Playing Warriors a film by Rumbi Katedza will be screened at three film festivals in Harare, Nigeria and Sweden. Katedza said after the successful premiere in Harare last month the film is set for the film festivals. It will first be shown at the International Images Film Festival for Women in Zimbabwe this month.
It will then be shown at the Africa International Film Festival in Nigeria in December and in January at the Goteburg International Film in Sweden. Katedza said the festivals would give her production much needed exposure. “The festivals would be outlets for exposure of the film. We hope people will enjoy it and there would be screenings in those areas.”
The brilliant film producer and director has experienced a good year with the release of her first feature film and television series The Team. She was on the roll and promised other productions soon. Katedza was hoping the film would be ready for screening in Zimbabwe in December. “We hope it would be screened during the holidays, God willing.”
The film came through after some hard work on fundraising and production. Jackie Cahi co-produced the film which cost $200 000. The film was produced by Cahi’s company PangolinFilms and Katedza’s Mai Fai films. Shooting of the film was completed in 21 days and the cast and crew was wholly Zimbabwean.
Editing of the film was done in South Africa. The editing was done for two months in Johannesburg with an associate producer, Bridget Pickiring. Cahi described the film as a funny flick that anyone will relate to. “It is a funny film; you get to know the characters as your own friends. Women will like it more than men. It’s a warm film about real issues.” The film is an hour twenty minutes long and it was written by Katedza. Katedza described it as a comedy.
“It is a comedy about conflict between traditional and modern lifestyles looking at three modern women that are in their thirties. They are starting to question themselves why they are not yet married. “It is a hilarious film that features an acclaimed cast.” The film features four ladies Kudzai Sevenzo, Prudence Katomene Mbofana, Nothando Nobengula and Tendai Musoni Katedza directed the series The Team that is screened on ZTV. She also produced the film Big House Small House.
She also produced and directed a number of documentaries such as one called Asylum that won a bunch of awards. Katedza said she is hoping to produce more films. “I am hoping to have more films so that there is competition and a market is created. We have an audience and we would like to build on the market so that we have more people watching films, to enhance our film market.” (Dailynews)
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