MIRROR MIRROR

South Africa
2022

Director: Sandulela Asanda

Language: English, Xhosa

Mirror Mirror is a comedic coming of age story that takes place over a video call between adorkable 17-year-old Luthando and her best friend, Jodie, as they try to navigate the mechanics of self-pleasure and what it means to be a woman.

Screenings

23 July | 12:30 | Suncoast 8

Credits

Director

Sandulela Asanda

Producer

Cait Pansegrouw, Elias Ribeiro

Screenplay

Sandulela Asanda

Cinematography

Pierre De Villiers

Cast

Luhle Macanda, Buhle Ngaba, Mpumi Sizani

Runtime

9 min

Sandulela Asanda

Sandulela is a dynamic young filmmaker with a background in Law and Economics. She holds an honours degree in film from AFDA Film School in Cape Town. Her student film, NONGQAWUSE, received critical review and was selected as the South African entry for the Escolas section of the BRICS film festival 2019. Sandulela is the winner of the second edition of The Pitch South Africa Short Film competition. Her first professionally produced short, MIRROR MIRROR, recently had its world premiere in Shortcuts at TIFF. Sandulela is currently writing her debut feature, BLACK BURNS FAST, a coming-of-age story about a teenage black girl’s journey of self-discovery while attending an elite predominantly white high school. She is an alumna of the Locarno Film Festival’s Basecamp, the Durban Film Mart and Realness African Screenwriter’s Residency.
DIFF 2023

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