Finalist
2024
Entry 24-205 | Austria | 2024 | 52’ | Language: English | Subtitles: Estonian
A Cheetah's Pride - EP2: Struggle to Survive
Gepardipere - Võitlus ellujäämise nimel
This is a cheetah family like no other. Nine cubs and two mothers, who against all odds have kept all these cubs alive in South Africa’s Samara Karoo Reserve. Their true story began with a chance meeting of Inara and her four cubs and Chilli with her five. Now cubs suckle from different mothers, and mothers raise each other’s cubs. Chilli and Inara are themselves, mother and daughter. But adult female cheetahs are solitary animals. This family breaks all the rules. Inara has recently lost the family. For now, all nine cubs are under Chilli’s care. Alone for weeks, Inara has gone back into estrous. She’s now searching for a mate. The family’s future is uncertain and more precarious than ever before.
Details
Director
Hansa Winshaw
Cinematography
Hansa Winshaw
Editing
Offline Editor Naudene Leisegang
Composer
Grant McLachlan
Producer
Executive Producers: Andrea Gastgeb, Sabine Holzer, Naudene Leisegang, Katharina Pechel
Production Company
A co-production of TERRA MATER STUDIOS and AFRICAN FILM COMPANY in association with SAMARA KAROO RESERVE
Contact of presenter / Director
Awards
Special MentionA story that sticks with you and follows the viewer outside the movie theater. It is a story about a brave mother, who takes care of 9 children. It is also a story of a grandmother who takes in her grandchildren whom their mother abandoned. It is a story about a grown up daughter who comes back to help her injured mother. It is also a story of brothers and sisters, playmates, who stick together, no matter if they actually have the same mother or not. There is so much to recognize in animal family relations. This leads to the understanding that it does not matter if you are human or cheetah: family is family and love is love.
