23rd edition November 20th to 28th, 2026
23rd edition
20 to 28 November, 2026
Lemohang Mosese is a visual artist and self-taught filmmaker from Hlotse, Lesotho. His visual essay Mother, I Am Suffocating, This Is My Last Film About You. had its premiere in the Forum section of the Berlin International Film Festival and has been presented at numerous festivals and at institutions including the Museum of Modern Art. His film This Is Not a Burial, It’s a Resurrection won more than 30 awards, including the Visionary Filmmaking Jury Award at the Sundance Film Festival. His video installations, including Sculpting God and New God, have been showcased around the globe. As a juror and lecturer, he has contributed to the Berlinale, the Locarno Film Festival, and Cambridge University. Ancestral Visions of the Future had its premiere at the Berlinale.
In Ancestral Visions of the Future, director Lemohang Mosese blurs the lines between reality and reconstruction. Through fragmented narratives and mythic imagery, Mosese reflects on dislocation and belonging, returning to his unnamed city—not for answers, but to remember himself. Yet, the film is more than the story of one man’s exile—it is an elegy for a city and a people caught between the weight of memory and the inevitability of loss, and a poetic ode to cinema.
Director Lemohang Mosese
Producer Marie Balducchi, Lemohang Mosese, Laura Kloeckner, Anan Fries
Screenwriter Lemohang Mosese
Cinematographer Lemohang Mosese, Phillip Leteka
Editor Lemohang Mosese, Andrès Hilarion
Sound Diego Noguera
Production Companies Agat Films, Mokoari Street
International Sales Company Agat Films