Feb 18, 2018Mugambi Nthiga, Stycie Waweru
The screenwriter and the actress at the double Photo Call.
Generation – Supa Modo
Feb 18, 2018Tom Tykwer, Sarika Hemi Lakhani, Siobhain Wilson
Three of the four producers of the film.
Generation – Supa Modo
Feb 24, 2018Mugambi Nthiga
The scriptwriter at the Award Ceremony.
Generation – Supa Modo – Special Mention
‘So if you had one superpower, what would it be? Super Strength?’ · ‘No.’ · ‘Fighting Skills?’ · ‘That’s not a superpower.’ · ‘What then?’ · ‘Same as always, to fly.’
Nine-year-old Jo loves action films and dreams of being a superhero. Her biggest wish: to make a film and star in it. In her fantasy she can forget that she is terminally ill. When Jo’s sister can no longer bear seeing the cheerful girl spend her precious remaining time in bed, she encourages Jo to believe in her magic powers, and the whole village to make Jo’s dream a reality. This moving drama by Kenyan filmmaker Likarion Wainaina, created as part of a master class hosted by the German-Kenyan production collective One Fine Day Films/Ginger Ink, is about the power of the imagination and an unusual means of saying farewell.
by
Likarion Wainaina
Germany / Kenya 2018
Swahili, Kikuyu, English
74’ · Colour
recommendation: 9 years and up
World premiere
Stycie Waweru (Jo)Nyawara Ndambia (Mwix)Marrianne Nungo (Kathryn)Johnson Chege (Mike)Humphrey Maina (Pato)Joseph Omari (Chairman)Rita Njenga (Nyanya)Dinah Githinji (Anne)John Gathinya (Ozil)Jubilant Elijah (Kush)
This Kenyan filmmaker was born in Moscow, Russia but now lives in Nairobi where he works as a director and cinematographer. As a cameraman he has filmed documentaries and commercials, as a director he has worked on several TV shows and made a number of short films. One of his first, Between the Lines, was the first Kenyan film to projected on an IMAX screen in Kenya. More recently, his film Bait screened at the Cannes International Film Festival.
Filmography2013 Between the Lines; short film · The Friend; short film 2014 Before and After; short film · The Audition; short film 2015 Bait; short film 2016 Moving; short film 2018 Supa Modo
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2018
One Fine Day Filmswww.onefinedayfilms.com/
Ginger Ink Filmswww.gingerink.tv/
Rushlake Mediawww.rushlake-media.com/