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MoMo is a Somali urban refugee living in Eastleigh Nairobi where he runs the community radio station Wazi? FM with his Kenyan friend Kevo. Their partnership began when an NGO brought them together as part of a program to have a Somali and a Kenyan work on media project promoting peace. Everything is going well at Wazi? FM until one day the team stumble upon a dark secret in their community and MoMo vanishes. Pulling together the pieces of the story an Inspector from the Kenyan Special Forces is trying to understand what really happened before MoMo's disappearance. Is this a case of terrorism or corruption? Were MoMo and Kevo really friends or enemies? Was MoMo in love with Kevo's sister or was he just using her? How are the Kenyan police implicated in the case? And most importantly how is this whole story related to the Westgate Mall tragedy?

Vincenzo Cavallo

Director

1st Prize ZIFF (Zanxibar FIlm Festival), 1st prize best direction Roma Web Fest, Best TV series proposal CNTV (Chile) and Best co-production proposal RTVC (Colombia) with Pasos de Cumbia, 2008 International Human Right Festival of Napoli Best film with Maskaniflani, 2009 African Film Festival of Verona ASAV (Ass. Studenti Africani di Verona) award with Twende Berlin
JC Niala

Writer

Shortlisted BBC Africa Performance, Something Necessary best seller, Oxford College Best Creative writer
Alessandra Argenti

Producer

1st Prize ZIFF (Zanxibar FIlm Festival)
Joseph Babu Wairimu

Key Cast

Main actor of the multi-awarded film "Nairobi Half Life"
Abdi Hakim Mohammed

Key Cast
Lizz Njagah

Key Cast

House of Lunga Lunga and many features film and TV shows
Shirlyn Wangari

Key Cast

many features film and TV shows
Raymond Ofula

Key Cast

A legend, amonf the most known actors in Kenya
Derrick Waswa

Key Cast

Among the most known actors in Kenya, many features film and TV shows
Ojiambo Ainea

Key Cast

Among the most known actors in Kenya, many features film and TV shows
Kevin Samuel

Key Cast

Among the most known actors in Kenya, many features film and TV shows
Vandana Snyder

Key Cast

Dancer and coreographer all around the world

Project Type:

Feature
Runtime:

1 hour
Completion Date:

February 1, 2015
Production Budget:

25,000 USD
Country of Origin:

Kenya
Language:

English, Swahili
Shooting Format:

HD
Aspect Ratio:

16:9
Film Color:

Color
First-time Filmmaker:

No
Student Project:

No

Zanzibar Film Festival

Stone Town
Tanzania, United Republic of
July 25, 2016
1st prize Golden Dhow Award

Director Biography - Vincenzo Cavallo

Vincenzo is a film maker, an academic and a human rights activist. Dr. Vincenzo Cavallo, also known as Dr. Farasi or Dr. Faras in East Africa, is the founder of the legendary Nairobi BUS and the director of an awarded feature film, a tv series, a web series and more than fifty documentaries on social, political, cultural and humanitarian issues.
Dr. Faras has been working in Europe, Africa and Latin America under different names. He started to work in Italy for RAI TV, after few years he moved to Kenya to work for UN. Since 2007 he co-founded Cultural Video Foundation and under it's name he has produced several documentaries, tv series, web series and feature films.

Filmography:
2006 24H Napoli Est (documentary)

2008 Maskaniflani (mokumentary)

2009 Twende Berlin (mokumentary)

2009 Napoli 24 (collective film documentary and fiction)

2012 Pasos de Cumbia (non fiction TV series)

2013 WAZI?FM (feature film)

2014 CONNECTION HOUSE (currently on-going web-series)

Premi / Awards:

2008 International Human Right Festival of Napoli
Best film with Maskaniflani

2009 African Film Festival of Verona
ASAV (Ass. Studenti Africani di Verona) award with Twende Berlin

2012 Best TV series proposal CNTV (Chile) and Best co-production proposal RTVC (Colombia)
with Pasos de Cumbia

2013 “4 Giornate di Napoli Festival”. Best TV pilot script with Radio Yam