Kenyan feature film ‘Mvera’ fronted for Oscars nomination
Award-winning Kenyan filmmaker and CEO of AR Films, Daudi Anguka’s film Mvera has been chosen to represent Kenya in the International Best Feature Film category for the 96th Academy Awards.
Filmed in English and Swahili language ‘Mvera’ showcases corrupt leadership that has left a community in Mombasa in the grip of poverty.
“Kenya has selected the Film MVERA by Daudi Anguka as the Kenyan submission for the Best International Feature Film category for the 96th Academy Awards popularly known as the Oscars,” said the Kenya Oscars Selection committee.
According to the committee, the submissions received this year is a clear indication that Kenya’s film industry is primed to compete on the international stage. There is a general improvement in the story and acting going by the submissions that we received, noted Krysteen Savane, the Chairperson.
The committee said that this year they received three submissions, namely, Shimoni by Wangechi Ngugi, Unheard Voices by William Okoth and Mvera by AR Films Production Limited.
Written and directed by Anguka, Mvera was produced entirely in the Coast and features among others Patrick Owino, Hillary Namanje, Carolyne Rita Mutua, Kibi Salim Susan Kadide and Linah Sande as Mvera.
According to Anguka, the film was inspired by the current generation, of people who want to tell their stories but didn’t get a chance to speak it out.
The film premiered on September 9, at the Nyali Cinemax, Mombasa and is currently screening in country wide is about corrupt leadership that has left a community in Mombasa in the grip of poverty.
As a result, a local company owned by a shrewd millionaire, Thabiti, offers young people the opportunity to find work abroad.
“Mvera, a self-centered woman who is also on a mission to search for her lost mother, and also one of the applicants soon discovers they are all trapped in an organ trafficking ring. She is forced on a hero’s journey as she tries to make it back home to warn the villagers about Thabiti. A man they plan to vote in as Governor for all the “support” he is giving to the community,” reads part of the synopsis.
Anguka said Mvera is an embodiment of a woman in an indigenous community who is loved and regarded as a blessing in her community because of her traits; well-educated, virtuous, and loved.
The film will compete in the Best International Feature Film Category, formerly known as the Best Foreign Language Film Category after the Kenya Film Commission (KFC) officially submits it later in the year.
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