Twiggy Matiwana

Productrice, scénariste, réalisatrice, Vidéaste et Photographe sud-africaine.

Ntombozuko « Twiggy » MATIWANA a réalisé un certain nombre de films pour étudiants. « See, speak and hear no evil », son film sur la violence faite aux femmes, a été sélectionné aux Encounters Documentary Film Festival 2013. En 2014, son film « Waterless flower » était parmi les finalistes du festival du film espagnol, qui focalise son
attention sur l’eau et les nécessités de base dans le monde. En 2015, Twiggy écrit et réalise « The Bicycle man », son premier court métrage de fiction.

Source : Catalogue Fespaco 2017.

South African filmmaker and photographer.

Ntombozuko « Twiggy » MATIWANA is a versatile aspiring filmmaker. She has produced and directed number of student films. Her film « See, Speak and Hear no Evil » about violence against women was accepted at the Encounters Documentary Film Festival 2013. In 2014, her film « waterless flower » was selected among the finalist in a Spain Film Festival focusing on water and basic sanitation around the globe. In 2015, Twiggy wrote and directed « The Bicycle man », her first short film.

Twiggy Matiwana
Membre depuis 7 ans|Johannesburg South, South Africa

Born and raised in Grahamstown, Twiggy decided to study creative writing before studying film and has worked as an assistant director in the local industry. Her directing career began with a number of student films, notably ‘See, Speak and Hear no Evil’ a short film about violence against women that was accepted at the Encounters Documentary Film Festival in 2013.

She then went on to write and direct a 5minute short documentary on Male Breast Cancer in 2013 and in 2014 her film ‘Waterless Flower’ was the only South African film selected amongst the finalist at The Spain Film Festival, the film focuses on water and basic sanitation around the globe.

Her film The Bicycle Man won the Silver Stallion and a European Prize (2017) at the 50th edition in FESPACO, the prize allowed The Bicycle Man to screen at Cannes’ Short Film Corner 2017, the film continues to be screened around the world.

In 2018 Twiggy directed a South African short film for the 3rd BRICS FILM FESTIVAL.
Twiggy’s goal is to build a dynamic career enabling her to extend her repertoire to fluidly move between directing short-form and long-form formats. She has recently been featured in the September issue of Elle magazine (SA) to share her views on filmmaking and content.

Twiggy has directed the most popular show on Mzansi Magic called, The Queen and The Throne. In January 2020 she directed a documentary filmed in Grahamstown and Johannesburg focusing on midwives, and their role serving the community. The film has been entered at World Health Organization Film Festival. Twiggy has also collaborated with an American queer filmmaker to make a film about queer in South Africa.
In June 2020, Twiggy wrote and directed a short film to enter in a competition for Ladima Foundation.

Source : Catalogue Fespaco 2017.