I AM NOT A WITCH
synopsis
Following a banal incident in her local village, 8-year old girl Shula is accused of witchcraft. After a short trial she is found guilty, taken into state custody and exiled to a witch camp in the middle of a desert. At the camp she takes part in an initiation ceremony where she is shown the rules surrounding her new life as a witch. Like the other residents, Shula is tied to a ribbon which is attached to a coil that perches in a large tree. She is told that should she ever cut the ribbon, she'll be cursed and transformed into a goat.
international title: | I Am Not a Witch |
original title: | I Am Not a Witch |
country: | United Kingdom, France, Germany |
sales agent: | Kinology |
year: | 2017 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Rungano Nyoni |
film run: | 90' |
screenplay: | Rungano Nyoni |
cast: | Gloria Huwiler, Maggie Mulubwa, Nellie Munamonga, Dyna Mufuni, Nancy Murilo, Ritah Mubanga, Henry B.J. Phiri, Chileshe Kalimamukwento, Travers Merrill |
cinematography by: | David Gallego |
film editing: | Georges Cragg |
art director: | Nathan Parker |
costumes designer: | Holly Rebecca |
producer: | Juliette Grandmont, Emily Morgan, Titus Kreyenberg |
production: | Soda Pictures, Clandestine Films, unafilm, Film4, Quiddity Films |
backing: | British Film Institute (GB), Ffilm Cymru Wales (GB), CNC (FR), Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund (DE), HBF+Europe (NL), Cannes Cinefondation Residency (FR), Moulin D’Ande Residency (FR), IFP No Borders Prize (US), ARTE Prize (FR) |
distributor: | Soda Pictures |