Playground by Laura Wandel – My View by Robyn Sassen and other writers

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TOGETHER, we can take on the world. I think. Nora (Maya Vanderbeque) and her brother Abel (Gunter Duret), in Laura Wandel’s film Playground, at the European Film Festival from 13 October. Photograph courtesy screendaily.com

CHILDHOOD IN THE presence of other people’s children can be terrifying, if you are seven. Think of children bigger, more gregarious than you. Children who have a different understanding of privacy, of play, of parameters, to you. Laura Wandel’s extraordinary work Playground offers a child’s perspective on the microcosms and pecking orders of primary school existence. It’s a compelling, frightening and difficult to watch, but exceptionally brilliant piece of filmography. You can see it on this year’s European Film Festival, which is designed as hybrid, offering limited screenings and online access in Johannesburg and Cape Town, between 13 and 23 October, Mbabane between 21 and 23 October and Maseru, between 28 and 30 October.

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