NYANGA

Animated film | Director: Medhin Tewolde Serrano | Running time: 20 min. | Country: Mexico | Year: 2023 | Produced by: Terra Nostra Films.
Synopsis: 

During the colonial era, Nyanga was kidnapped off the coast of Africa, brought to Mexico and enslaved. Based on historical fact, and using shadow theater and hand made cinema, ‘Nyanga’ is an homage to resistance against colonial chains.

Festivals: 

XXV RiverRun International Film Festival (USA)

XXXVI IDFA International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (Netherlands)

XXVI Guanajuato International Film Festival (Mexico)

XVI Animasyros International Animation Festival (Syros, Greece)

XVIII Ambulante Documental Itinerante (Mexico)

XII ULTRAcinema (Mexico)

XXI Morelia International Film Festival (Mexico)

XXVIII Festival de Cine de Zaragoza (Spain)

XVI Festival Zanate (Colima, Mexico)

XI Filméxico (Salt Lake City, USA)

XV Vienna Central American Film Festival (Austria)

VIII Libre Cinema Festival (Mérida, Mexico)

VII Beijing International Short Film Festival (China)

IX Bulbul Children's International Film Festival (India)

XXIII Docpoint - Helsinki Documentary Film Festival (Finland)

XXVI San Francisco Independent Film Festival (USA)

XIV Latino & Native American Film Festival (Connecticut, USA)

XXXI San Diego Latino Film Festival (USA)

XXVII Sonoma International Film Festival (USA)

XLVIII Cleveland International Film Festival (USA)

VII PORTO FEMME International Film Festival (Portugal)

XIII Julien Dubuque International Film Festival (Iowa, USA)

XII Short Circuit Pacific Rim Film Festival (Victoria, Canada)

XXVI Cine Las Americas International Film Festival (Austin, USA)

XIII Philadelphia Latino Arts & Film Festival (USA)

XXIII LALIFF - Los Angeles Latino International Film Festival (USA)

VII NAIFF-Nepal America International Film Festival (Maryland, USA)

IX Festival De Cine Etnográfico De Ecuador (Quito, Ecuador)

XIII Aegean Film Festival (island of Patmos, Greece)