The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Maxwell Simba
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Chiwetel Ejiofor
GBR 2018, Berlinale Special
© Ilze Kitshoff / Netflix
Chiwetel Ejiofor, Maxwell Simba
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Chiwetel Ejiofor
GBR 2018, Berlinale Special
© Ilze Kitshoff / Netflix
Maxwell Simba, Lily Banda, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Aïssa Maïga
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Chiwetel Ejiofor
GBR 2018, Berlinale Special
© Ilze Kitshoff / Netflix
Maxwell Simba
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Chiwetel Ejiofor
GBR 2018, Berlinale Special
© Ilze Kitshoff / Netflix
Chiwetel Ejiofor
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by Chiwetel Ejiofor
GBR 2018, Berlinale Special
With
- Chiwetel Ejiofor (Trywell Kamkwamba)
- Maxwell Simba (William Kamkwamba)
- Lily Banda (Annie Kamkwamba)
- Noma Dumezweni (Edith Sikelo)
- Aïssa Maïga (Agnes Kamkwamba)
- Joseph Marcell (Chief Wimbe)
- Lemogang Tsipa (Mike Kachigunda)
Crew
| Written and directed by | Chiwetel Ejiofor |
| Cinematography | Dick Pope |
| Editing | Valerio Bonelli |
| Music | Antonio Pinto |
| Sound Design | Rob Ireland |
| Production Design | Tulé Peake |
| Costumes | Bia Salgado |
| Make-up | Francesca Van Der Feyst |
| Casting | Alexa Fogel |
| Assistant Director | Stephen Carney |
| Production Manager | Shiv Mandavia |
| Producers | Andrea Calderwood, Gail Egan |
| Executive Producers | Joe Oppenheimer, Rose Garnett, Natascha Wharton, Jeff Skoll, Jonathan King, Strive Masiyiwa, Payne Brown, Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Peter Hampden, Norman Maerry |
| Co-producer | Donald Sabourin |
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Chiwetel Ejiofor, Aïssa Maïga, Maxwell Simba – Feb 12, 2019
The director and his actors at the Photo Call.
Berlinale Special – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Aïssa Maïga – Feb 12, 2019
The actress at the Photo Call.
Berlinale Special – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Feb 12, 2019
The director at the Photo Call.
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William Trywell Kamkwamba – Feb 12, 2019
The film is based on his autobiographical novel.
Berlinale Special – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Feb 12, 2019
The director at the Press Conference.
Berlinale Special – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Aïssa Maïga, Maxwell Simba – Feb 12, 2019
The actors at the Press Conference.
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Maxwell Simba – Feb 12, 2019
The actor at the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
Berlinale Special – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Aïssa Maïga – Feb 12, 2019
The actress on the Red Carpet at the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
Berlinale Special – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Chiwetel Ejiofor – Feb 12, 2019
A big welcome for the director at the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
Berlinale Special – The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Dieter Kosslick, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Aïssa Maïga – Feb 12, 2019
Premiere in the Friedrichstadt-Palast.
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Chiwetel Ejiofor – Feb 12, 2019, Time: 19:19:53
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale
Aïssa Maïga – Feb 12, 2019, Time: 19:16:43
© Gerhard Kassner / Berlinale
Maxwell Simba – Feb 12, 2019, Time: 19:12:24
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Press Conference
Aïssa Maïga (Actress), Maxwell Simba (Actor), Chiwetel Ejiofor (Director, Screenwriter), William Kamkwamba (Author)
Moderation: Jenni Zylka
Chiwetel Ejiofor
Born in 1977 in London, UK to Nigerian parents, he is best known as an actor and has played roles including the title character in Twelve Years a Slave for which he was nominated for an Oscar. He most recently appeared in Garth David’s Mary Magdalene with Rooney Mara and Joaquin Phoenix. Alongside his acting work in the theatre and for film and television, he has already written and made two short films that have screened at festivals. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is his debut feature film as a director.
Filmography (as director)
2008 Slapper; short film 2013 Columbite Tantalite; short film 2018 The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind
Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2019