Sydney Taivavashe
Sydney Taivavashe (born March 20,1991) is a Zimbabwean film director, producer and screenwriter. His films are educational and usually feature youthful actors.
Career
Sydney made his debut film in 2006, a short film titled The Terrific Nights.[1] His first feature film Through The Night was nominated at 2014 NAMA awards (Zimbabwe’s top awards ceremony) in the outstanding Feature film category.[2]
In 2017, Sydney won a NAMA award for directing Seiko, a silent short film.[3] In the same year he partnered with Great Zimbabwe University to produce feature film Solo naMutsai, portraying the experience of students who come from poor backgrounds at the university.[4] In 2018 it was announced that Sydney was working on an anti-poaching awareness film titled Gonarezhou: The Movie.[5]
References
- "Taivavashe basks in NAMA glory". Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- "Chihombori revels with NAMA award". The Financial Gazette. 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- "NAMA Award, A Magnetic Force". Zimbo Jam. 2017-02-27. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- newsday (2017-05-15). "Taivavashe, GZU resurrect 'Solo Na Mutsai'". NewsDay Zimbabwe. Retrieved 2019-04-02.
- comments, Blessing Masakadza • 2 October 2018 1:59PM • 0. "ED's daughter in anti-poaching film". DailyNews Live. Retrieved 2019-04-02.