The Fragile King
RELEASE DATE: 2023
DIRECTORS: Tristan Holmes
SYNOPSIS:
The Fragile King tells the story of an older white man, Gerald King, who is closer to death than life who gets dumped with his 15 -year-old grandson, when the child’s mother dies in a drunken car crash. The boy, who barely knows this old man, is shocked into a new reality when he is dumped in Gerald’s flat in Durban by social services. The film pays homage to the filmmaker’s grandfather.
Awards and Festivals
THE FRAGILE KING (2023) DIRECTED BY TRISTAN HOLMES
WINS
- Best Director - New Renaissance Film Festival (London, UK)
- Best International Feature Film - Overcome Film Festival
- Best Actor In A Feature Film - Overcome Film Festival
- Best Lighting - Motion Pictures International Film Festival
- Best Cinematography - Motion Pictures International Film Festival
- West, East and South Film Festival (Fusion) - Best Original Screenplay of a Feature Film
- West, East and South Film Festival (Fusion) - Best Cinematography in a Feature Film
- West, East and South Film Festival (Fusion) - Best Lead Actress - Antoinette Louw
- Chandler International Film Festival- Best International Narrative Film
FESTIVAL SELECTIONS
- New Renaissance Film Festival (London, UK)
- Overcome Film Festival
- Show Low Film Festival- White Mountains Arizona
- Paris Lift Off Film Festival
- The South African Independent Film Festival
- Motion Pictures International Film Festival
- West, East and South Film Festival (Fusion)
- Chandler International Film Festival
- Winter Film Awards International Film Festival
- Idyllwild International Festival of Cinema
- Paris Lift Off Film Festival
- Crossing the Screen