Desmond's Not Here Anymore

Production Country: USA
Running Time: 16mins
Year: 2021

Abigail battles moving her elderly mother with dementia out from the family home. When her mother unconsciously haunts her by continually questioning Desmond's whereabouts it forces her to finally face the question.

FILM CREW:
Director: Mmabatho Montsho
Producer: Lindiwe Suttle Müller-Westernhagen, Marius Müller-Westernhagen, Nicole Castro, Theo Dumont, Daniel Sol, Marissa Fujimoto, Ben Andrews
Writer: Lindiwe Suttle Müller-Westernhagen
DOP: Agnesh Pakozdi
Editor: Claudia Wolscht
Sound Design: Phil Harmonic
Composer: Ray Angry
Production Design: Heather Reese
Costume Design: Aïda Gebreselassie
Hair & Makeup: Dawn Coleman
Casting: Nike Imoru CSA

Cast: Yolonda Ross, S. Epatha Merkerson, Angela DiMarco, Faith Kibe, Jeremiah Brown, Brandon Ruffin


FESTIVALS:
South African Film Festival May 2023
Poppy Jasper International Film Festival April 2023
UPTILT Film Festival March 2023
Reel to Reality Film Festival March 2023
Dam Short Film Festival February 2023
Norwich Film Festival November 2022
Hamilton Film Festival November 2022
The Lake County Film Festival November 2022
Aesthetica Film Festival November 2022
Evolution Mallorca International Film Festival October 2022
OFFline Film Festival October 2022
Coney Island Film Festival September 2022
Greater Cleveland Urban Film Festival (GCUFF) September 2022
Middlebury New Filmmakers Festival August 2022
Sidewalk Film Festival August 2022
Woods Hole Film Festival July 2022
Cordillera International Film Festival July 2022
Durban International Film Festival July 2022
Bentonville Film Festival June 2022
American Black Film Festival June 2022
Fastnet Film Festival May 2022
Maryland Film Festival April 2022
The Pan African Film Festival April 2022
Phoenix Film Festival April 2022
Toronto Black Film Festival February 2022
Paris International Film Festival February 2022