Mwanamke Makueni
A Woman in Makueni

film type fiction Production Country Germany production year 2023 runtime 13'49 colour
screening format DCP aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Swahili Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch
screening format Media File (ProRes, mp4, mov) aspect ratio 1.78:1 (16:9) sound format Stereo languages Swahili Subtitles Englisch, Deutsch

Kenya, Africa. A man works in a quarry. His wife is imprisoned in Makueni women's prison. When he arrives there from his village, he is not allowed to see her. An encounter with an unfamiliar woman helps him in a mystical way.

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Official Trailer: https://youtu.be/3oBzbX7BO08

director Daria Belova, Valeri Aluskina Produktion / Production Kirill Krasovski Drehbuch / Script Daria Belova, Valeri Aluskina Bildgestaltung / DOP Sasha Donkan Schnitt / Editing Valeri Aluskina, Daria Belova Tongestaltung / Sound Design Zahar Semirkhanov Original-Filmmusik / Original Score Hildur Gudnadóttir
Festivals
2023 Berlinale - Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin, Germany
Production
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Distribution
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Sales
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Daria Belova

Born 1982 in St. Petersburg, Russia, she took literature and philology at the St. Petersburg University. Since 2008 studying directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin (DFFB).

Filmography
2011 Ballet Story
2013 Komm und Spiel
2023 Mwanamke Makueni

Valeri Aluskina

Valeri Aluskina, born 1992 in the Far East of Russia in the city of Khabarovsk. In St. Petersburg, she began working as a second director and art director on art-house films. She studied film directing at St. Petersburg School of New Cinema and later started teaching there.

Filmography
2017 Я только то, что я чувствую/I am just what I feel
2019 Снова снова снова Маргарет/Again again again Margaret
2023 Mwanamke Makueni