Palesa Nomanzi Shongwe
Directing
Biography
Palesa Nomanzi Shongwe is an independent filmmaker, scriptwriter, and teacher. Her first film, Atrophy, won the Jury Award at the Oberhausen Short Film Festival in Germany. In 2016 she released uNomalanga and the Witch, which follows newlywed Nomalanga, who moves into a new neighborhood with her husband and finds herself intrigued by a mysterious widow who everyone suspects killed her late husband.
Known For
A vengeful daughter makes it her mission to repay her father's betrayal. She infiltrate's the shady world of VIP security to face a man who is hardened by political enemies.
Empini
When nurse June is framed for killing her patient, her daughter, Linda, leaves her law career to exonerate her mother.
Housekeepers
uNomalanga and the Witch, which follows newlywed Nomalanga, who moves into a new neighborhood with her husband and finds herself intrigued by a mysterious widow who everyone suspects killed her late husband
uNomalanga and the Witch
By interweaving observing images with dreams and stories we’ll never know if they are true or imaginary, Nomanzi Palesa Shongwe takes us on a poetic journey through a city she’s exploring, as well as a universe within ourselves.
11-19
Dance, imagery, poetry and music as metaphors for the history of a country: its movements struggling for freedom and its heritage are brilliantly brought into dialogue through a fascinating kaleidoscope that blends archive images and contemporary performance. A work under the banner of modernity in its form and in its questioning: is the body of an individual similar to that of a country?