I Am Not A Witch

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. 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 on a large truck. She is told that should she ever cut the ribbon, she'll be cursed and transformed into a goat.


WRITER DIRECTOR

Rungano Nyoni

STARRING

Maggie Mulubwa, Henry B.J. Phiri and Nancy Murilo

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Awards





2018 Stockholm Film Festival
Best Directorial Debut

Rungano Nyoni

2018 Sarasota Film Festival Jury Prize Narrative Feature

Best Film


2017 Adelaide Film Festival International Feature Award

Best Film

2017 British Independent Film Award Best Director

Rungano Nyoni

2017 Douglas Hickox Award

Rungano Nyoni

2017 British Independent Film Award Breakthrough Producer

Emily Morgan

2018 BAFTA Film Award
Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer

Rungano Nyoni and Emily Morgan






Festivals