Simon Rieber

Writer

May 25, 1994 (32 years)

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Biography

Simon Rieber is a Tanzanian visual artist, film director, animator and screenwriter. He is known for co-directing in Planetary and writing Hue: A Matter of Colour documentary film directed by Vic Sarin. He authored notable books including In love with ghost, Beautiful Monster and I will never forget you. He is a winner of The Umoja Prize for Contemporary Tanzanian Artist an respectable award for artist under 40 in Tanzania.

Filmography

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Xalé

Awa, a 15-year-old schoolgirl, is happily living her teenage years alongside her twin brother Adama who dreams of Europe. When their grandmother dies, her aunt Fatou and her uncle Atoumane promise to marry in order to preserve the family union. But Fatou does not love Atoumane and the latter, tired of waiting to consummate his marriage, commits an act from which there is no going back.

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Nyara: The Kidnapping

Rehema, the daughter of a rich businessman Adam Mbena is kidnapped by an infamous gang of criminals. Adam is extorted and has only 24 hours to pay a ransom or lose his only beloved daughter. Adam seeks help from Faith Komba, a detective officer and her squad of three young agents Paul, Baraka and Santos to rescue Rehema as soon as possible. Nyara is the debut feature film from Wanene Entertainment, and is set to release in cinemas all over Tanzania on the 30th of December.

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What History Says with Simon Rieber

Hosted by Simon Rieber a Swahili show discusses matters shook the world, history and were not told in more details, past fantasies, politics, science, also hints little facts about the spiritual world. The show premiered the late 2021 distributed by SR Media Services.

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Holy

Holy, by renowned directors Guy Reid and Simon Rieber, is the life of a young man who choose to live a holy life by lying to achieve his goals but his efforts failed miserably after meeting a girl who made him forget what he intended.

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The Boy from Geita

Adam, a young Tanzanian boy persecuted because of his albinism, finds a kindred spirit in Peter, a Canadian man with the same condition. Together they embark on an unlikely journey that transcends cultures and continents.

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Tug of War

A coming-of-age political love story set in the final years of British colonial Zanzibar. Denge, a young freedom fighter meets Yasmin, an Indian-Zanzibari woman in the middle of the night as she is on her way to be married. Passion and revolution escalate.

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Hue: A Matter of Colour

A documentary that weaves together personal journeys, historical facts and expert analysis to show the world through the eyes of those touched by the issue of "colourism".

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Tembele

Zoom into the very soul of a man working the garbage truck 12 hours a day in the chaotic city battling a mental set back when he loses a son.

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