Swiss short film for Rotary wins One World Award
«Lungie - A True Story» won the 2018 One World Award at the US International Film & Video Festival in Los Angeles.
The prize is awarded annually by the International Quorum of Motion Picture Producers (IQ) to a film that promotes intercultural understanding and global cooperation. Rotary Foundation commissioned "Lungie" to support fundraising for its international projects in the areas of polio, landmines, water, education and many more.
The film tells the true story of Lungiswa Nzube, a young woman who lost her mother and sister within a short space of time as a child and grew up as an orphan in a South African township. It shows how, thanks to the support of relatives, teachers and the Rotary Foundation, she managed to defy her circumstances and is now helping a new generation of children herself.
The agency responsible is Walder, Werber, with Goodlight Film responsible for production. The film was directed by Bernie Forster, who wrote the screenplay together with Alexander Szombath.
