Baxu and the Giants

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Baxu and the Giants

Directed by Florian Schott

Screenplay by Girley Jazama

Florian Schott

Based on Rhino Poaching

Produced by Andrew Botelle

Starring Camilla Jo-Ann Daries Wafeeq /Narimab Anna

Louw Robert Hara#gaeb West Uarije Steven

Afrikaner Ashwyn Mberi

Cinematography Kit Hoffmann

Edited by Robert Scott

Production Mamokobo Video & Research

company

Release date  14 September 2019

Running time 29 minutes

Country Namibia
 Languages English

Afrikaans

Khoekhoe gowab

Baxu and the Giants is a 2019 Namibian 29-minute bilingual short fiction film directed
by Florian Schott.
The film was produced by Andrew Botelle of MaMoKoBo Video and Research and was
co-written and co-produced by Girley Jazama and directed, co-written and co-produced
by Florian Schott.
It was commissioned by the Legal Assistance Centre of Namibia and funded by the
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) Germany.
The brief was ‘to produce a film that sensitises teenagers about wildlife crime in
Namibia' and the film aims to bring light to the ongoing and important issue of rhino
poaching in Southern Africa.
Although the primary audience for the short film is the youth, the content is relevant to
individuals of all ages, communities, and organisations affected by poaching, as well as
general audiences around the world.
Writers Florian Schott and Girley Jazama chose to tell the story from the inside out -
through the eyes of an innocent but toughened-by-life 9-year-old who is deeply rooted in
nature and her own heritage. In fact, the name Baxu is short for "!Hubaxu", which
means "I come from the soil".
Through this storytelling device which spans time between the age of hunters and
gatherers until today, the aim is to reach an audience worldwide and for audiences to
understand some of the underlying social issues in rural Namibia that can lead to
poaching.
The film stars Camilla Jo-Ann Daries, Wafeeq /Narimab, Anna Louw, Steven Afrikaner,
Robert Hara#gaeb, West Uarije and Ashwyn Mberi.
The film was regarded as one of the most anticipated Namibian films of 2019. It had its
World Premiere on the 14th of September 2019 at the San Francisco Independent Short
Film Festival, where it won the ‘Best Foreign Narrative” award, before being released in
Windhoek, Namibia on 19 September 2019 at Ster-Kinekor Grove Mall. It is the first
Namibian film to stream on Netflix from the 30th of September 2020.
It received critical acclaim for directing, acting, editing, production design and
cinematography. The film was screened at numerous international film festivals and
won several awards and nominations.