‘THE WOUND - JOHN TRENGOVE’

Xolani, a lonely factory worker, joins the men of his community in the mountains of the Eastern Cape to initiate a group of teenage boys into manhood. When a defiant initiate from the city discovers his best kept secret, Xolani's entire existence begins to unravel. 

John Trengove is a Johannesburg-based writer/director with an MFA in film from New York University. One of the Mail & Guardian's 200 Young South Africans, his career spans theatre, television, documentary, commercials and short film. A Loerie and SAFTA recipient, John is best known for his acclaimed mini-series Hopeville that received the Rose d'Or for best drama and was nominated for an International Emmy. John directs fringe theatre in his spare time (Including the cult hit The Epicene Butcher) and heads up the development wing of Urucu Media. His debut feature film, The Wound, had its world premiere in competition at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to open Panorama at the Berlinale.