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After the Long Rains
Baada Ya Masika
Kenya, Switzerland | 2023 | 90 min | Fiction
Director: Damien Hauser
Screenplay: Damien Hauser
Cinematography: Damien Hauser
Cast: Eletricer Kache Hamisi, Bibi Swaleh, Bosco Baraka Karisa
Synopsis
Ten year old Aisha is given a school assignment to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. She soon realizes that everyone is taking over their parents‘ businesses and professions, but she has bigger dreams. She wants to go to Europe and become an actress. Her plan is to become a fisher so that she can sail to Europe, but her mother thinks that fishing should be left to men. Despite all this, she meets a fisherman and alcoholic named Hassan, who promises to teach her how to fish.
About the director
Damien Hauser is a Filmmaker based in Switzerland. Born in Zurich in 2001, he began producing short films by the age of seven. He later studied film at SAE from 2016 to 2020 and worked for a commercial production company called Filme Von Draussen from 2018 to 2020. In order to practice his craft, he created several short films with the help of friends and took on various projects such as music videos, plays and commercials. However his greatest passion has always been fictional storytelling. He is currently focusing on directing and scriptwriting.