Seasons of Longing

2014 | South Africa

A short film about how queer love survived in the secrecy of a 1930s South African farming community. In the 1930s South Africa, Irene (Freddie) Heseltine’s photographic collection reveals the hidden world she shared with her partner of almost sixty years, Petronella (Nell) van Heerden. Using the technique of repeat photography, Seasons of Longing imagines the moment before and after each photograph was taken and how their romantic relationship survived.