Lesego Vorster
Directing
Biography
Lesego Vorster is best known for creating and directing the “You Give Me Heart” short in the award winning Disney+ Afro-futurist animated anthology series Kizazi Moto. However, as one of the co-founders of the Johannesburg-based animation production company, The Hidden Hand Studios, Vorster has long been the face of rising artistic talent from the continent. A position he does not take lightly. Lesego considers himself a teacher at heart, and with his creative partner Ross Lelliott they use their studio as a pipeline to access African talent and as a training ground to further develop Johannesburg as a hub of Black animation.
Known For

The visual accompaniment to Coldplay’s No 1 album Moon Music, created by over 150 different visual artists from 45 countries. Each artist was given a handful of music snippets from Moon Music and asked to create corresponding visuals. There were no rules or guidelines, and no knowledge of other artists’ creations.
Coldplay: A Film for the Future
In the year 2070, most of Africa’s 54 African countries resolve to form a single, united nation. Now, in 2100, the dream is taking shape - Azania is rising! After 30 years of peace, the threat of conflict once again looms over Azania. Nomala Kamwendo (21), a headstrong, naive Murwi soldier, sees this as her chance to prove she is Azania’s next hero. However, when she discovers there’s a darker, more sinister force from within her own family that threatens Azania’s existence, she learns the true cost of peace and what truly makes a hero.
Azania Rises

A star athlete has to come to terms with her debilitating grief to regain her confidence and finish her race.
Naledi
Ifeanyi has been planning his first move; he just needs an in. Or maybe an unobstructed view. His intentions are dubious but pure. He swears! After getting a pity-invite, he finally gets the chance he’s been waiting for. But will it be too late? if(fy) explores the idea that the rules dictating our morality are re-written in the presence of things we want more; and how our outer face often masks an inner struggle to navigate our fears.
if(fy)

Short film directed for a project on the theme "Love", by three students of GOBELINS '"Master of Arts in Character animation and animated film" They worked for 5 months (from January to May). This exercise was meant to learn the 3D pipeline on Maya.