Looking for Iilonga is a Namibian short film directed by Tim Huebschle in 2011.[2]

Looking for Iilonga
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Directed by	Tim Huebschle
Screenplay by	Tim Huebschle Nailoke Mhanda
Produced by	Hanneke Dempsey
Starring	Onesmus Uupindi Ilke Platt Aune Hamunyela
Cinematography	Simon Wilkie
Edited by	Haiko Boldt
Music by	Steffen List
Production company	Collective Productions Namibia
Release date	April 9, 2011 (2011-04-09)[1]
Running time	18 minutes
Country	Namibia
Languages	Oshivambo, English

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.[3]

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.[4] The actors translated their respective lines into Oshivambo.[5]

The film was uploaded to YouTube in February 2019. By June of the same year it was watched 75,000 times.[6]

Cast

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

References

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