Breaking new ground: Zim film set for Netflix screening

IN a first, a Zimbabwean romantic comedy Cook Off the Movie produced by Joe Njagu and Thomas Brickhill will soon be shown on international streaming service, Netflix.

Produced two years ago, the film has continued to score big making history for Zimbabwe’s film industry that has for long been taunted as being in the intensive care unit.

The nearly two-hour-long romantic film has continued to break boundaries having previously showcased at a number of international festivals such as the Durban International Film Festival (2018), Festival International du Film PanAfricain at Cannes in France, The International Film Festival Rotterdam in Netherlands, Seattle Film Festival in Seattle, Washington America and in London at the Mayfair Hotel last year.

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