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Activities

Activities

Activities

Activities

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-I was an Animation Judge at #dandad24,  where we recognized the ultimate standard of creative excellence, USA 2024 

-We released Supa Team 4 on Netflix, South Africa 2023

-I held a creative writing workshop at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, USA 2023

-I was part of the LateNites events at the Museum of Fine Arts, USA 2023

-Homage to Wangarī, a film we created during a workshop at Acervo da Laje in Bahia screened as part of the House of Reasoned Truths, Morocco 2023

-Kesho Pia Ni Siku (Tomorrow is Another Day)Screening at Underexposed Film Festival yc, USA 2023

-Speaker at  the 24th International VFX Computer Graphics Conference, Italy 2023

-Black Star Film Festival Philadelphia, Panel discussion entitled “Holistic Repair” withfilmmakers from theRevivify documentary shorts program, USA 2022

-“Stories We Should Tell” exhibition curated by Dora Mugerwa at the AfricaGSD at the HarvardUniversity Graduate School of Design, USA 2022-PLASMA (Performances, Lectures, and Screening in Media Art)lecture for the PLASMA Lecture series for the Department of Media Study at the University at Buffalo NY, 2022

-Lecture for the culminating event of the Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival in conversation with Trea Andrea Russworm and hosted by Daniel Pope, USA, 2022

-The Africa Relay Lecture series by Salaam Film & Dialog, Denmark: Digital lecture series by African filmmakers for Danish high schools, Denmark 2022

-Guest Reader on the Nipe Story (Tell Me A Story) Podcast by Kevin Mwachiro celebrating African short fiction, Kenya 2022.

-#TemplatesForPublicArt by Limited Time Engagement (LTE)!: Contribution of artist-designed jack-o-lantern templates for their annual publication, USA 2021

-Inclusion and Representation: Animation Takes a Stand Panel at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France 2021

-African Creators in Animation Panel presented by Triggerfish Studios as part of the WIA(Women in Animation)World Summit at the Annecy International Animation Film Festival, France 2021-Kaboom Animation Festival Dutch and Docs Jury, Netherlands, 2021

-"Masterclass- Animação Africana Novas Conexões em Diáspora” Animation masterclass for

Nubas Escola in Brazil.

-#FreeTheArtistsSudan Participated in the production of a protest video seeking release of hajooj kukaand his colleagues, filmmakers detained in Sudan, 2020.

-Meet the Trailblazing African Talents: Durban International Film festival panel 2020.

-Hubert Bals Fund Bright Voices grant, for script and development, Spring 2020

-Selection Jury,Vila Sul artists residency,Goethe Institut Salvador

-Bahia, Brazil, 2020

-Film Jury,Tampere Film Festival, Finland, 2020

-SOTA (State Of The Art) Vr Panel as part of the #NOMA Exhibition at the Goethe Institut

Nairobi, Kenya 2020

-Writing for Animation Masterclass at the Joburg Film Festival, South Africa 2019

-Animation and Activism panel with Haart Kenya,The Nest Collective and The Green Belt Movement, at the Goethe Institut Nairobi, Kenya 2019

-Jiwar International Residence for Artists and Researchers in Urban Creativity resident, via the Africa Center program, 2018

-Resident at the 2-month-long Goethe Institut Vila Sul residency in Salvador-Bahia, Brazil, 2018

-Invited Filmmaker at the TIFF Filmmaker Lab, (Toronto International Film Festival) Toronto, Canada, 2018

-Invited Filmmaker at the Locarno Filmmakers Academy, Locarno Film Festival, Switzerland, 2018

-Resident in the REALNESS Screenwriter’s Residency by Urucu Media, at the Nirox
Foundation, Krugersdorp, South Africa 2018
-Panelist in the Create The Future VR and AR Hackathon with 360 Afrika, Nairobi,
Kenya 2018.
-Digital Lab Africa, Virtual Reality selection panel and Mentor, 2018
-Panelist in the NewImages Film Festival, Paris 2018
-Participant at the Deutsche Welle Akademie Casting and Directing actors workshop,
Nairobi 2018

-British Council and DocuBox Kenya's Filmmaker Round Table, Nairobi, Kenya 2017
-Kenyan Delegate at the Durban International Film Festival, South Africa 2017
-Mentor at the Maisha Film Lab Scriptwriting workshop, Nairobi, Kenya 2017
-Workshop facilitator on identity and culture in post-colonial countries at the Xplora Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India 2017
-Speaker and judge at the Chitrakatha Student Film Festival at the National Institute of Design in Ahmedabad, India 2017
-Maputo Fast Forward Festival Keynote Speaker, Mozambique 2017 

