Likarion Wainaina
Likarion Wainaina is a Kenyan Filmmaker born in Moscow, Russia, who lives and works in Nairobi, Kenya. He is marking his seventh year working as a professional Film/TV Director and Cinematographer. In this time he has gathered a wealth of experience and showcased his talents in various productions. As a cinematographer he has also worked on a number of documentaries and commercials and has directed TV shows - both Drama and Sitcoms - that are currently gracing local TV stations in Kenya and Television commercials as well. He has done a number of short films. His film Between the Lines, being one of his first short films, later became the first Kenyan Film to be projected on an IMAX screen in Kenya and got him a nomination at the AMCVA awards 2015 for “Best New Online Media”. His most recent Short Film endeavour was taking part at the 48Hour Film Festival 2015 where he and his team worked on the film Bait, which was selected as one of the top short films screened at the Cannes Film Festival (2016).
Filmography
2013 Between the Lines (Kurzfilm)
2013 The Friend (Kurzfilm)
2014 Before and After (Kurzfilm)
2014 The Audition (Kurzfilm)
2015 Bait (Kurzfilm)
2016 Moving (Kurzfilm)
2018 Supa Modo
Supa Modo (2018)
Jo, a witty 9-year old terminally ill girl is taken back to her rural village to live out the rest of her short life. Her only comfort during these dull times are her dreams of being a Superhero, which prove to be something her rebellious teenage sister Mwix, overprotective mother Kathryn and the entire village of Maweni think they can fulfill. BONUS to watch Deutsche Welle News Making Of More
