AFTER THE LONG RAINS

Damien Hauser |
Kenya |
2023 |
91Min |
Swahili
13 D P
Ten-year-old Aisha’s school assignment is to figure out what she wants to be when she grows up. She soon realizes that everyone is taking over their parents‘ businesses and professions, but she has bigger dreams. She wants to go to Europe and become an actress. Her plan is to become a fisher so that she can sail to Europe, but her mother thinks that fishing should be left to men. Undeterred, Aisha meets a fisherman and alcoholic named Hassan who promises to teach her how to fish. Will her future become clearer now?
Damien Hauser
Damien Hauser
Damien Hauser
Damien Hauser
Eletricer Kache Hamisi, Bibi Swaleh, Bosco Baraka Karisa, Najima Khanda

Screenings

20 July 14:30 Gateway 8
28 July 14:30 Suncoast 8
AFTER THE LONG RAINS
AFTER THE LONG RAINS

Damien Hauser

Damien Hauser, born in Zurich in 2001, is a filmmaker based in Switzerland. At the age of seven, he began producing short films. He studied at the film school SAE from 2016 to 2020 and worked for the commercial-production company FILME VON DRAUSSEN from 2018 to 2020. He made several short films together with friends and worked on the sets of music videos, plays, and commercials. His greatest passion has always been fictional storytelling. Currently, he focuses on directing and scriptwriting.