{"id":21225,"date":"2022-08-22T12:05:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-22T10:05:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/?post_type=movie&#038;p=21225"},"modified":"2022-08-22T12:09:28","modified_gmt":"2022-08-22T10:09:28","slug":"i-am-not-a-witch","status":"publish","type":"movie","link":"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/en\/movie\/i-am-not-a-witch\/","title":{"rendered":"I Am Not a Witch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Eight-year-old Shula is roaming about unsuspectingly when a woman crosses her path and suddenly falls. In this remote part of Zambia, there is one plausible explanation for the supposedly harmless incident: Shula is a witch. She\u2019s sent to a camp for women who have all been expelled from their villages for the same reason and now languish in a cross between a penal camp and tourist attraction, tethered to the ground with white ribbons to prevent them from flying away. Based on a reallife phenomenon, I Am Not a Witch develops its hybrid potential with elements of magical realism, Kafkaesque qualities, a generous dose of feminist resolve and plenty of crude humour.<\/p>\n<p>\u00bbFor over a month I stayed in one of the oldest witch camps in the world (over 200 years old) \u2013 the first foreigner to sleep there apparently. It\u2019s my stay at the \u203awitch camp\u2039 that informed the script. I observed the life at the camp, how they were organized, the routines and characters. For example the character of Tembo was inspired by the Keeper whose father and father\u2019s father were charged to look after and oversee the witches\u2019 welfare. A job that had been passed down his family for over 100 years. I observed how limited these women\u2019s lives had become based on nothing more than hearsay. I also witnessed the hostility of the locals towards the women in the camp.\u00ab<br \/>\n\u2013 Rungano Nyoni<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>Awards for \u203aI Am Not a Witch\u2039<\/strong><br \/>\nOutstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer (Rungano Nyoni and Emily Morgan) \u2013 BAFTA Awards 2018 | Best Feature, Best Film \u2013 Adelaide Film Festival 2017 | Best Feature Film \u2013 Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) 2017 | Best Director, Breakthrough Producer, Douglas Hickox Award \u2013 British Independent Film 2017 | Best Directorial Debut \u2013 Stockholm Film Festival 2017<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":21224,"template":"","movie_year":[24],"movie_genre":[80],"movie_cat":[277],"festival":[306],"class_list":["post-21225","movie","type-movie","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","movie_year-24","movie_genre-feature-film-en","movie_cat-international-debut-feature-film-competition-en-2018","festival-2018-en"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>I Am Not a Witch - Internationales Frauen Film Fest<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/frauenfilmfest.com\/en\/movie\/i-am-not-a-witch\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"I Am Not a Witch - Internationales Frauen Film Fest\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Eight-year-old Shula is roaming about unsuspectingly when a woman crosses her path and suddenly falls. 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