Variations on a Theme + Short (Jali Film Weekender)

<div><b>Screening as part of the&nbsp;</b><font color="#0000ee"><b><u><a href="https://www.filmhouse.org.uk/jali-film-weekender">Jali Film Weekender 2026</a></u></b></font><b>.</b><i></i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Scottish Premiere</i></div><div><i><br></i></div><div>An elderly goat herder in the mountains of Namaqualand, South Africa, falls victim to a scam promising long-overdue reparations for her father’s WWII service. As she waits for money that will never come, the disruptions of her 80th birthday threaten to strip away the last of her independence. Structured as a series of recurring visual ‘variations’, <i>Variations on a Theme</i> transforms repetition into revelation to frame a portrait of waiting, endurance, and loss.</div><div>&nbsp;</div><div>The feature will be screened alongside short film:&nbsp;</div><div><br></div><div><b><i>Submergido&nbsp;</i></b>(dir.&nbsp;Ariel Añez, Mozambique, 2025, 14 mins, Portuguese w/ English subtitles) (Scottish Premiere)</div><div><br></div><div>After his brother Amarildo disappears whilst fighting the war in Cabo Delgado, rumors spread that he may have switched sides to the insurgents. Sérgio returns home to deliver the tragic news to his family. As tension mounts in the household, he begins to sense that his ten-year-old nephew, Pércio, shares a mysterious connection with the missing man.</div>DramaPT1H19MN/C 182026-10-30ZA
Hettie Farmer
Gladwin van Niekerk
Magdalena Links
Devon Delmar
Jason Jacobs (<>Variations on a Theme</i>); Ariel Añez (<i>Submergido</i>)
Devon Delmar
Jason Jacobs
Mira Mendel
Annemarie du Plessis
Variations on a Theme + Short (Jali Film Weekender)"Variations on a Theme + Short (Jali Film Weekender)"

Showtimes

October 30, 4:00 pm

Filmhouse Cinema