Laying The Lie
Psychosexual Thriller, 2026
FILM PRODUCTION DETAILS
Experimental Festival
AFDA Study Year: Year 03
Genre: Psychosexual Thriller
Running Time: 10
Rating: V
Viewing Restriction: 16
Leah and Daniel are a young couple deeply devoted to one another, sharing a relationship that feels certain and unbreakable. But after Leah receives a devastating diagnosis, doubt enters their bond. He swears he has been faithful. She believes she has been betrayed. With no clear answers, suspicion grows louder than trust. What begins as confusion turns into shame, paranoia, and emotional distance. As silence replaces intimacy, their love deteriorates, not because betrayal is proven, but because it is imagined and internalised.
CAST
Leah - Zoe Jeniker
Daniel - Lindokuhle Majola
CREW
Writer - Reitumetse Letsoalo
Director - Mohumi Maelane & Siphiwokuhle Buthelezi
Executive Producer - AFDA
Associate Producer - Siyabonga Kili
Associate Producer - Kaone Gontsana
Cinematographer - Ronnique-Leigh Van Der Westhuizen & Connor Peddie
Costume, Make-up and Styling - Siyavuya Bolani
Editor - Mughammad Gallant
Sound Design - Rayan Shortt
Composer - Sphosethu Madibi
Visual Effects - Alicia Angel Ferguson
Data Wrangler - Nothando Sasha Goba
Colourist/Grader - Ntando Ndhlazi
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