-Speaker at the re:Publica Media Convention Berlin, Germany 2017
-Deep Memory Exhibition at Kalmar Konst Museum, Sweden 2017
-Guest Lecturer at the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, Sweden 2017
-Guest lecturer at Ölands folkhögskola, Sweden 2017
-Panel speaker on Virtual Reality filmmaking at the Tampere Film Festival, Finland 2017
-Guest Lecturer at Konstfack, Stockholm, Sweden 2017
-1st Berlinale Africa Hub showcase, Berlin, Germany 2017
-New Dimensions Virtual Reality grant (Big World Cinema) South Africa, 2017
-Is’Art Gallerie Artist Residency, Antananarivo, Madagascar, 2016
-African Futures Virtual Reality Workshop, South Africa 2015
-Grafikens Hus Artist Residency, Stockholm, Sweden, 2015
-Design Indaba Keynote Speaker, South Africa, 2015
-Berlinale Talents Short Script Station, Germany 2015
-Docubox Kenya Documentary film grant, 2014
-2nd Afrinolly Short Film Competition, February 2014 Voted 3rd place in the
documentary category

-Festival Le Temps Presse, Paris, Women’s Prize nomination, 2016
-Kalasha Film Awards, Kenya, Best Animation Production November 2015
-Up Magazine Disruptor of the Year Award, Kenya October 2015
-Kalasha Film Awards, Kenya, Best Animation Production November 2015
Festival Le Temps Presse, Paris, Women’s Prize nomination, 2016given by the Bellavite Pellegrini Foundation, Milan, Festival del Cinema
Africano, d'Asia e America Latina April 2016
-Special Mention given to African Short Films section, Milan, Festival del Cinema
Africano, d'Asia e America Latina April 2016

Yellow Fever Awards and Nominations

-Festival International du Film Documentaire Océanien (FIFO)Oficcial Selection, March 2024 Short Films from the Indian Ocean

-Lilongwe Shorts, Malawi, May 2015 Won Award for Vision and Originality
-ArtCity Film Festival, Buea, Cameroon, October 2014 Won Best Experimental Film
-Black Star Film Festival, USA August 2014 Won Best Experimental Short Film
-AfriKamera Film Festival, Warsaw, Poland April 2014 Won Best Short Film
-This Is England Film Festival, Rouen, France November 2013 Won Best Animation
-Underexposed Film Festival, SC, USA November 2013 Won Best Student Film
-49th Chicago International Film Festival, USA October 2013 Won Silver Hugo for Best
Animated Short
-59th Oberhausen International Short Film Festival, Germany May 2013 Won Special
Mention in The Prize of the Ecumenical Jury

-Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards, Lagos, Nigeria March 2013 Won Best Short Film-7th Kenya International Film Festival, Nairobi, Kenya October/ November 2012Won Best Animation-Africa Movie Academy Awards, Bayelsa, Nigeria April 2013 Nominated for Best ShortFilm Award-Colours of the Nile Film Festival Addis Ababa, Ethiopia November 2012 Nominatedfor Best Short Film Award-Encounters Short Film Festival Bristol, UK September 2012 Nominated in TheNahemi Student Film Awards

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This Migrant Business Nominations

​​-Immersive Encounters Grand Prix Award September 2017​

Nairobi Berries Awards and Nominations

-Berlinale Talents Campus, Germany 2014
-Focus Features Africa First film grant, USA, 2013
-Durban Talents Campus, South Africa, 2013

Enkai Awards and Nominations

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Screened at Tisch Library at Tufts University, 2024

Screened at 18th St Louis African Film Festival at Washington University, 2024

Winner of Best TV/Media Limited Series at the Annies, 2024

Venice TV Award Nomination, 2024

British Animation Awards Nomination, 2024

Herder Boy Representing Whole Anthology at Kidscreen Winner of Best Animated Series, 2024

Whole Anthology won Outstanding Animation at the Cultural and Creative Industry Awards South Africa, 2024

Whole Anthology won Best International Series at The FRWD Awards at the AfroAnimation Summit, 2024

Selected to screen in competition in the Kids and Families Programme at the London International

Animation Festival, 2024

Athens International Film and Video Festival Nomination, 2024

Cleveland International Film Festival Nomination, 2024

The PRIX JEUNESSE INTERNATIONAL festival Nomination, 2024

Interviewed by Tendayi Nyeke the Executive Producer of Kizazi Moto, 2023

Screened at Annecy Festival, 2023

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