Nyamula | 2025 — Feature Film
Nyamula was filmed on Mfangano Island, Kenya, in the Luo language. The film’s cast consists of local non-professional actors who drew on their life’s experiences to develop the film’s story. There was no script. The film’s dialogue was entirely improvised by the cast.
Synopsis:
Written and performed by a cast of local non-professional actors, Nyamula follows the life of a fisherman's daughter, Daisy, who strikes up a friendship with an elderly woman, Dani, living on the outskirts of a remote fishing village in Kenya. When the lake’s fish begin to disappear, the community searches desperately for answers. Daisy’s mother turns to God. Daisy’s father turns to a group of radicalised fishermen. Others look for a scapegoat, bringing the community’s underlying tensions to the surface.
Principal cast:
Daisy Nawire Okwama
Margaret Akinyi
Beverly Atieno
Byron Masanta
Daniel Okwama
Perez Okwama
Regan Okomo
Mark Nyosewe
Peter Ndege
Charles Ombogo
Robinson Okeyo
Grace Odede
Seline Kamala
Nelson Masanta
Caroline Masanta
Phelix Kaoga
Perez Atieno
Director: Oskar Weimar
Writers: The cast
Producers: Edwin Odhiambo, Simon Odupa, Robinson Okeyo, Oskar Weimar
Associate Producers: Clarice Halanga, Jacob Gachugi, Seline Kamala, Elijah Okeyo, Peter Ochieng, Helen Mwalimu, Ooko Lucy, Odaga
Production and Costume Design: Clarice Halanga
Location Sound: Jacob Gachugi Sound designer and mixer: Milo Fisher
Subtitles: Simon Odupa
Translator: Simon Odupa
Editor: Oskar Weimar
OFFICAL SELECTIONS / AWARDS:
International Film Festival Rotterdam, 2025