Synopsis
After two friends photograph a gigantic fish, Zanzibar becomes a tourist hotspot - but not like they dreamed.
Accolades
• Competed at Sundance
• Swept the 2014 Shots Young Director Awards at Cannes Lions, winning Best Short Film, the Jury Special Award, and the Audience Award
• Short of the Week
”Cements Tavares as filmmaker poised to shape the nature of storytelling moving forward.”
Short of the Week
Kibwe Tavares | Tanzania | 2013 | 17 min
Did you know?
The talent involved is undeniable:
• Daniel Kaluuya went on to earn an Oscar nomination for Get Out and win for Judas and the Black Messiah
• Malachi Kirby later won a BAFTA for Small Axe
• Jack Thorne won two Emmys for Adolescence last year
• Kibwe Tavares went on to make iconic ads, executive produce Noughts & Crosses, and co-direct Netflix UK’s #1 film The Kitchen with Kaluuya
Fresh eyes from outside Africa can be helpful, as long as they’re not the dominant gaze we internalise.
Even when they get the accents wrong.
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