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"I wasn’t expecting any of it. Cannes was just an incredible surprise that got the ball rolling. We went to Zurich to accept an award for Best Feature, Rungano won best director at Cannes, and then we went to the New York Film Festival and got a special mention in Chicago. So it’s just been a really wonderful experience to see the reception the film has had. Now we’ve been nominated for seven BIFAs — I’ve been nominated for two, which is just…I was speechless. So it’s been a wonderful journey with the film."

"I really wanted to work on this film because I felt it was an important subject matter, especially culturally. Obviously it is more than just being centred on Zambian culture, but I felt like it was needed, and that was really my main reason for wanting to do the project. Another reason was that I really wanted to work with Rungano, especially after seeing her film I Am Not a Witch."