Set in 1950s South Africa, Sew the Winter to My Skin is a poetic reimagining of folk hero John Kepe, a real-life outlaw who referred to himself as the "Samson of the Boschberg." An Apartheid-era Robin Hood, he took livestock and other goods from white colonist farmers and gave them to the poverty-stricken native population, thus making him public enemy number one of the ruling colonial class. When the film begins, Kepe had evaded capture for 12 years before he was finally sentenced for a separate crime that some still believe he did not commit. South African writer/director Jahmil X.T. Qubeka does not handle the material as a standard biopic. Instead, he has crafted a cinematic genre-defying Western-epic-adventure, light on dialogue but visually stunning and with a glorious score to match. 

In competition for the FIPRESCI Award.