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Sydney Taivavashe

Sydney Taivavashe

Zimbabwean filmmaker (b. 1991)

Sydney Taivavashe (born March 20,1991) is a Zimbabwean film director, producer and screenwriter.[1][2]

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Early life

Sydney Taivavashe was born in 1991 in Masvingo, Zimbabwe where he grew up.[3]

Career

Sydney made his debut film in 2006, a short film titled The Terrific Nights.[4] His first feature film Through The Night was nominated at 2014 National Arts Merit Awards in the outstanding feature film category.[5]

In 2017, Sydney won a NAMA award for directing Seiko, a silent short film.[6] In the same year he partnered with the Great Zimbabwe University to produce a feature film titled Solo naMutsai, portraying the experience of students at the university who succumb to peer pressure.[7] In 2019, Sydney wrote, directed and produced an anti-poaching awareness film titled Gonarezhou: The Movie.[8] The film had its world premiere at the Pan African Film Festival in Hollywood in February of 2020.[9] Sydney's next film was the 2021 biopic film The Story of Nehanda a movie about the trial of Zimbabwean iconic spirit medium Mbuya Nehanda.[10][11]

In 2022, Sydney received another National Art Merit Award for his film Poor Cousins which won the Outstanding Screen Production- Full length film award.[12]

Filmography

  • Tamba Wakachengera 2013
  • Through the night 1 2013
  • Through the night 2 2016
  • Seiko (Short Film) 2017
  • Solo naMutsai 2018
  • Gonarezhou: The Movie 2020[13]
  • The Story of Nehanda 2021
  • Poor Cousins 2021

Awards

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References

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    "Mbuya Nehanda's story is coming to the big screen". 22 March 2021.
  2. [2]
    "Anti-poaching film to debut in Hollywood".
  3. [3]
    "Masvingo film producer breaks new ground". 9 June 2021.
  4. [4]
    "Taivavashe basks in NAMA glory". Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  5. [5]
    "Chihombori revels with NAMA award". The Financial Gazette. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
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    "NAMA Award, A Magnetic Force". Zimbo Jam. 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  7. [7]
    newsday (2017-05-15). "Taivavashe, GZU resurrect 'Solo Na Mutsai'". NewsDay Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
  8. [8]
    comments, Blessing Masakadza • 2 October 2018 1:59PM • 0. "ED's daughter in anti-poaching film". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 2019-04-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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    Kan, Toni (2020-03-09). "The African Filmmaker's LA experience". The Lagos Review. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  10. [10]
    "'The story of Nehanda' hits right note".
  11. [11]
    "Mbuya Nehanda's life to be told in new movie".
  12. [12]
    Earground (2022-02-28). "Full 20th NAMA winners list". earground. Retrieved 2023-05-15.
  13. [13]
    "The world news platform".
  14. [14]
    "NAMA nominees out". 6 February 2014.
  15. [15]
    "NAMA 2017 winners list in full". 19 February 2017.
  16. [16]
    "Gonarezhou the Movie Wins Best First Feature Narrative at Pan African Film Festival • #enthuse". 24 February 2020.
  17. [17]
    "Pan African Film Festival Wraps & Winners -". 4 March 2020.
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