


2007 | Africa in Motion | EDINBURGH, Scottland | www.africa-in-motion.org.uk
* Selection (South African Films)



2007 | États Généraux du Film Documentaire | LUSSAS, France | August 19 > 25, 2007
> Selection (Africa)


2006 | ZIFF 2006 - 9th Zimbabwe International Film Festival | HARARE, Zimbabwe | Aug. 2006 | www.ziff.co.zw |
> Best Documentary


2006 | INPUT Taipei | Taipei | May 7-12, 2006|
> Official Selection


2006 | Hotdocs | TORONTO, Canada | April 28 - May 7, 2006|
> Official Selection


2006 | Norwegian Film Festival | VOLDA, Norway | April 29, 2006 |
> The Jury's Special Mention


2006 | Milan Africa, Asia & Latin America Festival | MILANO, Italy |
> Premio Diocesi di Milano


2005 | Cape Town World Cinema Festival | CAPE TOWN, South Africa |
> Best Documentary