An Interview with Toby Schmutzler and Milcah Cherotich
TFV spoke with Milcah Cherotich and Toby Schmutzler, two of the persons behind ‘Nawi’, Kenya’s official submission for the 97th Academy Awards.
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Posted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Dec 3, 2024 | Festivals, International Oscars 2025, OSCARS 2025 |
TFV spoke with Milcah Cherotich and Toby Schmutzler, two of the persons behind ‘Nawi’, Kenya’s official submission for the 97th Academy Awards.
Read MorePosted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Dec 3, 2024 | Festivals, International Oscars 2025, OSCARS 2025 |
‘Nawi’ is one of those rare films that, despite the weighty seriousness of its subject, stays afloat cinematically.
Read MorePosted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Nov 19, 2024 | IDFA 2024, Festivals |
British director Eloise King discusses her documentary ‘The Shadow Scholars’, showing at the 2024 edition of IDFA, and what it says about the intellectual capacities of the Global South.
Read MorePosted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Nov 19, 2024 | Festivals, IDFA 2024 |
The unpredictable nature of conflict robs ‘Writing Hawa’ of much of its compelling titular character, but Najiba Noori’s pro-feminist and anti-Taliban project emerges unscathed in ideological terms.
Read MorePosted by Oris Aigbokhaevbolo | Nov 19, 2024 | IDFA 2024, Festivals |
Gerald Igor Hauzenberger and Gabriela Schild have made a quietly spectacular documentary on the migration-related troubles of the Nigerien city Agadez through a trio of knowledgeable and remarkably telegenic mediators.
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