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Joy’s Garden

Director: Ngwatilo Mawiyoo
Filmmaker's profile

Edwin abruptly goes from absent baby daddy to sole caregiver of Joy, his seven-year-old daughter, following her mother’s death. Her plants and presence disrupt his beloved soccer and whisky, but he must find it in his heart to make room for her.

Details

Duration: 13min.

Country: Kenya

Language: English, Swahili

Year: 2020

Genre: Fiction (Drama)

Topic: African, Black Identity, Childhood, Children, Death, Family, Human Relationship, Nature, Sports

Cast & Crew

Director: Ngwatilo Mawiyoo

Production company: Teren Teren Films

Writer: Ngwatilo Mawiyoo

Cinematographer: Andrew "Dru" Mungai

Editor: Franki Ashiruka

Actors: Melvin Alusa , Torah Nato

Festivals & Awards

2021

Almagro International Film Festival

Zanzibar International Film Festival Zanzibar International Film Festival Best Actor

Washington West International Film Festival

VGIK International Students Festival

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