While trying to prove he is a hero, Mwansa does the unforgivable and accidentally breaks his big sister Shula's special mud doll. He goes on a quest not only to fix it, but to finally prove he is Mwansa, The Great.

A film by Rungano Nyoni

Zambia, 2011, Fiction, 24 mins

starring Samuel Mwale, Anna Mithi, Owas Ray Mwape

Year: 2011
Type of film: Shorts
Running Time: 24 mins
Format: HD

TAGS
Woman Director
Children's
Drama

Producers
Rungano Nyoni
Gabriel Gauchet

Executive Producers
Mutale Merrill, Travers Merrill

Director
Rungano Nyoni

Screenwriters
Rungano Nyoni, Gabriel Gauchet

Dialogues
Samuel Mwale
Owas Ray Mwape
Anna Mithi
Mwansa Bwalya
Rebecca Ngoma (as Becky Ngoma)
Lackie Phiri
Fenando Mambwe
Hakalima Nchimunya Himpande

Director of Photography
Andrzej Krol

Production Designer
Ricardo Hernandez

Sound
Tilman Hahn

Music
Barefeet Theatre Company

Editors
Gabriel Gauchet, Rungano Nyoni

Cast
Mwansa Bwalya... Shula the Princess
Anna Mithi... Shula
Samuel Mwale... Mwansa
Owas Ray Mwape... Mwansa the Great
Becky Ngoma (Rebecca Ngoma)... Mother
Lackie Phiri... Lackie


Ist AD.......................................Tobias Tembo
2nd Assistant Director.....................Paul Kabungo-Mfula

Cinematographer..........................Andrzej Krol
Camera Assistant..................................Leonard Charles Phiri
Editor.............................................Gabriel Gauchet / Rungano Nyoni
Title Credits.......................Jens Blank
Sound Recordist......................Lilia Dornhof
Boom...............................................Funti-k Banda
Sound Designer......................Tilman Hahn
Foley Artist........................Helene Seidl
Production Designer.......................Ricardo Hernandez
Art Department Assistant................Misheck Happy Face Nguni / Thomas Nyoni Snr.
Wardrobe Mistress..............Rebecca Ngoma
Costume Assistant.............Clement Mwela
Make-Up.................................Rebecca Ngoma
Production Manager..............Gabriel Gauchet
Production Assistant....Jessie Chisi / Tobias Tembo
Compositor.....................................Frank Schumacher
Adam Arnot Drummond
Colour Grader..............................Frank Schumacher
French translation............... Romain Hemeray
Catering.......................................................Mitemgo Womens Project
Driver.................................Ba Bwalya
Dog Handler...................Mwalimu
Executive Producer..................Mutale Merrill / Travers Merrill / Rungano Nyoni
Publicity..................................Nancy Matambo

Prod : Africa First
The Africa First short film program is sponsored by Focus Features, and will award five (5) emerging African filmmakers $10,000.00 (ten thousand U.S. dollars) each towards the pre-production, production, or post-production of their short film.

FESTIVALS
1. Cineposible International Festival (Madrid, Spain) 30 March - 3 April 2011
2. Corto Helvetico al Femminile (Locarno, Switzerland) 1 - 4 April 2011
3. New York African Film Festival (New York, USA) 6 - 12 April 2011
4. CMS Int Childrens Film Festival (Lucknow, India) 5 - 11 April 2011
5. Sehsuchte Film Festival (Postdam, Germany) 2 - 8 May 2011
6. KAN Film Festival (Wroclaw, Poland) 5 - 8 May2011
7. Curtocircuito Int Film Festival (Galicia, Spain) 6 - 15 May 2011
8. VIS Vienna Independent Shorts (Vienna, Austria) 26 May - 1 June 2011
9. Hamburg Int. Short Film Festival (Hamburg, Germany) 7 - 13 June 2011
10. Tarifa African Film Festival (Tarifa, Spain) 11 - 19 June 2011
11. SHQIP Film Festival (Peja, Kosovo) 25 - 30 June 2011
12. Durban Int. Film Festival (Durban, South Africa) 21 - 31 July 2011
13. DokuFest Film Festival (Prizre, Kosovo) 23 - 31 July 2011
14. KidFlix Film Festival (New York, USA) 5 - 26 Aug 2011
15. Curtocircuito Na Rúa (Ourense, Spain) 25 - Aug 2011
16. Opuzen Film Festival (Croatia) 20 - 27 Aug 2011
17. BUSTER Int. Children and Youth Festival (Denmark) 15 - 25 Sept 2011
18. Auburn Int. Fest for Children + Young Adults (Australia) 19 - 23 Sept 2011
19. Carrousel Int. du Film de Rimouski (Quebec, Canada) 25 Sept - 2 Oct 2011
20. Kids In The Park Film Festival (Auburn, Australia) 28 Sept 2011
21. Naoussa International Film Festival (Greece) 29 Sept - 2 Oct 2011
22. Eberswalde International Film Festival (Germany) 1 - 8 Oct 2011
23. Festival Signes De Nuit (France) 5 - 16 Oct 2011
24. London International Film Festival (UK) 12 - 27 Oct 2011
25. Ourense Film Festival (Ourense, Spain) 14 - 23 Oct 2011
26. Austin Film Festival (Austin, USA) 20 - 27 Oct 2011
27. Chicago International Children's Film Festival (USA) 21 - 30 Oct 2011
28.Cambridge African Film Festival (Cambridge, UK) 12 Nov 2011
29. Film Africa Film Festival (London, UK) 3 - 13 Nov 2011
30. Winterthur Short Film Festival (Switzerland) 9 - 13 Nov 2011
31. Verona African Film Festival (Italy) 11 - 20 Nov 2011
32. Castellinaria Film Festival (Switzerland) 12 - 19 Nov 2011
33. Cusco International Short Film Festival (Peru) 17 - 19 Nov 2011
34. International Images Film Festival for Women (Zimbabwe) 18 - 26 Nov 2011
35. Euroshortd Film Festival (Poland) 21 - 27 Nov 2011
36. La Meko Short Film Festival (Landan, Germany) 21 - 28 Nov 2011
37. Aguilar de Campoo Film Festival (Spain) 3 - 7 Dec 2011

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ESPAÑOL
Mwansa intenta demostrar a todos que es un héroe, pero comete una falta imperdonable: rompe la muñeca de barro de Shula, su hermana mayor. No le queda más remedio que lanzarse a una búsqueda para reparar la muñeca y también para demostrar que realmente es Mwansa el Grande.

TITULO: Mwansa el Grande / Mwansa le Grand
DIRECTOR: Rungano Nyoni
GENERO: Ficción
PAÍS: Reino Unido, Zambia
AÑO: 2011

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