Thank You for the Rain is a 2017 feature-length documentary film made by Kenyan farmer Kisilu Musya and Julia Dahr, a Norwegian filmmaker. It was produced by Hugh Hartford.Forbes, 2016 list of 30 under 30 significant voices in media. The film follows Musya over five years as he uses his camera to capture the life of his family, his village and the damages of climate change.
The film had its world-premiere at Copenhagen International Documentary Festival,Screendaily CPH:DOX 2018 competition line-up and has since toured more than 80 festivals. The film has sold to over 60 countries, earlier versions of the film were bought by Al Jazeera and NRK, and screened at the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Paris. The film is a co-production between Differ Media and Banyak Films.
Reception Thank You for the Rain has received acclaim by critics.Pat Mullen, "Review: ‘Thank You for the Rain’". Point of View, April 26, 2019.Vulturehound, Review, November 17th 2017. The film has won several awards including Best Documentary at the Kenyan Kalasha AwardsDaily Active Kenya, List of 2018 Kalasha Awards winners. and two awards at Social Impact Media AwardsSocial Impact Media Award, Best cinematography and Ethos jury prize. in 2018. The film has won 16 awards, and has competed at 28 international festivals.
Winner: Best Cinematography, Women in Film and Television, Canada 2019 Winner: Basil Wright Film Prize, Rai Film Festival, UK 2019 Winner: Best film on sustainable development, Millenium Film Festival, 2018 Belgium Winner: Best Story, Naturvision Film Festival 2018 Winner: Ethos Jury Prize, Social Media Impact Awards, United States 2018 Winner: Best Cinematography, Social Media Impact Awards, United States 2018 Winner: The Main Prize of the Minister of the Environment, IFF Ekofilm, Chzech Republic 2018 Winner: Best Documentary Film, Kalasha Film and TV Awards, Kenya 2018 Winner: WWF Award, Thessaloniki Documentary Festival, Greece 2018 Winner: Best Movie, Nuovi Sguardi, Italy 2018 Winner: Jury Prize, Another Way Film festival, Spain 2017 Winner: Osiris FAO Prize, Agrofilm, Slovakia 2017 Winner: Fethi Kayaalp Grand Award, Bozcaada International Festival of Ecological Documentary, Turkey 2017 Winner: Jury Award, Alimenterre Film Festival, Belgium 2017 Winner: Pangolin Power Film Award, Eco Film Festival, Singapore 2017 Winner: Best Feature Documentary, FICMEC, Spain 2017
Impact
In 2017, the filmmakers launched an international impact campaign "aiming to build climate resilient communities, strengthen the climate justice movement, and push policymakers to take steps to stop climate change and support frontline communities." In 2019 and 2020, the Climate Justice Resilience FundClimate Justice Resilience Fund provided a grant to expand the reach of the film, both for policy advocacy and grassroots initiatives.
A 2019 Doc Society report stated the film was featured in 190 community screenings in 22 countries. The impact screenings in Mutomo, Kenya, led to the construction of an earth dam, which is now a water source for about 300 households. The screenings also inspired the formation of 30 new tree planting groups.
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