Sydney Taivavashe (born March 20,1991) is a
Zimbabwean
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film director, producer and screenwriter.
Early life
Sydney Taivavashe was born in 1991 in Masvingo, Zimbabwe where he grew up.
Career
Sydney made his debut film in 2006, a short film titled ''The Terrific Nights.'' His first feature film ''Through The Night'' was nominated at 2014
National Arts Merit Awards in the outstanding feature film category.
In 2017, Sydney won a NAMA award for directing ''Seiko'', a silent short film. In the same year he partnered with the
Great Zimbabwe University
Great Zimbabwe University (GZU) is an institution of higher learning in the city of Masvingo, Zimbabwe. It is currently situated on the Masvingo Teachers’ College campus seven kilometres east of Masvingo CBD. Currently the institution has a nu ...
to produce a feature film titled ''Solo naMutsai'', portraying the experience of students at the university who succumb to peer pressure. In 2019, Sydney wrote, directed and produced an anti-poaching awareness film titled ''
Gonarezhou: The Movie''. The film had its world premiere at the Pan African Film Festival in Hollywood in February of 2020. Sydney's next film was the 2021 biopic film The Story of Nehanda a movie about the trial of Zimbabwean iconic spirit medium
Mbuya Nehanda.
In 2022, Sydney received another National Art Merit Award for his film Poor Cousins which won the Outstanding Screen Production- Full length film award.
''Filmography''
*Tamba Wakachengera 2013
*Through the night 1 2013
*Through the night 2 2016
*Seiko (Short Film) 2017
*Solo naMutsai 2018
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Gonarezhou: The Movie 2020
*The Story of Nehanda 2021
*Poor Cousins 2021
Awards
References
External links
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Living people
Zimbabwean film directors
1991 births