Sam Soko

Réalisateur, monteur et producteur kenyan.

Sam SOKO est un réalisateur, monteur et producteur.

Il est connu pour SOFTIE (2020, Réalisateur), « No Simple Way Home » (2020, Producteur), FREE MONEY (2020, Co-Réalisateur).

Sam Soko est un réalisateur et producteur de films basé à Nairobi qui recherche des histoires lui permettant de s’engager dans des espaces sociopolitiques. Son travail sur des projets d’alphabétisation civique dans les domaines de la musique, de la non-fiction et de la fiction lui a permis d’entrer en contact avec des artistes du monde entier. Il est co-fondateur de LBx Africa, une société de production kenyane qui a produit le court-métrage de fiction Watu Wote, nominé aux Oscars en 2018. Le premier long métrage documentaire de Soko, SOFTIE, a été présenté en première au festival de Sundance en 2020.


Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D’INFOS) :
– https://insigniafilms.com/Sam-Soko-Director-Producer
– https://lbxafrica.com/about
Traduction / Mise à jour par Thierno DIA, 08 Fev 2023

Kenyan Filmmaker.

Sam SOKO is a film director, editor and producer.

He is known for SOFTIE (2020, Director), « No Simple Way Home » (2020, Producer), FREE MONEY (2020, Co-Director).

He is based in Nairobi who seeks out stories that enable him to engage in socio-political spaces. His work on civic literacy projects in music, non-fiction and fiction has allowed him to connect with artists around the world.
He is co-founder of LBx Africa, a Kenyan production company that service-produced the 2018 Oscar nominated short fiction film Watu Wote. Soko’s first feature documentary film, SOFTIE, premiered at the Sundance Festival in 2020.


OTHER BIO
Sam Soko is an award-winning director, producer, and editor based in Nairobi, Kenya. He is co-founder of LBx Africa, a Kenyan production company that works to bring uniquely African perspectives to global audiences. LBx Africa produced the 2018 Academy Award-nominated short Watu Wote.

His first feature-documentary Softie, a story about balancing the deep love of country with the needs of family, premiered at Sundance 2020, winning a special jury prize for editing. His satirical radio play The New Bwana, was produced and broadcast by BBC 4.

Soko is an outspoken defender of freedom of expression and has taken part in global conversations on how to make media matter when the world is on fire.


Fontes / Our Source / Quelle / Nos Sources (MAIS INFORMAÇÕES / READ MORE / PLUS D’INFOS) :
– https://insigniafilms.com/Sam-Soko-Director-Producer
– https://lbxafrica.com/about
Updated by Thierno DIA, 08 Feb 2023

Sam Soko é um realizador e produtor de cinema baseado em Nairobi que procura histórias que lhe permitam envolver-se em espaços sociopolíticos. O seu trabalho em projectos de alfabetização cívica em música, não-ficção e ficção permitiu-lhe ligar-se a artistas de todo o mundo. É co-fundador da LBx Africa, uma produtora queniana que produziu o curta-metragem de ficção Watu Wote, nomeado para o Óscar em 2018. A primeira longa-metragem documental de Soko, Softie, estreou no Festival de Sundance em 2020.

Sam Soko es un director y productor de cine con sede en Nairobi que busca historias que le permitan participar en espacios sociopolíticos. Su trabajo en proyectos de alfabetización cívica en música, no ficción y ficción le ha permitido conectar con artistas de todo el mundo. Es cofundador de LBx Africa, una empresa de producción keniana que ha producido el cortometraje de ficción Watu Wote, nominado para el Oscar en 2018. El primer largometraje documental de Soko, Softie, se estrenó en el Festival de Sundance en 2020.