Looking for Iilonga

{{short description|2011 Namibian short film directed by Tim Huebschle}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Looking for Iilonga

| image = LOOKINGFORIILONGA-filmposter.jpg

| alt =

| caption = Official poster

| director = Tim Huebschle

| producer = Hanneke Dempsey

| screenplay = {{Plain list|

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| starring = {{Plain list|

  • Onesmus Uupindi
  • Ilke Platt
  • Aune Hamunyela

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| music = Steffen List

| cinematography = Simon Wilkie

| editing = Haiko Boldt

| studio = Collective Productions Namibia

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|2011|04|09|ref1={{Cite web | url=https://www.az.com.na/main/print_post/drei-kurzfilme-im-ntn/ |title = Drei Kurzfilme im NTN in Allgemeine Zeitung}}}}

| runtime = 18 minutes

| country = Namibia

| language = Oshivambo, English

| budget =

| gross =

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Looking for Iilonga is a Namibian short film directed by Tim Huebschle in 2011.{{Cite web | url=https://www.filmaffinity.com/us/film729508.html/ |title = Looking for Iilonga on Film Affinity}}

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.{{Cite web | url=http://www.thevillager.com.na/articles/10294/looking-for-iilonga/ |title = Looking for Iilonga in The Villager}}

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.{{Cite web | url=http://www.africine.org/?menu=film&no=14021/ |title = Africine}} The actors translated their respective lines into Oshivambo.{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=okZbDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA223/ |title = Reading Namibian Film|isbn = 9789991642338|last1 = Krishnamurthy|first1 = Sarala|last2 = Vale|first2 = Helen|date = 30 April 2018}}

The film was uploaded to YouTube in February 2019. By June of the same year it was watched 75,000 times.{{Cite web | url=https://www.namibian.com.na/190149/archive-read/Re-Released-Looking-For-Iilonga-Hits-75-000-Views/ |title = Re-Released Looking for Iilonga hits 75 000 views}}

Cast

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

References

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