While You Weren't Looking
6.5
Dez and Terri, a mixed-race couple married 20 years and adoptive parents, they are the trailblazing lesbians of the New South Africa. But, have these freedoms guaranteed them happiness? Asanda, their 18 year old adopted daughter, is the poster child for South Africa’s diversity but describes herself as “an experiment”, being made up as she goes along. She meets Shado, an enigmatic Tommy Boy from Khayalitsha, a township on the edge of Cape Town, and a different picture of the New South Africa emerges.
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Cast
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Camilla Waldman
Terri
Known for
Binnelanders
Sandi Schultz
Dez
Known for
Blood & Water
Binnelanders
Fezile Mpela
Joe Thulo
Known for
Holiday in the Wild
Lionel Newton
Mack
Known for
Mia and the White Lion
Stander
Petronella Tshuma
Asanda
Also in
The Tokoloshe
Of Good Report
Thishiwe Ziqubu
Shado
Also in
Hard to Get
The Fury
Tina Jaxa
Milly Thulo
Known for
Disaster Holiday
Fatal Seduction
Jill Levenberg
Yasmin
Also in
Suidooster
Ellen: The Ellen Pakkies Story
Terence Bridgett
Tiny
Known for
Binnelanders
Kite
Pascual Wakefield
Greg
Also in
Vinkel & Koljander
Die Spreeus
Catherine Stewart Director · Nodi Murphy Writer Amy Jephta Writer
Budget $595K · United States release May 2, 2015 · Produced in South Africa
Box office
Budget
$595,441
Production
Out in Africa Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
Production
Phat Free Films
Production
Puo Pha Productions
Production
South Africa
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
Afrikaans · English · Xhosa
Release dates
United States · May 2, 2015
Premiere · Miami Gay and Lesbian Film Festival
South Africa · October 28, 2015
Theatrical
United States
June 20, 2015 · Premiere · Frameline Film Festival
January 1, 2016 · Premiere · Palm Springs International Film Festival
France
October 28, 2016 · Premiere · Cineffable Paris Lesbian & Feminist Film Festival
Japan
April 30, 2016 · Premiere · Kansai Queer Film Festival
South Africa
July 26, 2015 · Premiere · Durian International Film Festival
Sweden
September 25, 2015 · Premiere · Cinema Queer International Film Festival
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