Desiree Kahikopo-Meiffret

I am a Director/Producer from Namibia based in the USA and also in Namibia. My participation in the Namibian film and theatre industry spans over 12 years as a performer, actress, creative director as well as playwright. I have produced, wrote and directed a theatre play titled' A Lifetime of Blues' that won best set design at the Namibian Film and Theatre Awards 2014. I have worked on countless film sets including 'Fish Out of Water' as a Line Producer by the well-known Namibian filmmaker Vickson Hangula. My award winning debut film titled 'The White Line' has premiered and screened at various international film festivals across the globe and has went on to win Best newcomer director for me and best film script and the Audience choice award at the Namibia Theatre and Film 2019 and went on to win Best cinematographer and Best Feature Film at the 7th African Emerging Filmmakers Award 2019 in Durban, The White Line also got a special jury mention at the 9th Luxor African
Film Festival 2020 in Egypt for its direction and won the Kilimanjoro award for Best Feature film in Toulouse, France at the Africlap film festival 2020. I am an alumna of Talents Durban 2018 which is part of the Berlinale Talents. I was recently nominated Best first film by a director at the Africa Movie Academy Awards 2020 (AMAA).