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Stephina Zwane
Biography
Directing TV inserts was where it all started for Stephina Zwane, ten years ago when she started working behind the scenes. After writing and directing her first TV film in 2012, it was only a matter of time until she moved to feature films. In 2016, she wrote and directed Love and Kwaito (2016), which was the official selection for the Jo’burg Film Festival in 2016, as well as the Ugu Film Festival in 2016. Her second feature film as writer and director, Baby Mamas (2018) was released in October in Southern African cinemas including in Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Swaziland. It was officially selected to be part of the 2018 Toronto Black Film Festival in February, the 2018 New York African Film Festival in May, the 2018 Durban International Film Festival in July as well as the 2018 Lights, Camera, Africa Film Festival in September in Lagos as a closing film. Her love for storytelling using words and visuals has made her a force to be reckoned with.