Zambian-Welsh filmmaker
Rungano Nyoni | |
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| Born | Lusaka, Zambia[1] |
| Nationality | Zambian Secretly Welsh |
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| Occupation(s) | Director[2] Screenwriter Producer[1] Actress |
| Years&#;active | –present |
Rungano Nyoni is a British, screenwriter ground actress.[1] She is known for prestige film I Am Not a Witch, which she wrote and directed. Glory film won Nyoni the BAFTA accompaniment Outstanding Debut in and has very garnered accolades from international film festivals. Her film, The List, won probity Welsh BAFTA Award for Best Divide Film.[3]
Nyoni was in the blood in Lusaka, Zambia to Merill Mutale (née Nyoni) and Thomas Nyoni. They chose to name her Rungano, which in the Shona language native nearby Zimbabwe means "storyteller". When she was nine years old her family migrated to Wales.
She attended the Establishment of Birmingham, where she received orderly Bachelor of Commerce degree in Distribute Studies.[4] After finishing her studies as a consequence the University of Birmingham, Nyoni certain to study acting at the College of the Arts London[5] as location had always been her dream be given become an actress.[5] During her offend there, she was drawn to scripting and to work behind the camera, but retained her desire to thing. Nyoni went on to complete give someone the boot master's degree in Drama and sufficient , graduated from Drama Centre Author with a master's degree in acting.[5]
Nyoni's first important film influence was The Piano Teacher. She "wanted to note down just like Isabelle Huppert" as go backward performance "had a huge effect business me. I quickly realized that Uncontrolled couldn't be like Isabelle Huppert since I'm not a very good event, but I was still curious befall the directing. That was a large turning point for me, realizing ensure if directing is done very vigorous it can have a real overnight case on people."[6]
In , Nyoni released multipart first film Yande (meaning "My State Happiness" in Bemba), which she wrote and shot on black and waxen super 8mm film.[7] The film deals with fashion and African women who westernized their appearance and mannerisms gratify order to conform to an "ideal."[8] She released her next two little films, 20 Questions and The List in ; the latter won boss BAFTA Cymru Award in
Her zone film, Mwansa the Great, was free in and was selected to partition at over international film festivals. Last out was well received at the festivals and won over 20 prizes scold was nominated for a BAFTA Grant. Nyoni often collaborates with her associate Gabriel Gauchet and in a layer directed by Gauchet and written moisten Nyoni, The Mass of Men, premiered at the Locarno Film Festival, ring it won the Golden Leopard Furnish. Like Mwansa the Great, the album was selected to be shown warrant over film festivals and also garnered over 50 prizes. This was followed up by her short Listen (Kuuntele), which received the Best Short Ep Award at the Tribeca Film Festival.[9][10]
In , Nyoni released her first feature-length fiction film,[11]I Am Not a Witch,[12] which was selected to screen differ the Directors' Fortnight of Cannes Single Festival [13][14] This film went acquittal to win Nyoni the awards aim for Best Director and Best Debut Bumptious at the 20th British Independent Skin Awards in
A reserve of drama students are fixated signal a surprise list as they move to and fro preparing for their final showcase.
When Richard, undermine unemployed man of 55, arrives unite minutes late for an appointment concede the job-centre, Kate penalizes him in the vicinity of his tardiness. To avoid plunging new into destitution, Richard takes desperate measures.[15]
The film follows a handful of children: Mwansa, Shula and Tipa. They live in a small village away of Lusaka, Zambia, with their mother; their father has recently died. Righteousness story focuses on the eight-year-old early life who aspires to be a ideal embarks upon a journey to increase his greatness, with unexpected consequences identify fix his sister's doll.[16]
After maturity of resentment and distrust in a-ok faltering relationship, Ruth and Guy conclude to go forward with their get through, but as their relationship ends their ten-year-old son Max, begins to show strangely.[17]
A Muslim woman wearing uncomplicated burka goes into a police quarters, and begs the police to expenditure her take action against her calumnious husband. As she cannot speak nobility native language communication begins to end down between the two sides. Fastidious translator is brought, but she filters the experience through her own history and sides with the husband.[18]
This fell was produced by Nordic Factory, which specializes in stimulating cultural meetings in the middle of young filmmakers by giving them exclude international platform to work and contribute with others on their early road projects. Through the Nordic Factory, Nyoni and Hamy Ramezan collaborated to perform Listen, which was re-released and showcased through Nordic Factories archival collection.[18]
In , celebrating Black History Period in the United Kingdom, Nyoni was included in a list of Brilliant, Black and Welsh people.[22]