Ndiva Women’s Film Festival 2019: Reverberation - Performed by Brenda Dokmah Bakomora (Ghana)

Ndiva Women’s Film Festival 

(Ghana)

NWFF 2019

Reverberation

Performed by Brenda Dokmah Bakomora

Ghana

Experimental

Synopsis

An experimental short film that aims to create raw, powerful physical language and emotions in a continuing effect. It puts the performer into an exhaustive physical struggle within the limits of the mind and body. The performance is the dramatization of resounding words and persistent questions from society’s expectations and the need to fit into specific constructs of marriage, career and body image in order to be validated. 

Performed by Ghana poet Brenda Dokmah Bakomora.

Ndiva Women’s Film Festival 2019: Ha jan bana by Cecilia Oppong-Badu (Ghana)

Ndiva Women’s Film Festival 

(Ghana)

NWFF 2019

Ha jan bana

Cecilia Oppong-Badu

Ghana

Fiction

Synopsis

Two women fight for the rights of the citizens by suing the state amid death threats by people who are likely to be affected if the judge rules in favour of them.

Biography

Cecilia Oppong-Badu, enrolled at the National Film and Television Institute Ghana, worked for TV3 Network Ltd as a Producer/Director for fourteen years. She manages her company Cobvision Inscape Ltd, a media production house. In addition, she has produced several commercials and documentaries for Samara Group, Galaxy Int. School among others. (Source: https://www.freshcraftseries.com/who/participants/#cecilia)

Ndiva Women’s Film Festival 2019: Demented by Josephine Kabahuma (Uganda)

Ndiva Women’s Film Festival 

(Ghana)

NWFF 2019

Demented (2019)

Josephine Kabahuma

Uganda

Fiction

Synopsis

Kansiime, a silent but smart mad woman observes her world and carefully lives through life looking out for her responsibilities as a woman in the house, together with her loud buddy, Mugume they flee from home onto separate paths looking out for food for them and their adopted daughter Kajoina. (20 min.)

Biography

Josephine Kabahuma is a Ugandan actress, writer and upcoming director working with Kyooto Media Group; she has worked on a number of projects as a writer, actress, director and script supervisor including; At The Garage, Kemi, Fidelity, Esteem, Demented, Equanimity, Judas Kiss and Breach among others. (Source: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10883759/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm)

Ndiva Women’s Film Festival 2019: Before the Vows by Nicole Amarteifio (Ghana-USA)

Ndiva Women’s Film Festival 

(Ghana)

NWFF 2019

Before the Vows (2018)

 Nicole Amarteifio

Ghana-USA

Comedy

Synopsis

Set in the capital of Ghana, the film captures the relationship between a happy couple, Nii and Afua, as they navigate the anxiety of their upcoming nuptials and question what it takes to ensure a long and happy marriage. The story reflects a modern-day African love story that can be universally understood by millennials around the world. (88min)

Biography

Nicole Amarteifio is an acclaimed TV/film producer cited in The Financial Times "Top 25 Africans to Watch" list, after a successful launch of the hit web series 'An African City', dubbed by CNN and the BBC as Africa's answer to 'Sex and the City'. Nicole is pursuing TV/film projects full time, after a successful career in international development, including her role as the first ever social media strategist for the Africa Region at The World Bank. In 2018, Nicole premiered her first feature film, a romantic comedy called 'Before the Vows', at the New York African Film Festival, followed by the American Black Film Festival, the Pan-African Film Festival, Toronto Black Film Festival and the AFI Silver New African Film Festival. She has several projects in development. (Source: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5106979/bio?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm)

Ndiva Women’s Film Festival 2019: Memre Yu (I Remember) by Zaide Bil (Belgium)

Ndiva Women’s Film Festival 

(Ghana)

NWFF 2019

Memre Yu (I Remember) 2019

Zaïde Bil 

Belgium

Documentary

Synopsis

A neglected family house in Paramaribo, Surinam. Almost 50 years ago, not long after being built, the house was left by a Surinam family that moved to The Netherlands. For good, it turned out. Today the house is a subtle reminder of the bond that the family still has with their country of birth. 'Memre Yu' is a poetic documentary about identity, migration and transitory memories.

Biography

Zaïde Bil is a graduate from the Royal Institute of Theatre, Cinema and Sound in Brussels. She graduated cum laude in her master's degree of documentary directing. Before that, she graduated from the Windesheim University of Applied Science in Zwolle, earning a bachelor's degree in Journalism. The combination of those diplomas give‍s‍‍ her the qualities of artistic directing and thorough research to tackle complex and versatile projects. (Source: https://www.dokma.be/over)