Communion

  • Communion
Genre : Experimental
Type : Film essay
Original title :
Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2018
Format : Short
Running time : 6 (in minutes)
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A woman steps into her past to find healing and acceptance with the dead in order to overcome her present grief.

The story of a young woman stuck in a box of grief and societal expectations that she decides to take an imaginative trip to the past to find acceptance and freedom with her dead.

A film by Patience NITUMWESIGA

Ouganda, 2018, short Experimental / Documentary / drama, 6mins 28s

Stars: Gladys Oyenbot, Nantambi Juliet, Felix Bwanika



Debut short film

Country: Uganda
Type: Experimental, Documentary, Drama

Director: Patience Nitumwesiga
Writer: Patience Nitumwesiga
Cinematography by Gabriel Mundaka
Music composed and produced by Deadhorse, Nathan Leigh
Original score: Phil Wilmot
Film Editing by Gabriel Mundaka

Cast (in credits order)
Gladys Oyenbot... Sally Ganshanga
Nantambi Juliet... Sally's mom (voice)
Felix Bwanika... Sally's dad (voice)


2020 | #IAmAFRICA Short Film Competition | Los Angeles, USA
* Official Selection
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2019 | Mashariki African Film Festival | KIGALI, Rwanda
* Nominee: Best African Short Film
* Nominee: Best East African Short


2018 | Inshort Film Festival | LAGOS, Nigeria
* Official Selection

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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