SCREENINGS & PRESS

FESPACO 2025
THOMAS SANKARA AWARD
1st prize

FESPACO 2025:
Burkina Faso
Thomas Sankara Award for the promotion of the values of Pan Africanism

Encounters South African International Documentary Festival 2024:
South Africa
The Ladima Foundation’s Adiaha Award for Best Documentary by an African Woman

DocsBarcelona 2024:
Spain
Docs and Pearls Award, Special Mention
Amnesty International Catalonia Award

Movies that Matter 2024:
The Netherlands
Activist Documentary Award, Special Jury Mention

Festival des Libertés 2024:
Belgium
Centre Salvador Allende Award

Zanzibar Film Festival 2024:
Kenya
Best Documentary

The Kitale Film Festival 2025:
Kenya
Best Documentary

Mombasa International Film Festival 2025
Kenya
Best Documentary

Variety:
‘Monsoon Wedding’s’ Mira Nair Boards ‘Our Land, Our Freedom’: ‘Colonization Has Robbed Us of Our Land, But Not Our Voices (EXCLUSIVE)
https://variety.com/2023/film/global/mira-nair-executive-producer-our-land-our-freedom-idfa-1235783916/

Variety:
First Hand Films Sells ‘Our Land, Our Freedom’ to the BBC, Takes Female Empowering ‘Kalari’ to Visions du Réel (EXCLUSIVE)
https://variety.com/2024/film/global/first-hand-films-visions-du-reel-bbc-our-land-our-freedom-1235963205/

Business Doc Europe:
IDFA Frontlight: Our Land, Our Freedom by Meena Nanji and Zippy Kimundu
https://businessdoceurope.com/idfa-frontlight-our-land-our-freedom-by-meena-nanji-and-zippy-kimundu/

PRI World Radio:
‘Our Land, Our Freedom’ documentary on Kenya’s freedom fighters
https://theworld.org/segments/2024/04/04/our-land-our-freedom-documentary-on-kenyas-freedom-fighters

The Africa Report:
8 must‑watch African documentaries at Amsterdam film festival
https://www.theafricareport.com/329813/8-must-watch-african-documentaries-at-amsterdam-film-festival/

OkayAfrica:
The 10 Best African Documentaries of 2024
https://www.okayafrica.com/best-african-documentaries-2024/

OkayAfrica:
What to Watch in East Africa This November
https://www.okayafrica.com/east-africa-movies-tv-november/

Kenyan Vibe:
Critically Acclaimed Documentary “Our Land, Our Freedom” To Make Kenyan Debut At The NBO Film Festival
https://www.kenyanvibe.com/critically-acclaimed-documentary-our-land-our-freedom-to-make-kenyan-debut-at-the-nbo-film-festival/

Business Daily Africa:
NBO film festival closes: Fight for justice continues in Our Land, Our Freedom
https://www.businessdailyafrica.com/bd/lifestyle/art/nbo-film-festival-closes-fight-for-justice-continues-4804130

Delightful Docs Podcast:
IDFA 2023 – Our Land, Our Freedom
https://shows.acast.com/delightful-docs/episodes/idfa-2023-our-land-our-freedom

IDA:
Films from IDA Members at 2024 BlackStar Film Festival
https://www.documentary.org/blog/films-ida-members-2024-blackstar-film-festival

Sundance:
The DFP Team Shares 18 Sundance Institute–Supported Nonfiction Projects Not to Miss This Fall
https://www.sundance.org/blogs/the-dfp-team-shares-18-sundance-supported-nonfiction-projects-not-to-miss-this-fall/

Sundance:
11 Sundance-Supported Documentaries Reaching Wider Audiences This Fall
https://www.sundance.org/blogs/11-sundance-supported-documentaries-reaching-wider-audiences-this-fall/

Mama Cash:
Catalysing change through cinema: Mama Cash selects Kenyan documentary on decolonial & land justice for 2023 IDFA Festival
https://www.mamacash.org/resources/idfa-event/

Fetch London:
“THE ATROCITIES WERE REALLY SHOCKING TO HEAR”: MEENA NANJI & ZIPPY KIMUNDU ON ‘OUR LAND OUR FREEDOM’
https://www.fetch.london/post/meena-nanji-zippy-kimundu-on-our-land-our-freedom

Le Temps, The Times, Switzerland:
Décoloniser son esprit avec «Our Land, Our Freedom»
https://www.letemps.ch/culture/ecrans/decoloniser-son-esprit-avec-our-land-our-freedom

Avoir Alire:
Interview de Zippy Kimundu et Meena Nanji – Réalisatrices de Our Land, Our Freedom
https://www.avoir-alire.com/interview-de-zippy-kimundu-et-meena-nanji-realisatrices-de-our-land-our-freedom