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Dillon M. Banda

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Magare Banda

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Dillon M. Banda is a film director and cinematographer. Dillon won the award for Best International Director at the 2020 Oregon Documentary Film Festival with his short documentary film 'Ashima', was awarded Merit for Best Documentary at The One Club for Creativity's 100th ADC Awards, and was shortlisted for 4 Berlin Commercial Awards, a Ciclope Asia Award, a Ciclope Africa Award and the Kinsale Shark Award for Best Cinematography with the same film. He previously won the award for Best Cinematography at the 2019 Oregon Documentary Film Festival with his short documentary film 'Belong'.  Born to a Zambian mother and a Zimbabwean father, and with his childhood and formative years spent across 3 continents - Europe, Africa and Asia - Dillon brings a unique sensibility and heightened cultural sensitivity to his work. A love for analogue photography continues to hone his eye and inform the keen attention to cinematography and composition that typifies his films. His films also often blur the line between narrative and documentary, albeit with a consistently cinematic aesthetic.

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Director:
2017  Ghosts
2018  Spirit
2019  Belong
2020  Ashima
2022  Hummingbird

Director of Photography:
2017  Ghosts
2018  Spirit
2019  Belong
2020  Ashima
2022  Hummingbird

Writer:
2017  Ghosts
2018  Spirit
2019  Belong
2020  Ashima
2022  Hummingbird

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