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Hawa Essuman (born 1980) is a film director based in Nairobi, Kenya. Her 2017 feature-length documentary Silas, co-directed with Anjali Neyar, tells the story of Liberian environmental activist Silas Siakor's fight to preserve the country's rainforests from commercial logging. The film won multiple awards, including the Amnesty International Durban Human Rights Award (2018) and the Audience Award for best documentary at the Riverrun Film Festival (2018). Hawa's first feature film, Soul Boy (2010), also received a series of awards.[1][2] In addition, Hawa has produced a range of TV programmes, commercial films, music videos and adverts.


Biography


Born in Hamburg, Germany, on 23 January 1980, she is the daughter of Ghanaian parents who brought her up in Nairobi, Kenya.[3][1] After several appearances in the theatre, she moved into production work, first on television commercials and documentaries, then on a local drama series, Makutano Junction. She created and directed Selfish? in 2008, followed by three short films in 2008, The Lift, Cold War and Coming Out.[2]

With the encouragement and assistance of Tom Tykwer, she directed Soul Boy (2010). Based on a story by Billy Kahora, it originated at a workshop organized by the German association One Fine Day.[4] Presented at over 40 film festivals around the world, it won a number of awards.[2]


Awards


Essuman's 'Silas' has won the following awards:

Essuman's Soul Boy has won the following awards:


References


  1. "Hawa Essuman" (in German). Filmportal.de. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  2. "About the director". African Film Festival New York. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  3. "Liff awards 2011" (PDF). limbo7.com. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  4. "Hawa Essuman and the Soul Boy Project". African Women in Cinema Blog. 28 August 2010. Retrieved 10 February 2016.
  5. "Silas". Riverrun Film Festival.
  6. "ZIFF 2018 - OFFICIAL SELECTION". Zanzibar International Film Festival.
  7. "Warszawski Festiwal Filmowy".
  8. "Silas (William W. Warner Award Winner)". Environmental Film Festival.
  9. "IFFR". IFFR (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  10. Signis Award, Zanzibar International Film Festival Archived 2010-08-25 at the Wayback Machine
  11. "Kalasha 2010 Winners". www.kalashaawards.co.ke. Archived from the original on 2012-11-22. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  12. Kenya International Film Festival: Best Actor[permanent dead link]
  13. Kenya International Film Festival: Best East African Film[permanent dead link]
  14. Recklinghausen, Kirchliches Filmfestival (2018-03-01). "Programm 2018 - 9. Kirchliches Filmfestival Recklinghausen". www.kirchliches-filmfestival.de (in German). Archived from the original on 2013-09-16. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  15. Best Editor, African Movie Academy Awards Archived 2011-04-03 at the Wayback Machine




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