Lydia Matata is a writer on Country Queen a series streaming on Netflix and Igiza streaming on Showmax. She has also written, directed and produced various narrative and documentary films, including Millet (2018), winner of Docubox’s Shorts, Shots & Shots scriptwriting prize; Sungura, (2021) a narrative film that has screened at several notable festivals including the Pan African Film Festival at Cannes, Interfilm Short Film Festival in Berlin, and the Black Star International Film Festival where it received the best Women in Film Award.

Her other projects are Utapata Mwingine (2021) a documentary short that received the Best Emerging Filmmaker Award at the UN Women’s Global Film Festival; and A Conversation Between Two Artists, a documentary filmed between Kenya and Japan as part of the UNESCO and Nara International Film Festival residency for African Women Filmmakers.

Her first feature film script Pepo Kali is currently in early development. The project recently received the NBO Film Festival’s development prize.

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