While You Weren’t Looking

2015 | South Africa | 76 min

ABOUT THE FILM

LONG SYNOPSIS

The changing landscape of post-Apartheid South African politics and lifestyles is portrayed through two central relationships a successful black real estate woman who is cheating on her white wife, and their bohemian daughter dating a gender non-confirming woman in the Khayalitsha township.

Director Catherine Stewart
Producer Amanda Law
Executive Producer Nodi Murphy and Sharon Jackson for Out In Africa
Editor Ronelle Loots
Cinematographer Amelia Henning
Cast Fezile Mpela, Lionel Newton, Sandi Schultz, Camilla Lily Waldman, Petronella Tshuma, Thishiwe Zuqubu, Terence Bridgett, Jill Levenberg, Tina Jaxa, Thembi Mtshali

FESTIVALS
2015: Torino, MiFo LGBT, Pink Apple Zurich, Frameline

FESTIVAL TERRITORIES
The World

EXHIBITION FORMATS
DCP, Blu-Ray