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Rungano Nyoni

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Rungano Nyoni

Born May 17, 1982 · Lusaka, Zambia (age 44)

Rungano Nyoni is a Zambian-Welsh director and screenwriter. She is known for the film I Am Not a Witch (2017), which she wrote and directed. The film won Nyoni the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut in 2018 and has also garnered accolades from international film festivals. Her 2009 film, The List, won the Welsh BAFTA Award for Best Short Film.

Known For

Iron DoorsIron Doors · 2010
Iron Doors
★ 4.62010
MovieThrillerMystery
A young man must escape from a mysterious locked vault before he dies of dehydration.
On Becoming a Guinea FowlOn Becoming a Guinea Fowl · 2024
On Becoming a Guinea Fowl
★ 7.52024
MovieComedyDrama
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.
I Am Not a WitchI Am Not a Witch · 2017
I Am Not a Witch
★ 6.72017
MovieDrama
Convicted of witchcraft, 8-year-old Shula is brought to live in a penal colony where witches do hard labour in service of the government.
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the BaneThe Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane · 2007
The Sarah Jane Adventures: Invasion of the Bane
★ 7.02007
MovieScience FictionTV Movie
There's a new drink taking the world by storm - Bubbleshock! Everyone's drinking it. When Maria's dragged along to the factory tour by her new friend, Kelsey - a girl with an opinion on everything - she's plunged into the sinister world of Bubbleshock and the mysterious Mrs Wormwood. There's something terrible behind the hype - something Sarah Jane's interested in too...
ListenListen · 2014
Listen
★ 7.32014
MovieDrama
A foreign woman in a burqa brings her young son to a Copenhagen police station to file a complaint against her abusive husband, but the translator assigned to her seems unwilling to convey the true meaning of her words. A tense, diamond-hard film about cultural isolation and bureaucratic ignorance.
The Mass of MenThe Mass of Men · 2012
The Mass of Men
★ 5.92012
MovieDrama
Richard, an unemployed 55-year-old, arrives 3 minutes late for his appointment at a job centre. An advisor, stifled by the limits of the system she works in, has no choice but to penalise him for his tardiness.
Mwansa the GreatMwansa the Great · 2011
Mwansa the Great
★ 5.42011
MovieDramaAdventure
Mwansa goes on a journey to finally prove that he is Mwansa the Great.
HomemadeHomemade · 2020
Homemade
★ 5.52020
SeriesDramaDocumentary
Acclaimed filmmakers from around the world channel their creativity during COVID-19 isolation with this diverse, genre-spanning collection of short films.

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