I Am Not a Witch
Synopsis
Official Selection Cannes Film Festival 2017 - Directors' Fortnight - World premiere
Official Selection BFI London Film Festival 2017 - First Feature Competition
Official Selection Sundance Film Festival 2018 - Spotlight
Official Selection Rotterdam International Film Festival 2018
Details
- Year
- 2017
- Type of film
- Features
- Running time
- 90 mins
- Director
-
Rungano Nyoni 1st Feature
- Producer
- Emily Morgan, Juliette Grandmont, Titus Kreyenberg
- Executive Producer
- Eve Gabereau, Mary Burke, Hannah Thomas, Eva Yates, Daniel Battsek
- Editor
- George Cragg, Yann Dedet
- Screenwriter
- Rungano Nyoni
- Director of Photography
- David Gallego
- Principal cast
- Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri, Nancy Mulilo, Margaret Sipaneia
Genre
Categories
Production Status
Production Company
UK, France, Zambia, Germany coproduction
A Soda Pictures (UK), Clandestine Pictures (FR), iCreate Films (ZM), Unafilm (DE) production with support of BFI (UK), Ffilm Cymru Wales (UK), Film4 (UK), Aide aux Cinémas du Monde (FR), Berlinale World Cinema Fund (DE), HBF+Europe (NE)
Quiddity Films
Emily MorganSales Company
Kinology
Gaelle Mareschi, Grégoire Melin30 rue Moret
75011 Paris
France
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