Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann
Episode description
In this episode Katarina Hedrén talks to Kenyan-German filmmaker/poet/still-photographer/spiritual practitioner Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann about her multi-disciplinary healing practice.
Born in Bonn, Germany and raised beneath the tall, tall trees of Nairobi, Kenya, Philippa makes healing films to inspire and transform audiences globally. A graduate of AFDA, Cape Town, she is a multi-disciplinary; straddling fiction, documentary and artist films. With a background in poetic, intimate narratives about women, childhood, memory, intergenerational trauma and the natural world, she is best known for Seeds, winner of The Ecumenical Jury Prize at Internationale Short Film Festival Oberhausen 2017 and feature-length documentary, New Moon, winner of Best Documentary at Academy Qualifying, Durban International Film Festival 2018. An alumna of Berlinale Talents 2016, IDFA Summer School 2013 (Amsterdam), Produire au Sud 2011 (Nantes) and fellow of RAW Académie 2016 (Dakar), she is currently based between Brussels and London.
To learn more about Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann, visit her website www.philippanidisiherrmann.com
This podcast series is funded by The GIZ - The GIZ - The German Agency for International Cooperation and the Goethe-Institut and is brought to you in 3 languages; English, French and Portuguese.