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Loner
A lonely young woman finds comfort in a stray cat.
- Director
- Courage Shumba
- Producer
- Courage Matanda
- DOP
- Lindiwe Mugwara
- Deputy DOP
- Jennifer S Chiveya
- Editor
- Alois K Musiiwa
- Sound Designer
- Ken Magirazi
- Starring
- Nozipho Khumalo
Lens of the Future / Our Work / Project archive
Zimbabwe Filmmaking Bootcamp 2025.
A first gathering. Four days of learning, collaboration and filmmaking — the starting point for a longer creative journey.
Our Work
- Location
- Harare, Zimbabwe
- Dates
- 13–16 October 2025
- Participants
- 30
- Duration
- 4 days
Project overview
Making space for a first story.
The bootcamp brought 30 emerging creatives together in Harare for an intensive filmmaking experience from 13–16 October 2025.
It was organised as a starting point for creative development: a focused setting to explore storytelling, exchange ideas and work together. Practical learning and collaborative production were at the heart of the experience.
Participants created short films with their peers. The supplied photographs and posters document that first chapter; they are not evidence of an established fellowship or measured long-term impact.
The learning experience
People, practice and possibility.
A photographic record of the creative gathering, the people involved and the tools around which they came together.
The creative work
Stories made together.
The supplied participant film posters and production credits form part of this archive. They are the documented collection, not a claim about the final number of films produced.
Bloodline
Some secrets break more than hearts.
Cast & crew
Zivanai Duri · Zolile Makaleni · Ledivine Matarutse · Melinkosi Dube · Diana Bamala · Tino Sparks · Tinotenda Mudzviti · Rachael Kwainona
Finding Common Ground
Different worlds. One table.
Five strangers are given a task that requires them to work together to create something, even though they come from different backgrounds. Can they find common ground before the clock hits zero?
Cast & crew
Vimbiso · George · Elsie · Chantelle · Concilia
True to Self
Be you.
- Director
- Andiswa Hadebe
- DOP
- Tawana Makanga
- Producer
- Ian
- Naomi
- Tsitsi Mkombgwe
- Natalie
- Ragauel Nyasha
- James
- Kudzi Matare
Reflection & the road ahead
A beginning, not the whole story.
What this chapter records
Four days, 30 participants, photographs and participant-made films. These are the verified foundations of this account. Formal outcomes, participant feedback and facilitator profiles will be added only when approved records are available.
The question we take forward
How can a first creative experience become a sustained pathway? We are exploring how learning, mentorship, production resources and routes to audiences could come together in a longer fellowship.
The fellowship remains in development and is not open for applications. The next chapter will be shared as its scope and delivery are confirmed.
Explore what we are buildingFacilitator contributions and evaluated reflections are not yet included because verified details have not been supplied.