Sukari

Come 2030 it is estimated that about 42% of youth population will be residing in Afrika, however, while they are facing economic hardship, what are possible desicions they opt to make out there?

  • Hatibu Madudu
    Director
  • Hatibu Madudu
    Writer
  • Hatibu Madudu
    Producer
  • Staford Kihore
    Producer
    naomba niseme, Mpango Mbaya
  • Juma Nkwabi
    Key Cast
    "Juma"
  • Tishi Abdallah
    Key Cast
    "Siwema"
  • Mohammed Michael Likulo
    Key Cast
    "Hamadi"
  • Staford Kihore
    Key Cast
    "Kizibo"
  • Project Title (Original Language):
    Sukari
  • Project Type:
    Short
  • Runtime:
    20 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    January 4, 2018
  • Production Budget:
    2,000 USD
  • Country of Origin:
    Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Country of Filming:
    Tanzania, United Republic of
  • Language:
    Swahili
  • Shooting Format:
    Digital
  • Aspect Ratio:
    16:9
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • 26th Pan African Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO 2019)
    Ouagadougou
    Burkina Faso
    February 26, 2019
    West Africa Premiere
    Official selection Short Film Competition
  • 21st Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF 2018)
    Zanzibar
    Tanzania, United Republic of
    June 15, 2018
    World Premiere
    Official selection Short Film Competition
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    Sales Agent
    Country: Germany
    Rights: All Rights
Director Biography - Hatibu Madudu

Hatibu Madudu is a Social worker by profession & a film maker by ambition, for his Director debut, He wrote & directed a short film “Sukari” aims to trigger the conversation on the first three Sustainable Development goals through addressing youth economic hardship and the choices they opt to make. Sukari had its world premiere on the 21st Zanzibar International Film Festival in 2018 and was nominated to several International Festival Including The 26th Pan African Film and Television Festivals of Ouagadougou (Fespaco) 2019 and other festivals in Kenya, South Africa, Zimbabwe and Nigeria.

In 2022, Hatibu Madudu was commissioned by M-NET (Multichoice) to produce and direct original MNET feature film "Uncle”, where as for its world premier "Uncle" won three awards at the 25th Zanzibar International Film Festival (ZIFF 2022) and received more than ten (10) nomination and selection within African region, the film traveled to several film festivals in Kenya, Zambia, South Africa, Nigeria and Burkina Faso.

Again in 2022, Hatibu Madudu received a role as a Netflix approved Line producer to facilitate the production of “Katope” the short film produced in Tanzania which has been released on Netflix in March 2023, as part of Six African Folktales reimagined.

Currently, Hatibu Madudu has just finished a one year film development program as he was selected among five (5) grantees of film development fund by DW Akademie from Tanzania. Mentored by Alain Gomis he has finished the treatment for his second feature film "Mavani" a swahili word for second hand clothes, which is a fiction story of an emerging fashion designer who is determined to save his country from cultural slavery through fashion. Hatibu Madudu is in the process of finding a co-producer & writing a screenplay. He is also among the 30 participants for the 2nd edition of the DFMI Business Lab and founder of Black Apple Company since 2021, a production company based in Dar es Salaam Tanzania.

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Director Statement

Lets narrate our stories and trigger conversation on issues that matters to our societies in Afrika.