Gugu naGogo Film now on YouTube

My 2022 film Gugu naGogo is now available to watch on YouTube.

When a lunar eclipse stops her late-night letter exchanges, 12-year-old astronomer Gugu must find a way to reconnect with Gogo, her beloved grandmother, who lives far away in Zimbabwe.

[English and Shona, with English subtitles]

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FILM FESTIVALS, AWARDS AND ACCOLADES:

2024 Seattle Children’s Film Festival, USA (Official Selection)
2024 Pan African Film Festival, USA (Official Selection)
2024 African Film Festival Australia (Official Selection)
2024 Washington University African Film Festival, USA (Official Selection)
2023 New York International Children’s Film Festival, USA (Audience Winner)
2023 Social Influencer and People’s Choice, Zimbabwe Achiever Awards, Australia (Winner – Gugu naGogo Main Cast — Bernadette Whata, Rufaro Ruvimbo Ndoro and Emily Chifadza)
2023 Artist of The Year (Music / Drama), Zimbabwe Achiever Awards, Australia (Winner – Gugu naGogo Composer, Audius Mtawarira)
2023 Production of the Year Finalist, Screen Well Mental Wellbeing Awards, Australia
2023 Flickers’ Rhode Island Film Festival, USA (Official Selection)
2023 Australian Children’s Content Exhibition at the National Cartoon Gallery, Australia (Official Selection)
2023 Chicago International Children’s Film Festival, USA (Official Selection)
2023 Mill Valley Film Festival, USA (Official Selection)

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Gugu naGogo was one of four films selected by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Screen Australia for their Kaleidoscope Project in 2021.

It was produced and filmed on the traditional country of the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation, Victoria.

In 2022, Gugu naGogo premiered on ABC ME on World Children’s Day and a community screening launch was held at Melbourne Planetarium.

A heartwarming community crowdfunding campaign saw Gugu naGogo have its World Premiere at the 2023 New York International Children’s Film Festival, where it also won an audience award.

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