South Africa (S)

Stillborn

Director: Jahmil X.T. Qubeka

In a virtual world of the future, every snowflake has a price, every raindrop can speak, and every person's life is predestined; this state of affairs persists for as long as life itself. No one knows how this came to be, nor can anyone take control of his or her life.

Nobomi SX1, a woman programmed to be a janitor, is one day inspired to change her destiny despite the risk to her life. She tries to strike a path in life that is different from the path for which she was programmed, in order to find out what it feels like to be human.