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Original name: Nawi: Dear Future Me
English name: Nawi: Dear Future Me
Year: 2024
Run time: 99 minutes
Language: Swahili, English
Type (Colour/ Black & white): Colour
Country: Swahili, English
Director: Toby Schmutzler, Kevin Schmutzler, Apuu Mourine, Vallentine Chelluget
Producer: Lydia Wrensch, Caroline Heim, Brizan Were
Cast: Michelle Lemuya Ikeny, Joel Liwan, Ochungo Benson, Ben Tekee
Screenplay: Milcah Cherotich
Cinematographer: Klaus Kneist, Renata Mwende
Editor: Toby Schmutzler
Sound Designer: Roman Pogozelski
Music Composer: Amadeus Indetzki, Apuu Mourine
Costume Designer: Apuu Mourine
Production Designer: Erixon Kangethe, Korodi Esinyen
Production Company: FilmCrew Media GmbH, Startup Lions Assets Kenya Ltd, Baobab Pictures GmbH
World Sales: Festival Agency
Toby & Kevin Schmutzler
Toby & Kevin Schmutzler
Brothers Toby & Kevin co-direct films since childhood and believe in the transformative power of movies to foster social change. After a historical short film venture About German Women, and their stage direction debut with Hunger and Greed on crimes of the garbage industry the brothers co-created the Netflix documentary Biking Borders, which has financed the construction of seven schools in remote regions in Africa and South America.
Apuu Mourine
Apuu is a musician, designer, and first-time filmmaker born and raised in Turkana, Kenya. Despite facing opposition and cultural taboos, Apuu began her music career at a young age. With her music, she continuously wants to drive the transformation of her tribe, the Turkana, as a storyteller and educator.
Valentine Chelluget
Vallentine is a self-made filmmaker residing in Kisumu, Kenya. Val got her expertise through workshops, YouTube, and – despite her age of just 23 – years of field work. As a director, scriptwriter, and producer, Val has created various short films that got her jobs in the directing department of several award-winning Kenyan productions like Deranged or Okethoree, and the Kenyan Film Prize nominated “Wife for Hire”.
Nawi‘s aspirations of attending high school are shattered when she learns that her father Eree plans to marry her off to a stranger, Shadrac. Despite her family‘s necessity for the bride wealth –symbolized by a substantial amount of livestock – Nawi refuses to succumb to this arranged child marriage. Her steadfast ally in this struggle is her brother and closest friend, Joel.
