With paraffin acting as the de facto currency in a small Johannesburg township, Walter, a mocked inventor has to look for inspiration in an unlikely ally if he’s to find a renewable solution to the paraffin shortage that threatens to plunge everyone into darkness. Miklas Manneke’s AFDA graduation film e-lectricity is a refreshingly light-hearted short, which plays like a stripped down, South African version of Jean-Pierre Jeunet’s Micmacs.
