Joel Haikali

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Joel Haikali
NationalityNamibian
Occupations
  • Director
  • film producer
  • writer

Joel Haikali is a Namibian director, film producer and writer. Haikali released his first feature film My Father's Son in 2011. [1] He has also produced several short films, including Differences (2008), African Cowboy (2011) and Try (2012). [1] The aforementioned shorts films were screened at the Alliance Française in Swakopmund. [1] Haikali was a former Chairperson of the Namibia Film Commission. [2]

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Joe Haikali is a Namibian filmmaker and has a production company called Joe Vision Production. [1] In 2007, he attended the Pan-African Film Festival in order to make connections and network on behalf of himself and other Namibian filmmakers. [3] His first feature film My Father's Son was released in 2011. [4] Its narrative features dialogue in Oshiwambo, Afrikaans and English. [4] The film's cast includes Panduleni Hailundu, Patrick Hainghono and Senga Brockerhoff. AfricAvenir and Franco-Namibian Cultural Centre (FNCC) teamed up to screen My Father's Son in September 2015, at the latter's venue in Windhoek. [4] In an article published by Variety , Haikali spoke at the Berlinale Africa Hub in February 2018 and expressed interest in developing the Namibian industry through collaborative means with foreign counterparts. [5] The Namibia Film Commission, an organization he chairs, approved the South Africa-Namibia-Germany co-production title The Girl from Wereldend. [5] His latest works include the feature film “PEPE” that won the Silver Bear award at the Berlinale in 2024. [6]

Selected filmography

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