Sydney Taivavashe
Sydney Taivavashe | |
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Born | 1991 | (age 31)
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Known for | Filmaking |
Notable work | Gonarezhou: The Movie |
Awards | National Arts Merit Awards |
Sydney Taivavashe (born March 20,1991) is a Zimbabwean film director, producer and screenwriter.[1][2]
Early life[]
Sydney Taivavashe was born in 1991 in Masvingo, Zimbabwe where he grew up.[3]
Career[]
Sydney made his debut film in 2006, a short film titled The Terrific Nights.[4] His first feature film Through The Night was nominated at 2014 National Arts Merit Awards in the outstanding feature film category.[5]
In 2017, Sydney won a NAMA award for directing Seiko, a silent short film.[6] In the same year he partnered with Great Zimbabwe University to produce feature film Solo naMutsai, portraying the experience of students who come from poor backgrounds at the university.[7] In 2019, Sydney produced an anti-poaching awareness film titled Gonarezhou: The Movie[8] which featured artist Tamy Moyo and Zimbabwe president's daughter Tariro Mnangagwa. In 2021 it was announced that Sydney was working on a movie that documents the life of Zimbabwean iconic spirit medium Mbuya Nehanda.[9][10]
Filmography[]
- Tamba Wakachengera 2013
- Through the night 1 2013
- Through the night 2 2016
- Seiko (Short Film) 2017
- Solo naMutsai 2018
- Gonarezhou: The Movie 2020[11]
- The Story of Nehanda 2021
- Poor Cousins 2021
Awards[]
Year | Ceremony | Award | Result |
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2014 | National Arts Merit Awards | Outstanding Film Through the Night[12] | Nominated |
2016 | Zimbabwe International Film Festival | Best International Director | Nominated |
2017 | National Arts Merit Awards | Outstanding Short Film Seiko[13] | Won |
2020 | Pan-African Film Festival | Programmers Best First Feature Narrative Gonarezhou[14] | Won |
2020 | Pan-African Film Festival | Best First Feature Director[15] | Won |
References[]
- ^ "Mbuya Nehanda's story is coming to the big screen". 22 March 2021.
- ^ "Anti-poaching film to debut in Hollywood".
- ^ "Masvingo film producer breaks new ground". 9 June 2021.
- ^ "Taivavashe basks in NAMA glory". Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "Chihombori revels with NAMA award". The Financial Gazette. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "NAMA Award, A Magnetic Force". Zimbo Jam. 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ newsday (2017-05-15). "Taivavashe, GZU resurrect 'Solo Na Mutsai'". NewsDay Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ comments, Blessing Masakadza • 2 October 2018 1:59PM • 0. "ED's daughter in anti-poaching film". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- ^ "'The story of Nehanda' hits right note".
- ^ "Mbuya Nehanda's life to be told in new movie".
- ^ https://theworldnews.net/zw-news/gonarezhou-the-movie-comes-out-tops-in-hollywood
- ^ "NAMA nominees out". 6 February 2014.
- ^ "NAMA 2017 winners list in full". 19 February 2017.
- ^ "Gonarezhou the Movie Wins Best First Feature Narrative at Pan African Film Festival • #enthuse". 24 February 2020.
- ^ "Pan African Film Festival Wraps & Winners -". 4 March 2020.
External links[]
- Living people
- Zimbabwean film directors
- 1991 births