THANK YOU FOR THE RAIN
A FILM BY JULIA DAHR & KISILU MUSYA
WORLDS COLLIDE ON THE FRONTLINE
OF CLIMATE CHANGE
For five years, Kisilu, a Kenyan farmer, used his camera to capture the life of his family, his village and the damages of climate change. When a violent storm throws him and a Norwegian filmmaker together we see him transform from a father, to community leader to an activist on the global stage.
TRAILER
Credits
Director and Co-Producer: Julia Dahr
Video Diarist: Kisilu Musya
Producer: Hugh Hartford/Banyak Films
Director of Photography: Julie Lunde Lillesæter
Editor: Adam Thomas
Sound Design: Svenn Jakobsen
Graphic Designer: Jenny Jordahl
AWARDS
DocImpactHi5 – Doc Society, 2019
Basil Wright Film Prize – RAI Film Festival, 2019
Best Cinematography – Women in Film & Television Vancouver Film Festival, 2019
Best Documentary – Kalasha Awards, 2018
Main Prize of the Minister of the Environment – IFF Ekofilm, 2018
Best Story Award – NaturVision Film Festival, 2018
Best film on sustainable development – Millennium Film Festival, 2018
Best Movie – Nuovi Sguardi, 2018
Best Cinematography Prize – Social Impact Media Awards, 2018
Ethos Jury Prize – Social Impact Media Awards, 2018
WWF Award – Thessaloniki Documentary Film Festival, 2018
Osiris FAO Prize – Agrofilm International Film Festival, 2017
Jury Award – Alimenterre Film Festival, 2017
Pangolin Power Film Award – Singapore Eco Film Festival, 2017
Jury Award – Another Way Film Festival, 2017
Fethi Kayaalp Grand Award – BIFED, 2017
Best Feature Documentary – FICMEC 2017
After having worked on Thank You For The Rain for nearly seven years, we wanted to use the film to create real change.
In 2017, along with the film's international release, we launched an international impact campaign aiming to build climate resilient communities, strengthen the climate justice movement, and push policymakers to take steps to stop climate change and support frontline communities.
The campaign was recognized by DocImpactHi5, an award that celebrates documentary films that have made real world impact.