The Last Ranger
Cindy Lee | South Africa | 2024 | 28'
Screenings
Tue 25 March H 13:00
Sat 29 March H 15:00
Section
Original title
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Synopsis
Young Litha meets a female ranger who passes on to her love for the reserve and a passion for the protection of animals. The extraordinary beauty of the national parks is in stark contrast however with the brutality of the poachers. When the two come up against a group of rhino horn hunters, armed conflict becomes inevitable, and Litha will be confronted with a shocking revelation.
Cast
Avumile Qongqo, Liyabona Mroqoza, Makhaola Ndebele, David S. Lee
Films Distribution
Kindred Films
Production
Six Feet Films
Editing
David S. Lee, Darwin Shaw, Will Hawkes
Cinematography
James Adey
Editing
Gugu Sibandze
Language
English, Xhosa
Subtitles
Italian, English
Premiere
Italian Première
Main awards
The Clover & Maggie Award (Cleveland International Film Festival 2024)
Biography
Cindy Lee, a South African film and commercials director, started her career in advertising, and was one of the most awarded copywriters of her time. Twenty years ago, Cindy moved to directing TV commercials and is responsible for some of South Africa's best-loved ads. Cindy soon set her eyes on directing film and wrote her first screenplay, Horn, in 2014, about rhino poaching, that won at the New York Picture Start Film Festival. In 2017, she was nominated for a SAFTA (South African Film and Television Award) for her television directing debut for the drama series Sober Companion. In 2018, she directed three episodes of The Girl from St. Agnes, the first locally produced drama for South African streamer Showmax, followed by her first solo series, Desert Rose, for M-net, Africa's primary pay-to-air television channel. Cindy was nominated for a SAFTA 2023 in the Best Achievement in Directing category for Desert Rose. In 2023, Cindy was lead director on the comedy-drama The Morning After for Amazon Prime South Africa: the series was nominated for Best Direction at the Venice TV Awards 2024 and has been selected for screening at the Berlin International Film Festival 2025. Cindy directed The Last Ranger, nominated for the Best Live Action Short Film Award at the 97th Academy Awards.
Filmography
2024 - The Last Ranger, sf