Looking for Iilonga is a Namibian short film directed by

Tim Huebschle Tim Huebschle is a Namibian film director and screenwriter. After completing his high school in Windhoek, Tim Huebschle relocated to Cape Town and completed a Bachelor of Arts in English & German Literature at the University of Cape Town. During ...

in 2011.

Plot

Confronted by a loan shark who is collecting what he is owed, Simon is faced with one option only: he has to repay his family's debts. Ripped from his comfortable rural lifestyle, he travels far away to the big city, hoping to work off the debts. But from the moment he sets foot in the city, everything seems to be against Simon.

Production

Looking for Iilonga was shot in and around

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over four days in November 2010. The screenplay was written by

and Nailoke Mhanda, based on an idea by Nailoke. The actors translated their respective lines into Oshivambo. The film was uploaded to

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in February 2019. By June of the same year it was watched 75,000 times.

Cast

* Onemus Uupindi as Simon * Ilke Platt as Amanda * Aune Hamunyela as Elizabeth * Immanuel Namwandi as Kondjashili

References

External links

* * {{Facebook, LOOKINGFORIILONGA
''Looking for Iilonga''
on South Planet Films set in Namibia Namibian short films 2011 films Films shot in Namibia Namibian drama films