TALIYA FILM OFFICIAL TRAILER
Channel: MEDIA HUB AFRICA
Date: 02/03/2021

HOW MUCH WOULD YOU PAY TO SEE A REAL LIVE MERMAID?

In an idyllic fishing village off the coast of Kenya, BABU, a poor but ambitious fisherman, ensnares TALIYA, a mermaid-like water spirit, in stolen nets.

Unable to get his 'three wishes' (or is it five) as told in the village's stories of old, Babu decides to exploit Taliya as a grand magical theatrical exhibit instead.

He employs the Village Storyteller to help sell his story to the masses, and soon comes to conflict with the Chief's Son and a White Missionary Priest, who wish to end his act.

But Taliya herself just wants to go home and so must effect her own plan, using Babu's own MAL-FORMED eight-year-old son as a crucial part of her exit strategy.

Starring:
Maina Olwenya (Nairobi Half-life, Poacher, Stories of Our Lives)
Mwajuma Belle (Poacher, What's On Your Mind, Ni Sisi, Phoenix)
Brian Ogola (Lusala, Poacher,18 Hrs)
Joseph Omari (Supa Modo, Ras Star, Backlash)
Caxton Osozi Kichamu
Teresa Omina Shikolio
Richard Rollier
Charbel Ngeti

Written & Directed by Arnold Mwanjila
Produced by Joseph Gathogo & Arnold Mwanjila

Director of Photography: Eric Gichanga
Editor: Ricky M. Mwaura

Production Design by Kevin Amwoma
Make-up & Prosthetics: Annerose Wamuyu
Props & Special Costume Design & Special FX: Solomon Wambugu


Casting by Kieran Ratanya "Popo" & Joseph Gathogo
Unit Production Manager: Tabitha Kongoine