Sabbatical
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A banker returns unannounced to her childhood home and her overbearing mother, whom she hardly visits. Unbeknownst to her mother, a life-changing secret brought her back, threatening to upend their relationship forever.
Directors Spotlight
Karabo Lediga
Director
Karabo Lediga is a writer-director whose short film What Did You Dream? screened at Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, and won Best African Short at DIFF (2021). She’s an alumnus of Berlinale Talents, Less Is More (Le Groupe Ouest) and Toronto International Film Festival Writers’ Studio. ‘Sabbatical’ is her debut feature film.
- Year
- 2025
- Runtime
- 110 minutes
- Country
- South Africa
- Language
- Spitori, English
- Director
- Karabo Lediga
- Producer
- Kagiso Lediga, Tamsin Andersson
- Executive Producer
- David Rypstra, Farzana Wadee, Luke Henkeman, Ozi Menakaya, Ryan Solovei
- Cast
- Clementine Mosimane, Lethabo Mpoko, Loyiso Gola, Mona Monyane, Seputla Sebogodi, Tsholofelo Maseko
- Cinematographer
- Motheo Moeng (SASC)
- Editor
- Khulekani Zondi
- Production Design
- Ntokozo Fuzunina Kunene
- Composer
- Bokani Dyer
- Sound Design
- Janno Muller
- Music
- Bokani Dyer
- Premiere
- North America