Rungano Nyoni
Rungano Nyoni is a self-taught Writer / Director. Her first short film The List won a BAFTA Cymru, her subsequent short film Mwansa the Great was selected for over 100 International Film Festival and was nominated for a BAFTA in 2012. In 2013 Rungano wrote Z1 which subsequently won Best Short at the British Independent Film Awards. Her short Listen has been nominated for a European Film Award 2015 and won the Best Short Narrative Prize at Tribeca Film Festival.
Rungano’s debut feature was I Am Not a Witch. It follows the story of an 8 year old girl who is exiled to a Witch Camp. The film premiered in Cannes and was nominated for numerous international awards. In 2018 Rungano won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer. She also won Best Director and Best Debut Director at the 2017 British Independent Film Awards.
In 2018 Rungano received the Wellcome Trust Fellowship.
BIFA Roles
| 2020 Jury Member |