Girley Jazama

Girley Charlene Jazama is Namibian actress, scriptwriter and film producer.[1]

Girley Jazama
Jazama at the 2023 Berlin International Film Festival
Born
Namibia
OccupationActress • Film producer • Screenwriter
Years active2005 - date
Known forBaxu and the Giants (2019)
The White Line (2019)

Career

Jazama's film and theatre productions career has been on since about 2005. She became the second Namibian to be nominated in the Sotigui Awards, for Best Actor, after Adriano Visagie who was earlier nominated for his performance in "Salute!", which he won.[1]

Her foremost appearance in the acting scene was in "The Lion King", while she yet schooled at Karibib Private School.[1]

She has been actively working in collaboration with the Pan-African Festival of Cinema and Television of Ouagadougou, for the recognition of talents in the acting scene of the African cinema and the diaspora.[1][2]

In 2008, she was one of the seven writers selected by the production company, Optimedia, to write its new soap titled, "The Ties that Bind", for the Namibia Broadcasting Corporation.[3] This production was Namibia's first homegrown television series.[4]

In 2009, she played the role of "Schülerin" in the German language film, "Liebe, Babys und der Zauber Afrikas".[5][6][7]

Jazama was a lead actor in the 2019 movie, "The White Line" in which she played the role of "Sylvia".[8][9] In July 2019, the movie was internationally premiered at the 40th Durban International Film Festival and in many other film festivals worldwide.[10]

Her 2019 29-minute-long short film, Baxu and the Giants which she co-produced alongside Andrew Botelle and directed by Florian Schott,[11] was celebrated by the Namibian film industry as the first Namibian film on Netflix.[12] In March 2020, the movie was nominated at the RapidLion International Film Festival in Johannesburg, South Africa for the "Best Humanitarian Film" award.[13] It then premiered in the USA at the San Francisco Independent Short Film Festival and later in September of the same year at the Namibian Theatre & Film Awards 2019, where it received seven nominations.[14] Also, the film received other nominations and awards.[15]

Filmography
YearTitleRoleNotes
2019Baxu and the Giantsco-producer
2019The White LineSylviaLead actor
2012100 Bucks
2009Liebe, Babys und der Zauber AfrikasSchülerin
2008The Ties that Bindscriptwriter
2023Measures of MenKezia Kambazembi

References
  1. Mouton, Rinelda (September 9, 2020). "Girley Jazama bags Sotigui nomination". The Namibian. Retrieved October 13, 2020.
  2. Mouton, Rinelda (September 9, 2020). "Namibia: Girley Jazama Bags Sotigui Nomination". All Africa. The Namibian (Windhoek). Retrieved October 14, 2020.
  3. "Technology & Convergence In Brief". Balancing Act. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  4. Sasman, Catherine (April 30, 2008). "Namibia: The Ties That Bind Us". All Africa. New Era (Windhoek). Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  5. "Full Cast & Crew: Liebe, Babys und der Zauber Afrikas (2009 TV Movie)". IMDb. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  6. "Liebe, Babys und der Zauber Afrikas". Network Movie. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  7. "Liebe, Babys und der Zauber Afrikas". Agilebc. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  8. Nuukala, Emmency (July 19, 2019). "Namibia: 'The White Line' Goes International". All Africa. New Era (Windhoek). Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  9. Solomons, Jonathan (June 1, 2018). "Behind 'The White Line'". The Namibian. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  10. "'THE WHITE LINE' TO PREMIERE AT STER-KINEKOR THEATRES IN NOVEMBER". Economist. October 9, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  11. "DHPS Alumni Association, NWG & NEWS hand over donation to Save the Rhino Trust". Deutsche Höhere Privatschule Windhoek. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  12. "Baxu breaks boundaries: A first in film for Namibia". Erongo. September 15, 2020. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  13. "Namibia: First Local Short Film Debuts On Netflix". The Street Journal. September 30, 2020.
  14. Mukubi, Jeoffrey (September 19, 2019). "Baxu and the Giants nominated at NTFA". Confidénte. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
  15. "AfroShorts/Spirituality: Baxu and the Giants". AfryCamera 2019. Retrieved October 15, 2020.
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