France/Belgium/Chad/ Austria 2006, French and Arabo-Chadian with English subtitles, 35mm, 93 min
Director: Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Screenplay : Mahamat-Saleh Haroun
Cinematography: Abraham Haile Biru
Cast: Ali Bacha Barkaï, Youssouf Djaoro, Hisseine Aziza, Khayar Oumar Defallah
Print Source: Pyramide International
The year is 2006. The place is Chad . The country's government has granted amnesty to all war criminals in a manner similar to that of South Africa . 16-year-old Atim is given a revolver by his grandfather in order that he may kill Nassara, the man who took the life of his father. He leaves his village for N'djamena in search of this man he has never met. He quickly tracks him down. The former war criminal now leads a life of domestication as a married man and the owner of a small bakery. With the intention of killing him, Atim gets himself hired as an apprentice baker. Intrigued by Atim, Nassara teaches him the secrets of making bread and over the weeks a strange relationship forms between the two men.
The themes of forgiveness and reconciliation explored in Dry Season remain as urgent as ever in our already war-scarred century on a particularly war-scarred continent. Shot under the same conditions of continual war that we see in the film, Dry Season is a devastating looks at the consequence of civil war and its effect on individuals.
The Cape Winelands will again at the 2012 edition of this festival present a series of Masterclasses and workshops. These events are sponsored by the City of Cape Town and Wesgro.
Winner of the Palme d’Or at this year’s Cannes festival, Apichatpong Weerasethakul’s new film has the magic of a fairy tale and the simplicity of a folk tale. Wonderfully immersive, slow and dreamy, 
