On Becoming a Guinea Fowl

Rungano Nyoni

Rungano Nyoni is a self-taught writer and director. She was born in Lusaka, Zambia, and grew up in Wales, UK. Her first short film, The List, won a BAFTA Cymru, followed by Mwansa the Great, which was selected for over 100 international film festivals and nominated for a BAFTA in 2012. In 2013, she wrote Z1, which won Best Short at the British Independent Film Awards. Rungano’s debut feature, I Am Not a Witch, follows the story of an eight-year-old girl exiled to a Witch Camp. The film premiered at Cannes and received numerous international award nominations. In 2018, Rungano won the BAFTA for Outstanding Debut and also received Best Director and Best Debut Director at the 2017 British Independent Film Awards.