I Want to Be a Pilot

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I Want to Be a Pilot
Directed by Diego Quemada-Diez
Produced by Diego Quemada-Diez
Written by Diego Quemada-Diez
Starring Joseph Kyalo Kioko
Cinematography Diego Quemada-Diez
Editing by Kim Bica
Release date(s) February 22, 2006 (Kenya)
Country Kenya Kenya
Language English
Budget €8,000 (estimated)[1]

I Want to Be a Pilot, is a 2006 award winning Kenyan - Mexican short film documentary written and directed by Diego Quemada-Diez. The film won international seven awards including the Audience Award at the Los Angeles Film Festival. The movie has earned more than 50 international prizes and has participated in over 200 film festivals such as Sundance, Locarno, Telluride, Edinburgh, Amiens, Los Angeles, São Paulo, Manhattan, Silverdocs, Bermuda, San Francisco.

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[edit] Plot

The film tells the story of a poverty stricken boy in one of the poorest parts of Kenya who looks up towards the heavens and dreams of being an airline pilot, of being able to fly.

[edit] Cast

  • Joseph Kyalo Kioko
  • Kepha Onduru
  • Collins Otieno ... Omondi
  • Gaudencia Ayuma Schichenga

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ "Estimated Budget at the Internet Movie Data Base". http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0816201/business. Retrieved 2009-10-21. 

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