Variations on a Theme
Jason Jacobs, Devon Delmar | South Africa, Netherlands, Qatar | 2026 | Afrikaans with English subtitles | 65m
Scottish Premiere

An elderly goat herder in the mountains of Namaqualand, South Africa, falls victim to a scam promising long-overdue reparations for her father’s WWII service. As she waits for money that will never come, the disruptions of her 80th birthday threaten to strip away the last of her independence. Structured as a series of recurring visual ‘variations’, Variations on a Theme transforms repetition into revelation to frame a portrait of waiting, endurance, and loss.

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The feature will be screened alongside short film: 

Submergido
Ariel Añez | Mozambique | 2025 | Portuguese with English subtitles | 14m
Scottish Premiere

After his brother Amarildo disappears whilst fighting the war in Cabo Delgado, rumors spread that he may have switched sides to the insurgents. Sérgio returns home to deliver the tragic news to his family. As tension mounts in the household, he begins to sense that his ten-year-old nephew, Pércio, shares a mysterious connection with the missing man.