Looking for Iilonga

Looking for Iilonga is a Namibian short film directed by Tim Huebschle in 2011.[2]

Looking for Iilonga
Official poster
Directed byTim Huebschle
Produced byHanneke Dempsey
Screenplay by
Starring
  • Onesmus Uupindi
  • Ilke Platt
  • Aune Hamunyela
Music bySteffen List
CinematographySimon Wilkie
Edited byHaiko Boldt
Production
company
Collective Productions Namibia
Release date
  • April 9, 2011 (2011-04-09)[1]
Running time
18 minutes
CountryNamibia
LanguageOshivambo, English

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.[3]

Production

Looking for Iilonga was shot in and around Windhoek over four days in November 2010. The screenplay was written by Tim Huebschle and Nailoke Mhanda, based on an idea by Nailoke.[4] The actors translated their respective lines into Oshivambo.[5]

The film was uploaded to YouTube in February 2019. By June of the same year it was watched 75,000 times.[6]

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

References
  1. "Drei Kurzfilme im NTN in Allgemeine Zeitung".
  2. "Looking for Iilonga on Film Affinity".
  3. "Looking for Iilonga in The Villager".
  4. "Africine".
  5. Krishnamurthy, Sarala; Vale, Helen (30 April 2018). Reading Namibian Film. ISBN 9789991642338.
  6. "Re-Released Looking for Iilonga hits 75 000 views".
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