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A film still from Sabbatical shows an overhead shot of a Black woman curled into a ball in a bathtub. Her arms are crossed in a self-embrace, and she slightly tilts her head upwards with her eyes closed. Her hair is in a low cut.

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A banker returns unannounced to her childhood home and her overbearing mother, whom she hardly visits. Unbeknownst to her mother, a life-changing secret brought her back, threatening to upend their relationship forever.







Directors Spotlight



Karabo Lediga

Director

Karabo Lediga is a writer-director whose short film What Did You Dream? screened at Clermont-Ferrand, Palm Springs, and won Best African Short at DIFF (2021). She’s an alumnus of Berlinale Talents, Less Is More (Le Groupe Ouest) and Toronto International Film Festival Writers’ Studio. ‘Sabbatical’ is her debut feature film.





  • Year 2025
  • Runtime 110 minutes
  • Country South Africa
  • Language Spitori, English
  • Director Karabo Lediga
  • Producer Kagiso Lediga, Tamsin Andersson
  • Executive Producer David Rypstra, Farzana Wadee, Luke Henkeman, Ozi Menakaya, Ryan Solovei
  • Cast Clementine Mosimane, Lethabo Mpoko, Loyiso Gola, Mona Monyane, Seputla Sebogodi, Tsholofelo Maseko
  • Cinematographer Motheo Moeng (SASC)
  • Editor Khulekani Zondi
  • Production Design Ntokozo Fuzunina Kunene
  • Composer Bokani Dyer
  • Sound Design Janno Muller
  • Music Bokani Dyer
  • Premiere North America





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