Director
Rungano Nyoni
Cast list
Lars Mikkelsen... Daniel
Signe Egholm Olsen... Anne
Mads Riisom... Daniel
Dar Salim... Amir
Credits
Helene Granqvist... producer
Valeria Richter... producer
Nynne Marie Selin Eidnes... producer (as Nynne Selin)
Dominique Welinski... associate producer
Kristian Eidnes Andersen... music
Patrick Jonsson... music
Kristoffer Salting... sound designer
Olesya Kireeva... colorist
Christian Falkenberg Husum... legal consultant
Synopsis
The setting of this film takes place in a makeshift refugee camp in a northern region of Nyoni’s native Zambia. The main protagonist in I am Not a Witch is a nine year old girl named Shula, who is in fact a witch. Throughout the film Shula struggles with the decision to give up her powers, so that she may no longer be ostracized in her community. Nyoni shows the difficulties associated with adolescence in females and the nervous condition of being different from what society considers appropriate. This film brings to light the struggle of remaining true to oneself while simultaneously trying to be accepted by the surrounding community. I am Not a Witch is a coming of age film designed to show younger generations that it is ok to be different, as long as you are comfortable with who you are as a person.
Reviews
Nordic Factory Film, I am Not a Witch
Festival del Film Locarno, I am Not a Witch
Tambay A. Obenson, Rungano Nyoni’s 'I Am Not a Witch' + John Trengove's 'The Wound' Are Hubert Bals Fund Grant Picks,(blog)
Rachel Gabara. “Africa First: Volume Two. Mwansa the Great dir. by Rungano Nyoni, and: Umkhungo dir. by Matthew Jankes, and: Tinye So dir. by Daouda Coulibaly, and: Dirty Laundry dir. by Stephen Abbott, and: A Good Catholic Girl dir. by Matt Bishanga (review).” African Studies Review 57.3 (2014): 254-258. Project MUSE. Web. 1 Dec. 2015. <https://muse.jhu.edu/>.
Aboubakar Sanogo. “Certain Tendencies in Contemporary Auteurist Film Practice in Africa.” Cinema Journal 54.2 (2015): 140-149. Project MUSE. Web. 1 Dec. 2015. <https://muse.jhu.edu/>.
Lizelle Bisschoff. “Representing Africa in the UK: Programming the Africa in Motion Film Festival.” Research in African Literatures 44.2 (2013): 142-162. Project MUSE. Web. 1 Dec. 2015. <https://muse.jhu.edu/>.