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    ON BECOMING A GUINEA FOWL

    Directed by Rungano Nyoni
    Zambia/United Kingdom/Ireland | 99 minutes | World Cinema Now

Film Festival 2025

Piercing and enigmatic, this tale of patriarchy and betrayal follows a young woman as she witnesses an increasingly disconcerting grieving process following her uncle's death. The loss triggers a reckoning with generational trauma for a family more inclined to ignore the past than confront it.

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Director: Rungano Nyoni
Producers: Ed Guiney, Andrew Lowe, Tim Cole
Screenwriter: Rungano Nyoni
Cinematographers: David Gallego
Editor: Nathan Nugent
Music: Lucrecia Dalt
Cast: Susan Chardy, Elizabeth Chisela, Henry B.J. Phiri
Country: Zambia/United Kingdom/Ireland
Language: In English and Bemba with English subtitles
Year: 2024
Running Time: 99 minutes
Director Filmography: I Am Not a Witch (PSIFF 2018)
Awards: Best Director Ex-Aequo, Cannes
Primary Company: A24
Contact Email: info@a24films.com

Film Festival 2025