Finalist
A Cheetah's Pride - EP2: Struggle to Survive
Gepardipere - Võitlus ellujäämise nimel
2024
Entry 24-205 | Austria | 2024 | 52’ | Language: English | Subtitles: Estonian
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.
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
| Original Title
A Cheetah's Pride - EP2: Struggle to Survive
2024
A 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.
| 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 |
| Original Title | A Cheetah's Pride - EP2: Struggle to Survive |
| Entry Number | 24-205 |
| Country of Production |
Austria
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| Year of Production | 2024 |
| Running Time | 52’ |
| Language: | English |
| Subtitles: | Estonian |
