Firstborn
This short film explores identity and sexuality within the Afrikaans minority culture of post-Apartheid South Africa through a fable about two brothers who descend into matricide and madness on a remote ostrich farm.
Directed by Etienne Kallos
Written by Etienne Kallos
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