{"id":18130,"date":"2025-09-12T12:46:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-12T10:46:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/filmfest-frauenwelten.de\/?p=18130"},"modified":"2025-10-29T11:06:56","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T10:06:56","slug":"nawi-dear-future-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfest-frauenwelten.de\/en\/2025\/09\/12\/nawi-dear-future-me\/","title":{"rendered":"NAWI \u2013 DEAR FUTURE ME"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Toby Schmutzler, Kevin Schmutzler, Apuu Mourine Munyes, Vallentine Chelluget, Germany \/ Kenya, 2024, 99 min., feature film, Swahili, English with English subtitles<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In a rural area of Kenya, young Nawi dreams of one day having a voice\u2014as a teacher, as a doctor, as a self-determined woman. Her teacher encourages her to go to Nairobi and study. But her father sells her into marriage for eight camels, sixty sheep, and a hundred goats. On her wedding night, Nawi bravely flees toward the future. On an island, she earns money for the crossing and begins to teach other young people to read and write. When she learns that her newborn sister is now to be married in her place, she returns. Nawi confronts her husband and family \u2013 but she has a plan: she fights for her self-fulfillment, demands a future for her sister, and in doing so changes the fate of many girls.<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Toby & Kevin Schmutzler<\/strong>
Toby & Kevin co-direct films since childhood. All Gereration Y, the brothers believe in the transformative power of movies to foster social change. Sparked by a student film on India\u2019s water crisis, the Munich- and Cape Town-based directors founded FilmCrew, an indie production house with a heart for sustainable filmmaking. After a documentary on street children in DR Congo titled \u201cWhere the Street Ends\u201c, Toby and Kevin released their multi-award-winning feature film debut \u201cRobin \u2013 Watch for Wishes\u201c which was soon picked up by Electric Entertainment. \u201cRobin\u201d, a bucketlist- movie about an ill child exploring South Africa, wasn\u2019t just a movie \u2013 it was a movement as the social campaign Watch for Wishes raised donations for kids in need. After a historical short film venture \u201cAbout German Women\u201d, and their stage direction debut with \u201cHunger and Greed\u201c on crimes of the garbage industry the brothers cocreated the Netflix documentary \u201cBiking Borders\u201d, that has financed the construction of seven schools in remote regions in Africa and South America. Toby and Kevin got to visit Turkana for the first time in 2017 and have since then travelled back and forth as they had been working on NAWI as their second feature.<\/strong><\/h5>
Apuu Mourine Munyes <\/strong>
Apuu is a musician, designer, and first-time filmmaker born and raised in Turkana, Kenya. In 2016 she graduated from the Learning Lions program and has since then used her passion and talent for creative arts to teach the following eleven generations of young Kenyans going through the program. 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. Her cultural work with community-based organizations like \u201cValue Villages\u201d, \u201cTurkfugee\u201d or \u201cKakuma Sound\u201d provides her with the possibility to use her talents in various arts as a tool for empowerment, awareness, and development. Nawi, as Apuu\u2019s first feature film, was a perfect project for her creative skillset and a dream come true to prove her abilities as a director and musician. Plus: as a woman, a Turkana, and a mother, Apuu has been dealing with the issue of child marriage since she is born. Her greatest lesson from the project: \u201cTeamwork makes the dream work!\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>
Vallentine Chelluget<\/strong>
Vallentine is a self-made filmmaker residing in Kisumu, Kenya. Val got her expertise through workshops, YouTube, and \u2013 despite her age of just 23 \u2013 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 \u201cDeranged\u201d or \u201cOkethoree\u201d, and the Kenyan Film Prize nominated \u201cWife for Hire\u201d. Val also works as a trainer in the charity organization \u201cNaweza Films\u201d in Kisumu, which empowers youths through training in filmmaking and storytelling. Growing up in the slums, she has always had a passion for telling the untold stories. To let audiences know and understand the challenges people face, as they inherit their cultures, traditions, and passions. And while her good communication skills have helped her to connect with people from diverse cultures and beliefs to find those stories, her talents in art and film have enabled her to be heard and listened to. NAWI is Valentine\u2019s first feature-length project as a director, a role in which she could put all her experience in Kenyan movie-making in.<\/strong><\/h5>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Tickets: Fri, Oct. 31, 4:45 p.m.<\/a>
In the presence of: Toby Schmutzler<\/a> (director)
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NAWI \u2013 DEAR FUTURE ME celebrated its German premiere at the International Hof Film Festival and its Kenyan premiere at the Nairobi Film Festival.<\/h5>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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Nawi, a young girl in rural Kenya, flees an arranged marriage to pursue her dreams, returning to inspire countless 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