Project Detail

Dread

A transmasc driver sits in their car staring out of the window

Synopsis

Soft-spoken transmasc driver, Toni, is used to dealing with an array of strange customers in their day-to-day work transporting locals and tourists through the economically divided City of Cape Town in their late father’s vintage Daimler. But when Claudia, a German digital nomad with blonde dreadlocks, offloads a traumatic story on a short ride across town, Toni’s car becomes dangerously possessed with Claudia’s invisible trauma demon.

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Details

Year
2026
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
9 min 28 sec
Format
4K
Director
Gabe Gabriel, Loren Loubser
Producer
Helios Blanc, Sophia Shek, Dominique Jossie
Executive Producer
Helios Blanc, Sophia Shek
Editor
Eva Du Preez
Screenwriter
Gabe Gabriel, Loren Loubser
Director of Photography
Gaopie Kabe
Production Designer
Tiffany Matthews
Sound
Craig Ryneveld
Composer
Alysha Brilla
Principal cast
Thishiwe Ziqubu, Simone Neethling, Kate Pinchuck
Associate Producer
Quanita Adams
Production Coordinator
Janine Minnaar
Production Driver
Aldrin Appels
Continuity
Khadeejah Kaffoor
1st Assistant Director
Nana Lomingo
2nd Assistant Director
Shiefaa Hendricks
Focus Puller
Refilwe Somoro
Camera Assistant
Sophia Hynch
DIT
Naguib Fredericks
VT
Damien Amon
Photographer
Sara Petersen
Key Grip
Alain Tchoufon
Grips Assistant
Mike Ngomani
Gaffer
Brandon Bruce Daniels
Best Boy Lighting
Litha Vakalisa
Spark
Sizwe Mokhalimetso
Sparks Dailies
Anzuruni Zyalla
Boom Swinger
Alex Mackenzie
Sound Assistant
Tasriq Williams
Props Master & Set Dresser
Dewan Tieling
Stunt Driver
Marlon Clint Braaf
Process Trailer Driver
Louis Gouws
Costume Designer
Onesimo Bam
Costume Assistant
Megan Smith
Locations Manager
Ebrahim Ismail
Unit Manager
Naeem Isaacs
Unit Assistants
Yushrie Van Neel, Abduragmaan Khan
Medic
Qaadir Rajap
Standby Medic
Ruzdim Pasha
Security
Benjamin Miller, Harold Hunter
Head of Catering
Shamiela Omar
Catering Assistants
Marvin White, Sabri Williams
Post-Production Facilities
Lemon Slice
Post-Production Supervisors
Wilhelm Conradie
Post-Production Coordinator
Jenine Linderque
Assistant Editor
Heletia Slabber
Trailer Editor
Ruane Van Rooyen
Finishing Artists
Wilhelm Conradie, Jenine Linderque
Quality Contro
Wilhelm Conradie
Colouring Facilities
Strangelove
Colourist
Nic Apostoli
Post-Production Sound Facilities
Syncwav Studios, Sunnt Jam Records
Sound Editor
Keenan Joshua, Craig Reyneveld
Audio Description Facility
Transperfect Media
AD Recording Artist
Heike Brunner
Recording Engineer
Gerad Gleeson
Mixing Engineer
Stembele Sonkosi
Project Manager
Semone Coetzee
Talent Manager
Joy Matambo
Motion Graphics
Lemon Slice
Visual Effects Producer
Alret Van Der Walt
Subtitles
Melissa Willering

Genre

Categories

Production Status

Production Company

Blended Films (Pty) Ltd

Dominique Jossie
Cape Town, South Africa
https://blended-films.com/

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