Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (born 17 Jan 1980) is a Mosotho screenwriter, film director and visual artist. He lives in Berlin. [1]
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese (born 17 Jan 1980) is a Mosotho screenwriter, film director and visual artist. He lives in Berlin. [1]
Lemohang Jeremiah Mosese was born and grew up in Hlotse. As a child, Mosese watched 16mm B grade movies in a small abandoned community hall in his home town Hlotse. Before making films he started writing poetry.
Today, Mosese has emerged as one of the most striking and original voices of contemporary world cinema. His films explored spiritual and political themes, and are noted for their minimal dialogue, strong poetic imagery and preoccupation with his own childhood memories, Identity and physical and metaphorical death. [2]
He and a friend founded a production company, Vision 12, but struggled to make it financially viable. After returning to Lesotho, he made his first feature film Khapha tsa Mali (Tears of Blood) 2007. Which he later disowned as "Bad cinema". His follow up work was a short film trilogy Mosonngoa and Behemothor the game of god (2016) and video installation / Short film Loss of innocence. His short films have travelled extensively, winning awards on the festival circuit.
In 2018 Mosese receive critical acclaim in Film Festival Circuit with his feature-length essay film Mother, I am Suffocating. This is My Last Film About You is a docufiction essay treating the filmmaker's personal exile from Lesotho. [1] was selected for Final Cut in Venice, where it won six awards. It went on to premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival - Forum in 2019 and continues to screen at festivals and museums, including MoMA and Museum Ludwig. Later some parts of the film were included in Video installation collection works that were exhibited in international gallery spaces.
In This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection, a widow mourning the death of her son leads resistance to a dam which would destroy the village cemetery. It was developed through the Biennale College. It was screened in 76th Venice International Film Festival, [3] Rotterdam Film Festival 2020, Sundance Film Festival 2020 and many others. Mosese was the recipient of several awards with ‘This Is Not A Burial, It’s A Resurrection‘ winning Special Jury Award for Visionary Filmmaking in Sundance Film Festival. The Jury Prize at Portland International Film Festival. Grand Prize at Taipei Film Festival. According to Vulture magazine It’s a stunning work that immerses us both in the earthy textures of this world and in the spiritual crisis of its central character. [4] It marks out Mosese as a notable new voice in African cinema. This Is Not a Burial, It's a Resurrection was among 10 films that shocked Sundance Film Festival according to Rotten tomatoes.[ citation needed ]
Mosese was named as a member of the jury of the Berlinale International Short Films and Locarno Films After Tomorrow alongside Kelly Reichardt to Nadav Lapid.[ citation needed ]
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