Awards
New Moon (Feature-Length Documentary, 2018, Dir. Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann) :
Best Documentary at Durban International Film Festival 2018 (Automatic 91st Academy Awards Qualifier) The first African documentary to win in 39 years
Ladima African Women Documentary Filmmaker at ZIFF 2018
Artistic Achievement Award in A Long Documentary at the Luxor African Film Festival 2018
Seeds (Short Essay, 2016, Dir. Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann) :
Ecumenical Jury Award at Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2017
Honorary Distinction at International Short Film Festival Cyprus 2017
Grants
2023 Creative Europe Development Grant (Crossing Worlds)
2022 British Council Mobility Grant UK (Abrekum - Litany for the Complicit Sea)
2020 BFI Early Development Grant (Crossing Worlds)
2018 Docubox EADFF Grant (Abrekum - Litany for the Complicit Sea)
2018 British Council Catalyst Grant Kenya
2017 British Council Mobility Grant Kenya
2014 Docubox EADFF Grant (New Moon)
2013 IDFA Bertha Fund (New Moon)
2013 Goethe Institut Nairobi commission to organise, The Rhythm of our Dreams, a retrospective journey of Kenya’s Independence through curated moving images and various DJ sets
2011 Gothenburg International Film Festival Fund (New Moon)
2010 Goethe Institut Nairobi commission to direct two Music Videos as part of BLNRB
Reviews
“Her personal wrangling forms the lifeblood of a film infused with the sincere — and ultimately human search to make sense of a chaotic existence." - Sophie Monks Kaufman on New Moon in Vice
"It is so beautifully filmed and photographed, such use of colour, art and expression....It is Philippa. Personal, questioning, intimate, close." - Don Edkins, International Filmmaker and Producer about New Moon
"This artistic treasure is poetic, gentle and metaphorical...Its dialogues with images are outstanding; the photos make the audience pause and feel the stillness." - Prize of the Ecumenical Jury, Oberhausen 2017 for Seeds
Nominations
Abrekum (Litany for the Sea) (Essay, 2022, 9 mins, Dir. Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann) International Competition at Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, 2022, Germany
I Had to Bury Cucu (Short Fiction, 2018, 14 mins, Dir. Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann) Ciné Regards Africains, Paris, France, 2021, International Competition at Tampere International Film Festival, 2020, Finland, International Competition at FCAT Tarifa, 2019, Spain
New Moon (Feature-Length Documentary, 2018, Dir. Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann) International Competition at FCAT Tarifa, 2019, Spain, International Competition at Cape Town International Film Market and Film Festival, 2018, South Africa, International Competition at Durban International Film Festival, 2018, South Africa, International Competition at ZIFF, 2018, Tanzania, International Competition at the Luxor African Film Festival, 2018, Egypt
Season of Goodbyes (Essay, 2018, 14 mins, Dir. Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann) International Competition at Uppsala Short Film Festival, 2018, Sweden, UK Short Film Award at Open City Festival, 2018, England, International Competition at Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, 2018, Germany
Seeds (Short Essay, 2016, Dir. Philippa Ndisi-Herrmann) International Competition at Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, 2017, Germany, International Competition at International Short Film Festival Cyprus, 2017, International Competition at Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2017, England
Past Screenings
Abrekum (Litany for the Sea) International Competition at Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen, 2022
New Moon Luz da África, Brasilia 2021, Magical Kenya? Kino Xenix, Zurich 2021, South by South: New Contemporaries, South London Gallery 2021, SOAS, London 2020, Mostra de Cinemas Africanos, Brazil 2020, La Casa Del Cine, in Mexico City, Mexico 2019, Mostra de Cinemas Africanos, Brazil 2019, DOK.fest München 2019, NYAFF, NYC 2019, Valand Film Academy, Sweden 2019, FCAT Tarifa/Tánger 2019, AFI New African Film Festival, Washington D.C. 2019, First Wednesday Film Club at Atlas Studios, Johannesburg 2019, Film Africa, London, 2018, Africa in Motion, Scotland 2018, Cape Town International Film Market and Film Festival, South Africa 2018, Durban International Film Festival, South Africa 2018, Zanzibar International Film Festival 2018, Luxor African Film Festival, Egypt 2018
I Had to Bury Cucu Love Letters to Cinema(We are Paarbale & Manyatta), London and Nairobi, 2022, Ciné Regards Africains, Paris, France, 2021, Manyatta Screenings 2020, Tampere International Film Festival, 2020, NBO Film Fest, Nairobi, Kenya 2019, FCAT Tarifa/Tánger, Spain & Morocco 2019, Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival 2019
Season of Goodbyes Rendezvous with Madness Festival, Toronto, Canada 2021, Uppsala Short Film Festival 2018, Sweden, Open City Documentary Festival 2018, London, England, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2018, Germany
Seeds Birmingham Critical Film Forum: Earthly Bodies 2022, Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2021, England, Alchemy Film and Moving Image Festival 2021, Scotland, Internationale Kurzfilmtage Oberhausen 2017, Germany, Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2017, England
Presentations
Philippa presents her art practice at St Andrews Africa Summit, Scotland 2019
With the support of CAT Cologne, Philippa presents her short works at Museum Ludwig in Köln, Germany 2019
Philippa and Felipe Castelblanco hold a Short Film Workshop with Borderless TV and CAT Cologne, in Köln, Germany 2019
Philippa presents her art practice and works at African Storytelling Summer School in Babelsberg, Germany 2019
Philippa presents her art practice at British Council Masterclass at ZIFF, Tanzania 2018
