Armas Shivute
Armas Shivute Armas (born 1974), is a Namibian actor, director and writer. He is best known for the roles in the films such as "Katutura", "#LANDoftheBRAVEfilm" and "Everything Happens for a Reason ". Personal life. He was born on 1974 in Katutura State Hospital, Katutura. He later grew up with his grandparents in the village Omuthitu-Gwalwani in Omusati and became a shepherd. In 1992, he entered school stage. He completed a diploma in African Performing Arts at the College of the Arts (COTA). Career. Shivute started his career with stage plays under the guidance of Tulimeyo Kaapanda after  joining with Bricks Community Project. Meanwhile in 1999, he staged successful productions including: "My Big Brother". The play later won the award at the College of the Arts (COTA) Youth Theatre Festival. Then he made the plays "Daily Hair Salon" and "Barber" in 2005, "Shot in the Foot" in 2008 and "Efundula". "Efundula" was produced accompany with the Eenhana Community Theatre group between 2006 and 2007. In 2006, he won the award for the Best Play in at the City of Windhoek Festival. Apart from theatre, he also acted in several feature and short films such as "No free Lunch  directed by Vickson Hangula. In 2015, he appeared in the award winning film Katutura" directed by Obed Emvula and Florian Scott, where he played the role "Mouton". He also acted in the films: "Where Others Wavered" directed by PACON. He also featured in the serial "One Fine Day" telecast by NBC as well as in the serial "The Next of Kin", a British Production and first Namibian series on NBC 1. Then he made supportive roles in the film "The Ties that Bind", "Tit for Tat" and "Love and Respect" directed by Dudley Vial. In the meantime, Shivute joined the  plays: "President Khaya Africa" by Theatre for Africa in Cape Town, then "Katutura 59" produced by Fredrick Phillander, "Joseph’s Dillema" directed by Vickson Hangula and "Shebeen Queen" produced by Jacques Nashilongweshipwe Mushandja. In 2012, he won the Best Actor award at the Film and Theatre Awards for his role in the play "Shebeen Queen". In the same year, he acted in the film "Try" with the role "Bra Ompie". For this role, he won the Award for the Best Male Actor Theatre at this year’s Namibia Film and Theatre awards. Otherthan acting, he also worked for the National  Theatre of Namibia on a project called Youth Theatre Development Project (YTDP), where he teach theatre, from acting, producing, directing, writing and marketing for young people. He also conducted several workshops for many companies such as "L?eritz" from the 'Seaflower White Fish Corporation'. He was nominated in Sotigui for the Best Actor of Southern Africa category in 2021 for the film "#LandoftheBraveFilm".