Majini

short fiction | 20 min | 2024 | 1.66:1 | color | DCP | 7.1 | swahili

When Fari's father falls ill, he has to take his place on the fishing boat together with his brother - even though Fari can't swim. Alone on the open sea, the boys become entangled in an increasingly dangerous masquerade of masculinity.
CREDITS
Writer & Director: Joshua Neubert
Director of Photography: Larius Kieninger
Editor: Emma Holzapfel
Producers: Franziska Unger, Leon Harms, Fabienne Sailer
Sounddesign & Re-Recording Mix: Jonathan Rösch, Marc Lehnert
Color Grading: Johannes Röckl
Production: Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

FESTIVALS & AWARDS
10.04.2025    Filmfest Dresden International Short Film Festival, Germany
28.06.2025    In The Palace International Short Film Festival, Bulgaria
    * Winner Best Student Fiction
29.06.2025    Zanzibar International Film Festival, Tanzania
13.09.2025    Kurzfilmwanderung Bonn, Germany
21.09.2025    Tirana International Film Festival, Albania
21.09.2025    Taoba International Youth Film Festival, Georgia
30.09.2025    Le Chouette Festival, France
21.10.2025    Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival, Spain
    * Winner ‘Bridging the Borders’ Award
26.10.2025    Edimotion Festival for the Art of Film Editing, Germany
    * Nominee Young Talent Award (Emma Holzapfel)
04.11.2025    Africa International Film Festival, Nigeria
    * Winner Best International Short Film
05.11.2025    International Izmir Short Film Festival, Turkey
05.11.2025    Aesthetica Short Film Festival, UK
06.11.2025    Golden Knight Malta International Film Festival
    * Winner ‘Golden Knight’ Award
08.11.2025    Alter-Native Film Festival, Romania
    *  Winner ‘In Memoriam Simó Sándor’ Prize for the Best Student Film
15.11.2025    Festival of Future Storytellers, Germany
20.11.2025    German National Film Award, Germany
    * Nominee Fiction Short Film 
05.12.2025    Filmschau Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
    * Winner Best Short Film
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