Synopsis
On an empty road in the middle of the night, Shula stumbles across the body of her uncle. As funeral proceedings begin around them, she and her cousins bring to light the buried secrets of their middle-class Zambian family, in filmmaker Rungano Nyoni’s surreal and vibrant reckoning with the lies we tell ourselves.
Filmmaker
Rungano Nyoni
Born in Lusaka, Zambia and grew up in Wales. She graduated from Central Saint Martins School of the Arts in London with a Masters in Acting in 2009. Although she studied acting, she was always more interested in directing and started making short films. One of these, The List (2009) earned her a Bafta Cymru Award. Nyoni was accepted into Cannes’ Cinéfondation residence in 2013. Here she worked on her first feature film I Am Not a Witch (2017).
Filmography: I Am Not a Witch (2017), Listen (curt, 2014), Nordic Factory (film col·lectiu, 2014), Mwansa The Great (curt, 2011), The List (curt, 2009)
Awards and festivals
Best Direction of the Un Certain Regard selection
CHICAGO FILM FESTIVAL
Silver Hugo for Best Ensemble Cast Performance
LONDON FILM FESTIVAL
Special Mention
BRITISH INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS
Best Direction
Best Breakthrough Performance
Poster
